---
name: "display-vcsa"
section: "7ggi"
platform: "linux"
package: "libggi-target-vcsa"
version: "1:2.0.1-2"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/display-vcsa/7ggi"
---

# display-vcsa(7ggi)

Display using Linux virtual console text device

## NAME

display-vcsa - Display using Linux virtual console text device

## SYNOPSIS

**display-vcsa** **:** \[ **-noinput** \]  \[  **\[ -nokbd \]  \[ -nomouse \]**  \]  \[ **-shade** \]  \[ **-ascii** \]  \[ **-physz=***sizex***,***sizeydpi* \]  \[ *vcsa device* \]

## DESCRIPTION

Uses the Linux */dev/vcsa\** devices  to render text modes onto the console.

## OPTIONS

- **-nokbd**

  Do not open any libraries for keyboard input.

- **-nomouse**

  Do not open any libraries for mouse input.

- **-noinput**

  Same as both **-nokbd** and **-nomouse**.

- **-shade**

  The **-shade** option turns on \`shading mode', which changes the color mapping so that it chooses characters which emulate a shading effect. This makes a big improvement if using (some might say abusing :) the **vcsa** target for graphical purposes.

- **-ascii**

  The **-ascii** option limits the color mapping to only using ASCII characters. The default mode uses IBM special characters (the solid block mainly, and others when using **-shade**).

- **-physz=***sizex***,***sizeydpi*

  This option will provide a physical screen size for applications which wish to remain resolution independent.  *sizex*,*sizey* are the x,y size of the screen in millimeters, unless the optional *dpi* string is affixed, in which case, they represent resolution in dots-per-inch.

- *vcsa device*

  The filename of the device file, defaulting to */dev/vcsa* which draws on the current virtual console.

## FEATURES

No DirectBuffer support.

Unaccelerated.