Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 19:01:21 -0500 From: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> To: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reading the handbook from console Message-ID: <50F34AD1.8020207@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <201301132258.r0DMwZNi010880@mail.r-bonomi.com> References: <201301132258.r0DMwZNi010880@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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Robert Bonomi wrote: >> Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:48:01 +0100 >> From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> >> To: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> >> Subject: Re: Reading the handbook from console >> Cc: scotteberl@gmail.com, dteske@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org >> >> On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:15:23 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: >>> What do you mean by "enable console graphics"? >>> Is this something different than x11? >> The is a famous library, svgalib, a "low level console graphics >> library" which can - under _very_ specific circumstances - display >> graphics "on" the text mode console. There are few browsers, >> image viewers and even media players that can use this interface >> to display "console graphics" while _not_ needing X. >> >> However, this only works for local displays. As soon as there >> is a serial or SSH connection involved, it doesn't work anymore. >> >> I've actually never seen this working on FreeBSD; maybe it's >> just a Linuxism. Maybe it's just because I've never tried. :-) >> > > Works fine on FreeBSD -- graphics-mode screen-savers (like 'fire') > use it. > How do you activate graphics-mode screen-savers (like 'fire')?
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