larry@nstar.uucp (Larry Snyder) (07/11/90)
I am running 386/ix 2.2 and have a script that controls the
colors on my various console windows and enables scrolling -
yet placing this script in /etc/rc.d doesn't work since the
consoles are not initiated as of yet - where could I put this
script so that it executes right after the various consoles
are initialized?
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Larry Snyder, Northern Star Communications, Notre Dame, IN USA
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Public Access Unix Site (219) 289-3745 (multiline)gary@sci34hub.UUCP (Gary Heston) (07/12/90)
In article <1990Jul11.123256.939@nstar.uucp> larry@nstar.uucp (Larry Snyder) writes: >yet placing this script in /etc/rc.d doesn't work since the >consoles are not initiated as of yet - where could I put this >script so that it executes right after the various consoles >are initialized? /etc/rc.d is a holding place for initializing scripts. They're executed from /etc/rc0.d, or /etc/rc2.d, where they're linked to start or kill names. Link your script in rc.d to rc2.d/S95script, and init will execute it towards the end of setting up init level 2. The names in the numbered rc.d directories follow the form: {KS}[00-99]name Where: K or S indicates Kill or Start the process, daemon, etc. 00-99 is a two-digit sequence number that init uses to decide when each of the scripts is run. name is a reference name for your convenience (acct, sendmail, lp, etc.). If you do a ls -i of /etc/rc.d and /etc/rc2.d, you'll find that several are linked together. -- Gary Heston { uunet!sci34hub!gary } System Mismanager SCI Technology, Inc. OEM Products Department (i.e., computers) "The esteemed gentleman says I called him a liar. That's true, and I regret it." Retief, a character created by Keith Laumer.
robert@towers.UUCP (Robert Hoquim) (07/13/90)
larry@nstar.uucp (Larry Snyder) writes: >I am running 386/ix 2.2 and have a script that controls the >colors on my various console windows and enables scrolling - >yet placing this script in /etc/rc.d doesn't work since the >consoles are not initiated as of yet - where could I put this >script so that it executes right after the various consoles >are initialized? Try putting it in your user .profile or in the /etc/profile (master pre- profile file) since they are activated after the consoles are set up. -- Robert Hoquim Small Systems Specialists (317)-255-6807 8500 N. Meridian ..!nstar!towers!robert Indianapolis, IN. 46260
david@csource.oz.au (david nugent) (07/13/90)
In <1990Jul11.123256.939@nstar.uucp> larry@nstar.uucp (Larry Snyder) writes: >I am running 386/ix 2.2 and have a script that controls the >colors on my various console windows and enables scrolling - >yet placing this script in /etc/rc.d doesn't work since the >consoles are not initiated as of yet - where could I put this >script so that it executes right after the various consoles >are initialized? Something like the following can be placed in /etc/rc.d/<whatever> TERM=AT386;export TERM setcolor -s On setcolor -f lgreen,black >/dev/vt01 setcolor -f lgreen,black >/dev/vt02 . . etc. . setcolor -f yellow,black >/dev/console The hardware scrolling option is global and stays active in all virtual terminals once it's enabled in any of them. With colors, setcolor just outputs ANSI sequences, but (which is a little silly) tests only the controlling TTY for an AT386 tty type. I complicate the picture a bit, since I prefer 43 line EGA mode on all virtual terminals. This requires a small program to open them one by one and do an ioctl() to set 43 line mode, then use setcolor to adjust the cursor size. v43all setcolor -c 6,7 >/dev/vt01 . . etc. . v43all goes something like this: /* ------------------------------- cut here ----------------------------- */ /* ** v43all.c ** Program to run at boot time on ISC 386/ix ** to flip all virtual terminals into 43line EGA mode ** ** David Nugent, donated to public domain */ # include <stdio.h> # include <fcntl.h> # include <sys/types.h> # include <sys/at_ansi.h> # include <sys/kd.h> # include <errno.h> int main (int argc, char *argv[]) { int vt; int fd; char *dev, vtdev[256]; dev = vtdev; for (vt = 0; vt++ < 8; ) { if (vt < 8) { sprintf (vtdev, "/dev/vt%02u", vt); } else dev = "/dev/console"; fd = open (dev, O_WRONLY); if (fd == -1) { fprintf (stderr, "Error %d opening %s\n", errno, dev); continue; } switch (ioctl (fd, CONS_CURRENT, 0)) { case -1: case KD_MONO: case KD_HERCULES: case KD_CGA: fputs ("Incompatible monitor type\n", stderr); break; case KD_EGA: case KD_VGA: ioctl (fd, SW_ENHC80x43, 0); break; } } return 0; } /* ------------------------------- cut here ----------------------------- */ After initially experimenting with this under ISC 2.0.1 & 2.0.2, I'm certainly happy that ISC have fixed the problem where it didn't preserve modes across virtual terminals. Now when you flip vt's the screen mode changes accordingly (as it should). I'm also glad they've put in the ^[= sequences which makes setcolor possible. david -- _______________________________________________________________________________ Unique Computing Pty Ltd Melbourne Australia - Communications Specialists david@csource.oz.au 3:632/348@fidonet 28:4100/1@signet
david@csource.oz.au (david nugent) (07/13/90)
>I complicate the picture a bit, since I prefer 43 line EGA mode >on all virtual terminals. This requires a small program to open >them one by one and do an ioctl() to set 43 line mode, then use >setcolor to adjust the cursor size. > v43all > setcolor -c 6,7 >/dev/vt01 > . > . etc. > . I should also add that I set the environment variable LINES=43 in the /etc/profile script after checking that the controlling tty is /dev/vt?? or /dev/console. This allows terminfo (and all the software using it) to take advantage of the full screen. david -- _______________________________________________________________________________ Unique Computing Pty Ltd Melbourne Australia - Communications Specialists david@csource.oz.au 3:632/348@fidonet 28:4100/1@signet