Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 01:29:05 +1100 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: console-only freebsd Message-ID: <20171011005715.D20901@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <20171010134149.GB70456@acer.zyxst.net> References: <20171007142019.GA19356@v007.zyxst.net> <CAOjFWZ63omYQya34Kk-nAVGvo7cn6CuYyxUFk_0L13o_hGk0vA@mail.gmail.com> <3849a428c5f41c728effa2f85510c26e@ultimatedns.net> <20171010134149.GB70456@acer.zyxst.net>
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[ bit OT for freebsd-stable@ methinks, so replying to questions@ ] On Tue, 10 Oct 2017, tech-lists wrote: > On Mon, Oct 09, 2017 at 07:58:12AM -0700, Chris H wrote: > > > You might also find this article by Warren Block of value: > > > > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/hiresconsole.html > > interesting, I guess that's another way of looking at it. Bear in mind though > that the cpu really is low powered. On top of that, it's a netbook so > keeping power consumption low is important Are you using powerd(8) to moderate CPU speed (so, power) when not so busy? Also many useful tips in https://wiki.freebsd.org/TuningPowerConsumption > In the meantime I've found that links2 might do what I want as it supports > text and graphics in svga/framebuffer. > > thanks for the suggestion More likely for it and similar things to work using sc rather than vt ? cheers, Ian
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