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.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 "\-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 "\-S\ " 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 /sys/i386/conf/SYSCONS
.SH AUTHORS
Christoph M. Robitschko
.TP
Sxren Schmidt (syscons driver & original code).
.TP
Jordan Hubbard (this man page).