Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 20:04:08 -0300 From: JoaoBR <joao@matik.com.br> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> Subject: Re: Changing Console Resolution - Vidcontrol Message-ID: <200704042004.09399.joao@matik.com.br> In-Reply-To: <20070404074927.GC854@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <8d23ec860704021055n12e7ec05h300effc21e54713e@mail.gmail.com> <200704031427.01137.joao@matik.com.br> <20070404074927.GC854@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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On Wednesday 04 April 2007 04:49, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2007-Apr-03 14:27:00 -0300, JoaoBR <joao@matik.com.br> wrote: > >simply consider RH graphical boot in 1024x768 has a very professional lo= ok > >while Freebsd still looks like Gate's MsDos before selling it to IBM > > I don't understand why displaying a silly graphic whilst hiding the > boot messages is professional. If you really need eye-candy to make > your FreeBSD box look like it's running MS Windows, see splash(4) uuuhf man, my example of RH's graphical boot is *not* about a picture and t= his=20 wasn't at all a comparism to any graphics in picture form, you should pay=20 more attention to the whole thread instead of junking in here this thread is about displaying *text console* in 1024x768 and so I compar= ed=20 RH 8x8 boot text to fbsd's 16x16 mode and it is not about professional looking even if it was one of the points a= s=20 example, it is extremely useful to get more information on one screen and=20 still more usefull not having linewraps and I do not even get why this is beeing fight because it is natural having= =20 bigger screens and smaller letter to see more at once, unless you have=20 disabilities and need the big letters but that is another point of view =2D-=20 Jo=E3o A mensagem foi scaneada pelo sistema de e-mail e pode ser considerada segura. Service fornecido pelo Datacenter Matik https://datacenter.matik.com.br
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