From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 3 01:19:41 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93EDD16A405 for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 01:19:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (cain.gsoft.com.au [203.31.81.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04BB913C457 for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 01:19:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from inchoate.gsoft.com.au (inchoate.gsoft.com.au [203.31.81.61]) (authenticated bits=0) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l330jLrr017014 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 3 Apr 2007 10:15:21 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) From: "Daniel O'Connor" To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 10:15:17 +0930 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <8d23ec860704021055n12e7ec05h300effc21e54713e@mail.gmail.com> <20070402140654.T10007@tbbqjvyy.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <200704021354.57395.fcash@ocis.net> In-Reply-To: <200704021354.57395.fcash@ocis.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1180687.a4SeaLzVRr"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200704031015.19451.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> X-Spam-Score: -3.977 () ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.58 on 203.31.81.10 Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing Console Resolution - Vidcontrol X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 01:19:41 -0000 --nextPart1180687.a4SeaLzVRr Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday 03 April 2007 06:24, Freddie Cash wrote: > 1024x768 is a pretty standard VESA mode used on a lot of people's text > consoles. :) On most videocards, MODE_279 will be 1024x768 w/16 bpp > colour. Check the output of "vidcontrol -i". You'll see a lot of > different modes, some text, some raster/bitmap/VESA/whatever-you-call-it. > > This has nothing to do with X or any GUI. I don't understand why people who want high resolution consoles don't run X. It is a *lot* faster for the vast majority of cards (ie ones which aren't=20 doing VESA modes). Scrolling a screen full of text at a decent resolution using VESA =3D=3D=20 slideshow. =2D-=20 Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C --nextPart1180687.a4SeaLzVRr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBGEaOf5ZPcIHs/zowRAunuAJ94fNLvtxYmnwgt/ovUx9pWadAOCwCgjG55 pFr6RHeGlFYfJspCLPQtu/M= =Bcqh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1180687.a4SeaLzVRr--