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Date:      Sun, 22 Feb 2004 18:01:44 +0000
From:      Rahul Sawarkar <torahuls@vsnl.com>
To:        Lewis Thompson <purple@lewiz.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: framebuffer fro freebsd
Message-ID:  <4038EE88.4030407@vsnl.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040222113931.GA63311@lewiz.org>
References:  <40378876.2090808@vsnl.com> <44isi0857m.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20040222113931.GA63311@lewiz.org>

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Maybe you are using the wrong fonts.Did you try both the 8x8 and 16x16 fonts?

Rgrds

 > Is it just me or does vidcontrol look ugly when compared to Linux's
 > console framebuffer that allows high-resolution console displays?
 >
 > -lewiz.
 >


Lewis Thompson wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 04:58:53PM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> 
>>Rahul Sawarkar <torahuls@vsnl.com> writes:
>>
>>>is there a framebuffer port for freebsd?
>>>  i want to run my console in 1024x768.
>>
>>Why would you want a framebuffer for that?
>>Do you have frame grabber hardware or something?
>>
>>If all you want is a 1024x768 video mode driving the 
>>text console, vidcontrol(1) can do that, but I don't
>>understand the connection to a frame buffer...
> 
> 



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