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.\"
.\" vidcontrol - a utility for manipulating the syscons video driver
.\"
.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
.\" are met:
.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
.\"
.\" @(#)vidcontrol.1
.\" $Id: vidcontrol.1,v 1.13 1998/09/15 18:16:39 sos Exp $
.\"
.Dd May 22, 1994
.Dt VIDCONTROL 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm vidcontrol
.Nd a utility for manipulating the syscons video driver.
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl r Ar fg Ar bg
.Op Fl b Ar color
.Op Fl c Ar appearance
.Op Fl d
.Op Fl i Ar adapter|mode
.Op Fl l Ar scrmap
.Op Fl L
.Op Fl m Ar on|off
.Op Fl f Ar size Ar file
.Op Fl s Ar number
.Op Fl t Ar N|off
.Op Fl x
.Op mode
.Op fgcol Op bgcol
.Op show
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
command is used to set various options for the syscons video driver,
such as video mode, colors, cursors, scrnmaps, font and screensaver timeout.
.Pp
The following command line options are supported:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It mode
Select a new video mode. The modes currently recognized are:
.Ar 40x25 ,
.Ar 80x25 ,
.Ar 80x30 ,
.Ar 80x43 ,
.Ar 80x50 ,
.Ar 80x60 ,
.Ar 132x25 ,
.Ar 132x30 ,
.Ar 132x43 ,
.Ar 132x50 ,
.Ar 132x60 ,
.Ar VGA_40x25 ,
.Ar VGA_80x25 ,
.Ar VGA_80x30 ,
.Ar VGA_80x50 ,
.Ar VGA_80x60 ,
.Ar EGA_80x25 ,
.Ar EGA_80x43 ,
.Ar VESA_132x25 ,
.Ar VESA_132x30 ,
.Ar VESA_132x43 ,
.Ar VESA_132x50 ,
.Ar VESA_132x60 .
The graphic mode
.Ar VGA_320x200
and
.Ar VESA_800x600
can also be chosen.
Note that not all modes listed above may be supported by the video
hardware, and that the VESA BIOS support must be linked to the kernel
or loaded as a LKM if you wish to use VESA video modes or
132 column modes.
.It fgcol Op bgcol
Change colors when displaying text. Specify the foreground color
(e.g. "vidcontrol white"), or both a foreground & background color
(e.g. "vidcontrol yellow blue").
.It show
See the supported colors on a given platform.
.It Fl r Ar foreground Ar background
Change reverse mode colors to
.Ar foreground
and
.Ar background .
.It Fl b Ar color
Set border color to
.Ar color
(only supported on VGA hardware).
.It Fl c Ar normal|blink|destructive
Change the cursor appearance. The cursor is either an inverting block
(normal) that eventually can "blink". Or it can be like the old hardware cursor
(destructive). The latter is actually a simulation.
.It Fl d
Print out current screen output map.
.It Fl l Ar scrmap
Install screen output map file from
.Ar scrmap
.It Fl L
Install default screen output map.
.It Fl i Ar adapter
Shows info about the current videoadapter.
.It Fl i Ar mode
Shows the possible videomodes with the current video hardware.
.It Fl m Ar on|off
Switch the mousepointer
.Ar on
or
.Ar off .
Used together with the moused
daemon for textmode cut & paste functionality.
.It Fl f Ar size Ar file
Load font
.Ar file
for
.Ar size
(currently, only 8x8, 8x14 or 8x16).
The font file can be either uuencoded or in raw binary format.
.It Fl s Ar number
Set the current vty to
.Ar number .
.It Fl t Ar N|off
Set the screensaver timeout to
.Ar N
seconds, or turns it
.Ar off .
.It Fl x
Use hexadecimal digits for output.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /usr/share/syscons/scrnmaps -compact
.It Pa /usr/share/syscons/fonts
.It Pa /usr/share/syscons/scrnmaps
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr kbdcontrol 1 ,
.Xr keyboard 4 ,
.Xr screen 4 ,
.Xr moused 8
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Søren Schmidt Aq sos@FreeBSD.org
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