From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 23 20:21:11 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28F9B1065679 for ; Fri, 23 May 2008 20:21:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tataz@tataz.chchile.org) Received: from smtp5-g19.free.fr (smtp5-g19.free.fr [212.27.42.35]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C79678FC1E for ; Fri, 23 May 2008 20:21:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tataz@tataz.chchile.org) Received: from smtp5-g19.free.fr (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp5-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 348B23F6192; Fri, 23 May 2008 22:21:09 +0200 (CEST) Received: from tatooine.tataz.chchile.org (tataz.chchile.org [82.233.239.98]) by smtp5-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3B863F631E; Fri, 23 May 2008 22:21:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: from obiwan.tataz.chchile.org (unknown [192.168.1.25]) by tatooine.tataz.chchile.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECF099B497; Fri, 23 May 2008 20:17:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by obiwan.tataz.chchile.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id DFAED4089; Fri, 23 May 2008 22:17:59 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 22:17:59 +0200 From: Jeremie Le Hen To: "Sam Fourman Jr." Message-ID: <20080523201759.GD80973@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> References: <11167f520805222321o3236391dl2742fa81118029f4@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <11167f520805222321o3236391dl2742fa81118029f4@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) Cc: ketracel , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: development of framebuffer driver hi res console X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 20:21:11 -0000 Hi, On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 01:21:50AM -0500, Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: > and in mt /etc/rc.conf I have > > allscreens_flags="MODE_280" > > note you should man vidcontrol before doing this. > > just type vidcontrol -i at your system console for the correct mode. I've always been puzzled by vidcontrol(8). I've only been able to use 80x50. Using "vidcontrol -i mode", I get 98 modes. If I try MODE_292 (1280x1024x32), I get the following message: % vidcontrol: cannot active raster display: Inapropriate ioctl for device And this is the case for most of them. > it isn't like gentoo or fedora, but it works for me. > I would REALLLY like to see better frame buffer support in FreeBSD My experience with Linux framebuffer is quite bad. I always disable it since backward scrolling (using less) is really, really slow. If there happen to be a similar feature on FreeBSD, I hope we won't have this problem :). Regards, -- Jeremie Le Hen < jeremie at le-hen dot org >< ttz at chchile dot org >