Author: wblock (doc committer) Date: Wed Jul 16 00:39:58 2014 New Revision: 268731 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/268731
Log: MFC r268187: Improve markup, change references to nonexistent vt_vga(4), remove some language redundancy, and move the examples so sections are in the standard order. Modified: stable/9/share/man/man4/vt.4 Directory Properties: stable/9/share/man/man4/ (props changed) Modified: stable/9/share/man/man4/vt.4 ============================================================================== --- stable/9/share/man/man4/vt.4 Wed Jul 16 00:36:55 2014 (r268730) +++ stable/9/share/man/man4/vt.4 Wed Jul 16 00:39:58 2014 (r268731) @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 27, 2014 +.Dd July 2, 2014 .Dt "VIRTUAL TERMINALS" 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -106,6 +106,15 @@ These kernel options control the .Nm driver. .Bl -tag -width MAXCONS +.It Dv TERMINAL_NORM_ATTR= Ns Pa attribute +.It Dv TERMINAL_KERN_ATTR= Ns Pa attribute +These options allow changing the default colors used for normal and kernel +text. +Available colors are defined in +.In sys/terminal.h . +See +.Sx EXAMPLES +below. .It Dv VT_MAXWINDOWS=N Set the number of virtual terminals to be created to .Fa N . @@ -151,13 +160,13 @@ is set, the system remains in text mode. Otherwise, .Nm switches to 640x480x16 VGA mode using -.Xr vt_vga 4 . +.Cm vt_vga . If a KMS .Pq Kernel Mode Switching video driver is available, the display is switched to high resolution and the KMS driver takes over. When a KMS driver is not available, -.Xr vt_vga 4 +.Cm vt_vga remains active. .Sh LOADER TUNABLES These settings can be entered at the @@ -169,6 +178,18 @@ prompt or in Set to 1 to use virtual terminals in text mode instead of graphics mode. Features that require graphics mode, like loadable fonts, will be disabled. +.It Va kern.vty +When both +.Nm +and +.Xr sc 4 have been compiled into the kernel, the one to use for the +system console can be selected by setting this value to +.Ql vt +or +.Ql sc . +If this value is not set, +.Xr sc 4 +is used. .El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/* -compact @@ -179,6 +200,19 @@ virtual terminals .It Pa /etc/ttys terminal initialization information .El +.Sh EXAMPLES +This example changes the default color of normal text to green on a +black background, or black on a green background when reversed. +Note that white space cannot be used inside the attribute string +because of the current implementation of +.Xr config 8 . +.Pp +.Dl "options TERMINAL_NORM_ATTR=(FG_GREEN|BG_BLACK)" +.Pp +This line changes the default color of kernel messages to be bright red +on a black background, or black on a bright red background when reversed. +.Pp +.Dl "options TERMINAL_KERN_ATTR=(FG_LIGHTRED|BG_BLACK)" .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr kbdcontrol 1 , .Xr login 1 , _______________________________________________ svn-src-stable-9@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-stable-9 To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-stable-9-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
