Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:07:11 -0400 From: Chris Slothouber <chris@hier7.com> To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Changing Console Resolution - Vidcontrol Message-ID: <4611D2EF.4020501@hier7.com> In-Reply-To: <8d23ec860704022041s4b80266ofe9b751b84f80fbc@mail.gmail.com> References: <8d23ec860704021055n12e7ec05h300effc21e54713e@mail.gmail.com> <20070402140654.T10007@tbbqjvyy.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <200704021354.57395.fcash@ocis.net> <200704031015.19451.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <8d23ec860704022041s4b80266ofe9b751b84f80fbc@mail.gmail.com>
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Wouldn't it be easier to ssh in Windows in to your virtual machine? This would certainly be a lot more effective at getting used to working with FreeBSD remotely, if you are indeed replacing a Linux box that you work on remotely. - Chris Slothouber Schiz0 wrote: > I'd just like to be able to type commands without having them wrap to the > next line. Same goes to compiling software: More screen space = Less data > flying by at once = More time to read whatever's going on, let it be > errors, > warnings, whatever. > > And in my case, because I'm running it in VMWare at the moment due to the > fact that I'm new to BSD and I'd like to learn before I put it into > production, the console window barely fills the VMWare window, so I'm > wasting a whole lot of space. Half the screen is just blank. > > On 4/2/07, Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> wrote: >> >> >> I don't understand why people who want high resolution consoles don't run >> X. >> >> It is a *lot* faster for the vast majority of cards (ie ones which aren't >> doing VESA modes). >> >> Scrolling a screen full of text at a decent resolution using VESA == >> slideshow. >> >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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