Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 22:11:37 -0700 From: "Chris H" <bsd-lists@BSDforge.com> To: "Mahmoud Al-Qudsi" <mqudsi@neosmart.net> Cc: <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Lack of /dev/vtvga0? Message-ID: <1ded7c55df9a77fd690959b375435b12@udns.ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <CACcTrKdLoO3GnsDta3MqCV3LE5xipXbz2PxMMuaunVz4ic2W7g@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 22 Jun 2018 23:31:58 -0500 "Mahmoud Al-Qudsi" <mqudsi@neosmart=2Enet>= said > Hello list, >=20 > As I've mentioned in a previous message, I've been working on trying to g= et > a > proper graphics subsystem/desktop up and running under 12-CURRENT without > any > X components; something that was once possible a long time ago by using > libvgl > probably via SDL1=2E2 =E2=80=94 an option that's been deprecated in SDL2 an= d isn't > viable in all cases since libvgl doesn't support newcons/vt=2E I'm not clear if you're already possibly referring to this=2E But have you tried sc(4) ( SysCons )=2E If you haven't tried already; adding the following to your loader=2Econf(5) should give it to you: kern=2Evty=3Dsc You can also include it in your custom kernel by adding this to your KERNCONF device sc options SC_PIXEL_MODE # adds support for the raster text mode Hope this helps=2E --Chris >=20 > I understand the limitations of the basic VGA driver (lack of hardware > acceleration, current hard-coded 640x480x16 resolution) but I'm not clear= on > why the vt_vga driver does not make a framebuffer device available (vtvga= 0 > is > initialized, but there is no corresponding /dev/vtvga0)=2E Isn't it possibl= e > to > use vt_vga in pixel mode and directly write to the kernel console > framebuffer? >=20 > Any insight would be appreciated! >=20 > Mahmoud Al-Qudsi > NeoSmart Technologies > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd=2Eorg mailing list > https://lists=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd=2Eorg= "
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