Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 20:13:09 +0000 From: Jonathan Belson <jon@witchspace.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Jordan Breeding <jordan.breeding@attbi.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Questions about upcoming FreeBSD 4.5... Message-ID: <20020121200911.MGGH7000.mta06-svc.ntlworld.com@there>
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Doug White wrote: (-stable removed from headers) >>I have a few questions about FreeBSD, I have been using Linux and Unix >>now for quite some time but am considering switching my home system to >>FreeBSD. One question I have is this, in linux even though there is a >>text console by default (using vga) you can use a frame buffer console >>for just about any video card out right now so that I am able to use my >>brand new ATI Radeon 7500 to have a console which is at 1280x1024 at >>8bit depth with a refresh of 85 Hz, is this possible in FreeBSD or are >>only certain cards able to be used in frame buffer mode for virtual >>consoles? >> > Depends on what you mean. FreeBSD doesn't have a kernel-based framebuffer > a la Linux's fb code. On the plus side, the latest XFree86 should support I was thinking recently about how nice it would be to have a 'hires' console like eg. Solaris. I currently run VGA_90x60 but it's a bit ugly IMHO. Would you actually need framebuffer support or could you just set a VESA mode via set_video_mode()? --Jon <http://www.witchspace.com>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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