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.\" syscons - a utility for manipulating the syscons driver
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.\"     @(#)syscons.1
.\"
.TH syscons 1 "August 24, 1993" "" "FreeBSD"

.SH NAME
syscons - a utility for manipulating the syscons VTY driver.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.na
.B syscons
.RB [options]
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B syscons
command is used to set various options for the syscons console driver,
such as font, keymap, current screen, etc.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
The following command line options are supported.
.TP
.B \-v
Turns on verbose output.
.TP
.BI "\-s\ " N|off
Sets the screensaver timeout to
.I N
seconds, or turns it
.I off
.TP
.BI "\-S\ " NAME|list
Sets the screensaver appearance to
.I NAME .
Use \-S list to list the available
.I NAMEs .
.TP
.BI "\-m\ " 80x25|80x50
Set screen size to 80x25 or 80x50 chars.
.TP
.BI "\-r\ " [ delay.repeat | slow | fast | normal ]
Set keyboard
.I delay
and
.I repeat
rates, or use presets for
.I slow,
.I fast
or
.I normal.
.TP
.BI "\-M\ " scrmap
Install screen output map file from
.I scrmap
.TP
.BI "\-k\ " mapfile
Install keyboard map file from
.I mapfile
.TP
.BI "\-f\ " size\ file
Load font
.I file
for
.I size
(currently, only 8, 14 or 16).
.TP
.BI "\-t\ " scr#
Set current virtual screen to be
.I scr#
.TP
.BI "\-F\ " FN#\ string
Set function key
.I FN#
to send
.I string
.
.PP
.SH FILES
/usr/share/syscons/fonts
/usr/share/syscons/keymaps
/usr/share/syscons/scrnmaps
.PP
.SH BUGS
Sure to be some.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR keyboard (4) ,
.BR screen (4) ,
.BR /sys/i386/conf/SYSCONS
.SH AUTHORS
Christoph M. Robitschko
.TP
Sxren Schmidt (syscons driver & original code).
.TP
Jordan Hubbard (this man page).
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24380a1e JH	1	.\"
	2	.\" syscons - a utility for manipulating the syscons driver
	3	.\"
	4	.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
	5	.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
	6	.\" are met:
	7	.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
	8	.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
	9	.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
	10	.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
	11	.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
	12	.\"
	13	.\" @(#)syscons.1
	14	.\"
	15	.TH syscons 1 "August 24, 1993" "" "FreeBSD"
	16
	17	.SH NAME
	18	syscons - a utility for manipulating the syscons VTY driver.
	19	.SH SYNOPSIS
	20	.na
	21	.B syscons
	22	.RB [options]
	23	.SH DESCRIPTION
	24	The
	25	.B syscons
	26	command is used to set various options for the syscons console driver,
	27	such as font, keymap, current screen, etc.
	28	.SH OPTIONS
	29	.TP
	30	The following command line options are supported.
	31	.TP
	32	.B \-v
	33	Turns on verbose output.
	34	.TP
	35	.BI "\-s\ " N\|off
	36	Sets the screensaver timeout to
	37	.I N
	38	seconds, or turns it
	39	.I off
13f3017d CR	40	.TP
	41	.BI "\-S\ " NAME\|list
	42	Sets the screensaver appearance to
	43	.I NAME .
	44	Use \-S list to list the available
	45	.I NAMEs .
24380a1e JH	46	.TP
	47	.BI "\-m\ " 80x25\|80x50
	48	Set screen size to 80x25 or 80x50 chars.
	49	.TP
0037764b JH	50	.BI "\-r\ " [ delay.repeat \| slow \| fast \| normal ]
0037764b JH	51	Set keyboard
24380a1e JH	52	.I delay
	53	and
	54	.I repeat
0037764b JH	55	rates, or use presets for
	56	.I slow,
	57	.I fast
	58	or
	59	.I normal.
	60	.TP
13f3017d	61	.BI "\-M\ " scrmap
0037764b JH	62	Install screen output map file from
0037764b JH	63	.I scrmap
24380a1e JH	64	.TP
	65	.BI "\-k\ " mapfile
	66	Install keyboard map file from
	67	.I mapfile
	68	.TP
	69	.BI "\-f\ " size\ file
	70	Load font
	71	.I file
	72	for
	73	.I size
	74	(currently, only 8, 14 or 16).
	75	.TP
	76	.BI "\-t\ " scr#
	77	Set current virtual screen to be
	78	.I scr#
	79	.TP
0037764b	80	.BI "\-F\ " FN#\ string
24380a1e JH	81	Set function key
	82	.I FN#
	83	to send
	84	.I string
	85	.
	86	.PP
0037764b JH	87	.SH FILES
	88	/usr/share/syscons/fonts
	89	/usr/share/syscons/keymaps
	90	/usr/share/syscons/scrnmaps
	91	.PP
24380a1e JH	92	.SH BUGS
	93	Sure to be some.
	94	.SH "SEE ALSO"
13f3017d CR	95	.BR keyboard (4) ,
13f3017d CR	96	.BR screen (4) ,
24380a1e JH	97	.BR /sys/i386/conf/SYSCONS
	98	.SH AUTHORS
	99	Christoph M. Robitschko
	100	.TP
	101	Sxren Schmidt (syscons driver & original code).
	102	.TP
	103	Jordan Hubbard (this man page).