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Date:      Tue, 15 Oct 2013 16:07:32 +0400
From:      Andrey Fesenko <f0andrey@gmail.com>
To:        Kip Coul <kipcoul@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Frame buffer console
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On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Kip Coul <kipcoul@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I would like to have a high resolution console, but I don't want to run a
> full blown X11 server.
> If I'm not mistaken, FreeBSD already has a functional frame buffer, because
> I am able to display a 32-bit screen saver in console mode.
>
> Therefore, I would like to know if there was a "frame buffer-based
> syscons". If not, how can I contribute?
>
> Thanks for your answer!
>

Just in time, join the test ;)
http://raybsd.blogspot.de/2013/10/continuation-of-newcons-project.html



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