Howto fbterm
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1. Config:
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.fbtermrc:

# Configuration for FbTerm

# Lines starting with '#' are ignored.
# Note that end-of-line comments are NOT supported, comments must be on a line of their own.

# font family names/pixelsize used by fbterm, multiple font family names must be seperated by ','
# and using a fixed width font as the first is strongly recommended
# font-names=mono
# font.names=FreeMono
font.names=Monospace
# font-names=TimesNewRoman
font-size=32
# fbterm --font-names=LiberationMono --font-size=48
# font-names=Inconsolata,Symbola
# font-size=28

# force font width (and/or height), usually for non-fixed width fonts
# legal value format: n (fw_new = n), +n (fw_new = fw_old + n), -n (fw_new = fw_old - n)
#font-width=
#font-height=

# default color of foreground/background text
# available colors: 0 = black, 1 = red, 2 = green, 3 = brown, 4 = blue, 5 = magenta, 6 = cyan, 7 = white
color-foreground=7
color-background=0

# max scroll-back history lines of every window, value must be [0 - 65535], 0 means disable it
history-lines=1000

# up to 5 additional text encodings, multiple encodings must be seperated by ','
# run 'iconv --list' to get available encodings.
text-encodings=

# cursor shape: 0 = underline, 1 = block
# cursor flash interval in milliseconds, 0 means disable flashing
cursor-shape=0
cursor-interval=500

# additional ascii chars considered as part of a word while auto-selecting text, except ' ', 0-9, a-z, A-Z
word-chars=._-

# change the clockwise orientation angle of screen display
# available values: 0 = 0 degree, 1 = 90 degrees, 2 = 180 degrees, 3 = 270 degrees
screen-rotate=0

# specify the favorite input method program to run
input-method=

# treat ambiguous width characters as wide
# ambiguous-wide=yes
#
exec screen

2. Error message "can't chage kernle keymap table"
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sudo chmod u+s usr/bin/fbterm

3. Add your user to the video group so you can access the device frame buffer /dev/fb0
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https://gist.github.com/zellio/5809852
usermod -aG video USERNAME

4. Login hacks
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https://gist.github.com/zellio/5809852
* Add the (following) code in profile to the end of /etc/profile it sets a flag so you can wrangle your \$TERM variable later, executes fbterm for you and injects a few color codes so that everything will render properly.
vi ~/.profile:
# hack for 256 color depth with fbterm

if [ "$TERM" = "linux" ]; then
    echo -en "\e]P0222222" #black
    echo -en "\e]P8222222" #darkgrey
    echo -en "\e]P1803232" #darkred
    echo -en "\e]P9982b2b" #red
    echo -en "\e]P25b762f" #darkgreen
    echo -en "\e]PA89b83f" #green
    echo -en "\e]P3aa9943" #brown
    echo -en "\e]PBefef60" #yellow
    echo -en "\e]P4324c80" #darkblue
    echo -en "\e]PC2b4f98" #blue
    echo -en "\e]P5706c9a" #darkmagenta
    echo -en "\e]PD826ab1" #magenta
    echo -en "\e]P692b19e" #darkcyan
    echo -en "\e]PEa1cdcd" #cyan
    echo -en "\e]P7ffffff" #lightgrey
    echo -en "\e]PFdedede" #white

    FBTERM=1 exec fbterm
fi
* Next add the code in shellrc to your shell configurations somewhere. It will help to auto-dectect and set your $TERM variable properly. If $TERM is wrong, your colors won't work.
vi ~/.kshrc:
case "$TERM" in
    xterm*)
        if [ -e /usr/share/terminfo/x/xterm-256color ]; then
            export TERM=xterm-256color
        elif [ -e /usr/share/terminfo/x/xterm-color ]; then
            export TERM=xterm-color;
        else
            export TERM=xterm
        fi
        ;;
    linux)
        [ -n "$FBTERM" ] && export TERM=fbterm
        ;;
esac