The looks

Crazed123 · 07-25-2003, 07:44 PM

How do I make linux look all snazzy with the flashing rectangle for a cursor at the shell and the cool text and stuff? I'm running Linux From Scratch, and the text all looks like it's out of DOS.

jailbait · 07-25-2003, 08:57 PM

bash and xterm are highly configurable. Try:
man bash
man xterm
to get explanations of all of the possible parameters. Then configure bash and xterm by trial and error until you get THE look.

Crazed123 · 07-25-2003, 11:09 PM

It's not the shell. My text is displayed DOS-like. I want it to be displayed Linux like. Just boot any non-LFS Linux distro to a shell, then boot DOS to see what I mean.

Crazed123 · 07-26-2003, 12:05 AM

I'm good. Just had to change my Lilo params to vga=794. (the video mode code for 1024x768 with 16,000,000 colors) It now boots with cool Linux text, cursor, and penguin logo.

renjith · 08-03-2003, 02:45 PM

I just installed lilo with the gfx patch which now loads nice color background screens for lilo with adjustable menu positions. But I'd also like to the Fonts and I don't know how. Anyone who can help me?