From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 4 23:15:07 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA21716A401 for ; Wed, 4 Apr 2007 23:15:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joao@matik.com.br) Received: from msrv.matik.com.br (msrv.matik.com.br [200.152.83.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D9A513C45B for ; Wed, 4 Apr 2007 23:15:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joao@matik.com.br) Received: from ap-h.matik.com.br (ap-h.matik.com.br [200.152.83.36]) by msrv.matik.com.br (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l34NF5e9031149; Wed, 4 Apr 2007 20:15:05 -0300 (BRT) (envelope-from joao@matik.com.br) From: JoaoBR Organization: Infomatik To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 20:04:08 -0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <8d23ec860704021055n12e7ec05h300effc21e54713e@mail.gmail.com> <200704031427.01137.joao@matik.com.br> <20070404074927.GC854@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20070404074927.GC854@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200704042004.09399.joao@matik.com.br> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-99.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL, MONOTONE_WORDS_15_2, MR_DIFF_MID, USER_IN_WHITELIST autolearn=no version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: Antispam Datacenter Matik msrv.matik.com.br X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88.4, clamav-milter version 0.88.4 on msrv.matik.com.br X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: Peter Jeremy Subject: Re: Changing Console Resolution - Vidcontrol X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:15:08 -0000 On Wednesday 04 April 2007 04:49, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2007-Apr-03 14:27:00 -0300, JoaoBR 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