From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 3 04:30:11 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8C6D16A403 for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 04:30:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from schiz0phrenic21@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com (nz-out-0506.google.com [64.233.162.229]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D06AC13C469 for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 04:30:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from schiz0phrenic21@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id r28so1045026nza for ; Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:30:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=Uj3rYG7h8PRx6dA5jwxtIIrkg8BogsaPKVMXFmTnwbRIJA4kcXBPzWFeNWHHdWPvM36izxClyNjZDYZ4Z2Cch3JN9euL4ECTxZiADCUK6rmiCAJIyiTJNY1y03/u+OwuqQj3u2ujJHu/rF5OVsP8UCiPL9CsY1AlviSxBc0cRzk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=eBPjbdwh3gk52hAohRFZA29d/8LlW4gM+7xd020WhekXTnEa+Hd2aUPAbl7Tmi6MK8umQBhnfss3tKnWZkEGFR5OAc+a9FKrbtP+1cpT5yjFjsN0WocpcOWGugPXW6TYEmZL9CLt+9qtDML4tb5niyFAmKvnq8k4tmb/yHMs4Ks= Received: by 10.115.77.1 with SMTP id e1mr2075361wal.1175574191874; Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:23:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.52.13 with HTTP; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 21:23:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <8d23ec860704022123m55ac9694n4f5389e12235ebf9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 00:23:11 -0400 From: Schiz0 To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <4611D2EF.4020501@hier7.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 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> <4611D2EF.4020501@hier7.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Changing Console Resolution - Vidcontrol X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:30:11 -0000 Yeah, I do SSH in most of the time, but with the vmware window open, I'm always tempted to type commands in there. So I figured it'd be nice just to be able to have a nice sized window to do it in. On 4/3/07, Chris Slothouber wrote: > > 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 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 > " > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >