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.\" t
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.\" vidcontrol - a utility for manipulating the syscons video driver
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)vidcontrol.1
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.\" $Id: vidcontrol.1,v 1.16 1999/06/03 12:44:16 yokota Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd June 30, 1999
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.Dt VIDCONTROL 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm vidcontrol
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.Nd a utility for manipulating the syscons console driver.
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl b Ar color
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.Op Fl c Ar appearance
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.Op Fl d
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.Op Fl f Ar size Ar file
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.Op Fl i Cm adapter | mode
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.Op Fl l Ar screen_map
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.Op Fl L
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.Op Fl m Cm on | off
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.Op Fl r Ar foreground Ar background
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.Op Fl s Ar number
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.Op Fl t Ar N | Cm off
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.Op Fl x
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.Op Ar mode
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.Op Ar foreground Op Ar background
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.Op Cm show
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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command is used to set various options for the
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.Xr syscons 4
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console driver,
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such as video mode, colors, cursor shape, screen output map, font and screen
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saver timeout.
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.Pp
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The following command line options are supported:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Ar mode
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Select a new video mode. The modes currently recognized are:
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.Ar 40x25 ,
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.Ar 80x25 ,
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.Ar 80x30 ,
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.Ar 80x43 ,
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.Ar 80x50 ,
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.Ar 80x60 ,
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.Ar 132x25 ,
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.Ar 132x30 ,
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.Ar 132x43 ,
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.Ar 132x50 ,
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.Ar 132x60 ,
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.Ar VGA_40x25 ,
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.Ar VGA_80x25 ,
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.Ar VGA_80x30 ,
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.Ar VGA_80x50 ,
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.Ar VGA_80x60 ,
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.Ar EGA_80x25 ,
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.Ar EGA_80x43 ,
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.Ar VESA_132x25 ,
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.Ar VESA_132x30 ,
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.Ar VESA_132x43 ,
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.Ar VESA_132x50 ,
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.Ar VESA_132x60 .
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.\"The graphic mode
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.\".Ar VGA_320x200
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.\"and
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The raster text mode
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.Ar VESA_800x600
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can also be chosen.
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See
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.Sx Video Mode Support
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below.
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.It Ar foreground Op Ar background
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Change colors when displaying text. Specify the foreground color
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(e.g. ``vidcontrol white''), or both a foreground and background colors
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(e.g. ``vidcontrol yellow blue'').
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Use the
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.Cm show
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command below to see available colors.
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.It Cm show
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See the supported colors on a given platform.
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.It Fl r Ar foreground background
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Change reverse mode colors to
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.Ar foreground
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and
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.Ar background .
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.It Fl b Ar color
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Set border color to
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.Ar color .
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This option may not be always supported by the video driver.
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.It Fl c Cm normal | blink | destructive
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Change the cursor appearance. The cursor is either an inverting block
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.Pq Cm normal
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that eventually can
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.Cm blink .
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Or it can be like the old hardware cursor
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.Pq Cm destructive .
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The latter is actually a simulation.
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.It Fl d
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Print out current output screen map.
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.It Fl l Ar screen_map
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Install screen output map file from
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.Ar screen_map
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See also
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.Xr syscons 4 .
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.It Fl L
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Install default screen output map.
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.It Fl i Cm adapter
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Shows info about the current video adapter.
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.It Fl i Cm mode
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Shows the possible video modes with the current video hardware.
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.It Fl m Cm on | off
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Switch the mouse pointer
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.Cm on
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or
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.Cm off .
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Used together with the
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.Xr moused 8
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daemon for text mode cut & paste functionality.
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.It Fl f Ar size Ar file
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Load font
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.Ar file
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for
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.Ar size
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(currently, only
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.Cm 8x8 ,
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.Cm 8x14
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or
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.Cm 8x16
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).
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The font file can be either uuencoded or in raw binary format.
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You can also use the menu-driven
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.Xr vidfont 1
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command to load the font of your choice.
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.Pp
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Note that older video cards, such as MDA and CGA, do not support
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software font.
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See also
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.Sx Video Mode Support
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and
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.Sx EXAMPLE
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below and the man page for
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.Xr syscons 4 .
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.It Fl s Ar number
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Set the current vty to
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.Ar number .
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.It Fl t Ar N | Cm off
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Set the screensaver timeout to
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.Ar N
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seconds, or turns it
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.Cm off .
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.It Fl x
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Use hexadecimal digits for output.
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.El
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.Ss Video Mode Support
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Note that not all modes listed above may be supported by the video
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hardware.
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You can verify which mode is supported by the video hardware, using the
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.Fl i Cm mode
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option.
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.Pp
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The VESA BIOS support must be linked to the kernel
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or loaded as a KLD module if you wish to use VESA video modes
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or 132 column modes
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.Pq see Xr vga 4 .
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.Pp
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Video modes other than 25 and 30 line modes may require specific size of font.
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Use
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.Fl f
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option above to load a font file to the kernel.
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If the required size of font has not been loaded to the kernel,
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.Nm
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will fail if the user attempts to set a new video mode.
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.Pp
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.TS
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c s
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c c
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l c.
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Video modes and font size
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Modes Font size
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25 line modes 8x16 (VGA), 8x14 (EGA)
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30 line modes 8x16
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43 line modes 8x8
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50 line modes 8x8
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60 line modes 8x8
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.TE
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.Pp
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It is better to always load all three sizes (8x8, 8x14 and 8x16)
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of the same font.
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.Pp
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You may set variables in
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.Pa /etc/rc.conf
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or
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.Pa /etc/rc.conf.local
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so that desired font files will be automatically loaded
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when the system starts up.
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See below.
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.Sh VIDEO OUTPUT CONFIGURATION
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.Ss Boot Time Configuration
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You may set the following variables in
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.Pa /etc/rc.conf
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or
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.Pa /etc/rc.conf.local
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in order to configure the video output at boot time.
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width foo_bar_var -compact
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.It Ar blanktime
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Sets the timeout value for the
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.Fl t
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option.
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.It Ar font8x16, font8x14, font8x8
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Specifies font files for the
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.Fl f
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option.
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.It Ar scrnmap
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Specifies a screen output map file for the
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.Fl l
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option.
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.El
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.Pp
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See
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.Xr rc.conf 5
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for more details.
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.Ss Driver Configuration
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The video card driver may let you change default configuration
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options, such as the default font, so that you do not need to set up
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the options at boot time.
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See video card driver manuals,
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.Pq e.g. Xr vga 4
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for details.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /usr/share/syscons/scrnmaps/foo-bar -compact
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.It Pa /usr/share/syscons/fonts/*
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font files.
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.It Pa /usr/share/syscons/scrnmaps/*
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screen output map files.
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLE
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If you want to load
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.Pa /usr/share/syscons/fonts/iso-8x16.fnt
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to the kernel, run
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.Nm
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as:
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.Pp
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.Dl vidcontrol -f 8x16 /usr/share/syscons/fonts/iso-8x16.fnt
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.Pp
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So long as the font file is in
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.Pa /usr/share/syscons/fonts ,
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you may abbreviate the file name as
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.Pa iso-8x16 :
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.Pp
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.Dl vidcontrol -f 8x16 iso-8x16
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.Pp
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Likewise, you can also abbreviate the screen output map file name for
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the
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.Fl l
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option if the file is found in
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.Pa /usr/share/syscons/scrnmaps .
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.Pp
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.Dl vidcontrol -l iso-8859-1_to_cp437
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.Pp
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The above command will load
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.Pa /usr/share/syscons/scrnmaps/iso-8859-1_to_cp437.scm .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr kbdcontrol 1 ,
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.Xr keyboard 4 ,
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.Xr screen 4 ,
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.Xr syscons 4 ,
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.Xr vidfont 1 ,
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.Xr vga 4 ,
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.Xr rc.conf 5 ,
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.Xr moused 8
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An S<EFBFBD>ren Schmidt Aq sos@FreeBSD.org
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