On 2015-04-10 Fri 14:12 PM |, Craig Skinner wrote: > > 2 x i386 boxes, each with 2 serial cables cross connected from com1 to > com0 on his neighbour. Normally used without monitor, nor keyboard. > > When ssh'ing, colours work fine (man pages, vim, mutt, lynx, etc.) > > After connecting a spare VGA CRT monitor & logging in locally, there > were no colours. But when I rebooted with the monitor & keyboard > connected, colours were back. > > When I connect the monitor & keyboard to the other box & reboot over the > serial line, then replug the monitor back into the origianl box, colours > are gone, until I reboot it with the monitor connected (even though the > boot output is over com0 to the other machine). >
> > $ grep -v ^# /etc/wsconsctl.conf > keyboard.encoding=uk # Use United Kingdom keyboard encoding > display.vblank=on # Enable vertical sync blank for screen burner > display.screen_off=300000 # Set screen burner timeout to 5 minutes > display.msact=off # Disable screen unburn with mouse > display.kbdact=on # Restore screen on keyboard input > display.outact=off # Restore screen on display output > > > Any ideas on how to have console colours when connecting a monitor after > booting? > Would changing any of these help? $ sudo wsconsctl | fgrep display display.type=vga-pci display.emulations=vt100 display.screentypes=80x25,80x25bf,80x40,80x40bf,80x50,80x50bf display.focus=3 display.screen_on=250 display.screen_off=300000 display.vblank=on display.kbdact=on display.msact=off display.outact=off -- Time is nature's way of making sure that everything doesn't happen at once.
