From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 20 11: 6: 8 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from news-ma.rhein-neckar.de (news-ma.rhein-neckar.de [193.197.90.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22706111CF for ; Sat, 20 Feb 1999 11:05:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de) Received: from mips.rhein-neckar.de (uucp@localhost) by news-ma.rhein-neckar.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with bsmtp id UAA09935 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 20 Feb 1999 20:05:46 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de) Received: by mips.rhein-neckar.de id m10EGGe-000X07C (Debian Smail-3.2.0.101 1997-Dec-17 #2); Sat, 20 Feb 1999 18:32:40 +0100 (CET) From: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber) Subject: Re: vt0 or sc0, what is your opinion? Date: 20 Feb 1999 18:32:32 +0100 Message-ID: <7amrjg$clv$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de> References: To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Boune, Damian wrote: > I am trying to decide which console driver to use on my new (and > very much beloved) FreeBSD box. Try them both and decide for yourself which one you like better. > In the past I have always just left the default, sc0, as I don't know > enough about the two to make a good decision. PCVT (vt0): + Emulates a DEC VT220 about as well as possible on PC display adapter hardware. o Has some bizarre features like on-screen function key labels. (Really a plus, if only anybody needed it.) - Has a bizarre font architecture that serves the needs of a VT220 emulation very well but can't be expanded. - Doesn't support moused(8). - Won't see any further development, although it still does see some active maintenance. In fact, it even had been axed from 3.0-CURRENT for a couple of days, before much screaming and yelling brought it back. Syscons (sc0): + Actively developed. + Supports moused(8). + Has run-of-the-mill loadable fonts. - Emulates a SCO ANSI console, which is quite pityful compared to a VT220. Basically, it boils down to whether you want a PC console or a VT220-type console. No best-of-both-worlds, alas. >From time to time there is talk on -current and -hackers about modularizing syscons to provide the framework for pluggable emulations, i.e. you could load syscons-sco, syscons-vt, etc, depending on your needs and tastes. Unfortunately a lot of work still needs to be done to make this viable, and I'm not sure whether anybody's working on it. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de carpe librum: books 'n' reviews To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message