From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 5 13:39:02 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 E3D2816A401 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 13:39:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from craig@feniz.gank.org) Received: from ion.gank.org (ion.gank.org [69.55.238.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D131E13C483 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 13:39:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from craig@feniz.gank.org) Received: by ion.gank.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id ABD2A11A7C; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 08:39:02 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 08:38:59 -0500 From: Craig Boston To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Message-ID: <20070405133858.GB72219@nowhere> Mail-Followup-To: Craig Boston , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG References: <200704041446.53000.joao@matik.com.br> <200704050725.l357PkWK084280@lurza.secnetix.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200704050725.l357PkWK084280@lurza.secnetix.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: 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: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:39:03 -0000 On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 09:25:46AM +0200, Oliver Fromme wrote: > FWIW, most of the time machines boot without _anyone_ > watching anyway. If you need to see the boot messages, > you ssh into the box and type "dmesg -a" or look at the > file /var/run/dmesg.boot (and /var/log/console.log > which can be enabled via /etc/syslog.conf). Yes, and usually if I'm standing in front of a server watching it boot it's because there's something wrong, so I _WANT_ to see the boot messages in order to diagnose it :) bootsplash is kind of fun for desktops, but not really necessary and it wastes kernel memory that you never get back. That being said, I can see a place for SC_PIXEL_MODE, especially on laptops that don't stretch to native resolution so your console ends up being a tiny box in the middle of the screen. I only wish 1024x768x4 worked right as (on most cheap video hardware anyway) pushing all the data for 16-bit modes though VESA is quite slow. As it's mostly an IO bandwidth issue, the planar modes should be faster. I can get 800x600x8 working and it's definitely quicker than 800x600x16. Craig