Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 21:04:17 +0100 From: "Wiroth Didier" <didier.wiroth@mcesr.etat.lu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: freebsd & vidcontrol vs linux console Message-ID: <web-716679@mcesr.etat.lu>
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Hey, I know that there have been a lot of post about changing the console resolution in freebsd using: vidcontrol & adding options VESA ord VGA_WIDTH90 etc and recompiling the Kernel etc.. I've tried linux a few times but I personaly didn't like it, except for example "the console resolutions" you could achieve by adding for example: vga=775 to the lilo.conf file which gave you a console of 1280x1024 with 256 colours which was really nice on a 21" Monitor! The fonts were also very nice in the linux console! I still have problems to understand why this can't be done that nice and softly on FreeBSD. What is the problem/or barrier in freebsd why you can't get such a nice resolution? I saw that in FreeBSD 5 there was an addition saying this: "A VESA S3 linear framebuffer driver has been added" Has this something to do with what I'm asking? If someone could clarrify me about the problem, it would be very nice. Thanks a lot Didier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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