Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 15:42:47 -0500 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: "Sam Fourman Jr." <sfourman@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: the Newcons Project Message-ID: <CA%2BtpaK0WP_OaA69kFEu09ToDo=WMy0Gdg=RgmTeUVpiHN9CCNQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAOFF%2BZ3c5WvbsxfFS34nM8wq9T_Dyr9dCw=01A7Ch%2BREriUeHQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAOFF%2BZ3c5WvbsxfFS34nM8wq9T_Dyr9dCw=01A7Ch%2BREriUeHQ@mail.gmail.com>
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http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=vidcontrol&sektion=1 On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 2:13 AM, Sam Fourman Jr. <sfourman@gmail.com> wrote: > My understanding of this whole subject is limited, but bear with me... in > my quest to get a "cool looking console for my desktop... I found this > https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons > > does anyone know if someone is still actively working on the NewCons > project? or is it already committed to HEAD and i just don't realize? the > wiki is a bit confusing... > > I would VERY much be able to have a console that looked like this in > FreeBSD > > http://wiki.gentoo.org/images/7/7c/Bootsplash.png > > but if my understanding is correct, we are not at this point (yet)... even > if you pull the development source from here > > svn co svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/user/ed/newcons > > and change the kernel config like this: > > #device vga # VGA video card driver > #device sc > device vt > device vt_vga > > > could someone with more understanding of this, be able to tell me if the > Newcons project (when completed) is even going to do what i'm looking for? > > if so, exactly what things have to be done yet, in order for FreeBSD to > have a console like Gentoo? > > > -- > > Sam Fourman Jr. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Adam Vande More
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