colors in console

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terietor

hello,

i have just emigrated from gentoo linux in freebsd.

i like freebsd very much and this will be my distro.:)

in gentoo linux i could use framebuffer in order to make my tty more "beautiful"
because i use very often tty i use x only if i want to see a movie or something like that.

Can u help me in order to make my tty better?:)

this is an example how i want to make my tty.

Code: 
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs22/f/2007/340/2/c/Gentoo_Framebuffer_and_Vim_by_TopperHarley999.png

P.S.:of course instead of "g" i will put a daemon..:)
 
for colors you don't need the framebuffer.
I never tried to, but i know that you can use misc/grc for coloring any console output.
As for fb, i can't find the how-to now, but you should recompile your kernel with
Code: 
options VESA
options SC_PIXEL_MODE
and use $ vidcontrol -i mode VESA_800x600 foreground to get high-res console.
for every console every boot, you sould use
Code: 
allscreens_flags="vidcontrol -i mode VESA_800x600 foreground"
in your /etc/rc.conf
And for background picture, as i remember jfbterm had that functionality.
P.s.: why do you prefer using 'raw' ttys, not the rxvt/xterm on top of raw X? That could be much easier for that 'beautifullness'.
 
nekoexmachina said:
P.s.: why do you prefer using 'raw' ttys, not the rxvt/xterm on top of raw X? That could be much easier for that 'beautifullness'.
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can you explain this to me?i didn't understand you.

thanks for the info.:)
 
can you explain this to me?i didn't understand you.
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Just start X11 with transparent fullscreen xterm/rxvt (transparency set via .Xdefaults, fullscreen, probably, too. Or via -geometry option in your .xinitrc), set wppr with feh or some tool of your choice, install misc/tmux or sysutils/screen for multiple terminal sessions in one xterm window, be happy (with that - you'll have no time-killing kernel compilation and configuring jfbterm/fb)
And you'll get some cool thingys like dualhead support and better fonts and full utf8 support.
You'll get something like this.

To get some graphic support with no (probably painfull) -geometry switches every time you need to run firefox or something, try x11-wm/xmonad or x11-wm/dwm or ion3 (that you will have to compile by hand due to some brain-damage of its main developer); i'm sure you'll like it.
 
thanks for your informations.

but if i want to use at the same time x and xterm could i do it?

i want to add "beautifulness" to ttys in order to gain the knowledge of how-to.

this is the basic reason that i left gentoo linux for freebsd.

i don't care if something is difficult to be achieved in FBSD i do care if this "something" is possible to be achieved in FBSD.

it's all about knowledge.:)
 
so..
you suggest me to start me desktop enviroment and instead of my desktop's enviforment konsole to use xterm or rxvt.
right?

set wppr with feh or some tool of your choice.
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what do u mean?
 
For X, just choose a color capable terminal. The command to use is ls -G . It'll turn things colorful for you. Or you can even add it as an alias to speed things up.
 
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