Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:31:03 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Fred Morcos <fred.morcos@gmail.com> Subject: Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions Message-ID: <201206220031.03385.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <20120621185538.a9aa6e5b.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <CAH3a3KWEik7nViy2VDBka-a7X9Ew-NrFrW5hPQMT1d2UgGLpzA@mail.gmail.com> <CAH3a3KUWc_a_8Ts8m2VHEYx5TNoGKGv_zCgMxhRkPbC9wvziaQ@mail.gmail.com> <20120621185538.a9aa6e5b.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Hi, On Thursday 21 June 2012 23:55:38 Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:24:26 +0200, Fred Morcos wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Wojciech Puchar > > q) Is it possible to get native resolution on the console? I played > > with vesa and vidcontrol but could never get what I wanted. Native > > resolution would require KMS? > > As far as I know, KMS (kernel mode settings) is specific to Linux. past tense, please. > FreeBSD has several VESA modes bigger than 80x25. But I have to > admit that I don't see a problem in using this default mode during > initialization time. Later on, xterms (also those containing SSH > and screen sessions) can be configured any size under X. Not really. I never found out why PCBSD could use my 1366x768 screen under VESA but FreeBSD couldn't. The new KMS does it all. > Erich
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