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Subject: Re: VESA Framebuffer
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FreeLSD wrote:
>>For that you can just build a kernel with "options VESA" and then use 
>>"vidcontrol VESA_800x600" (for example) to have graphical console.
>>
>>But what for? Isn't it a purely linux toy?
> 
>  No, not a toy: it is useful when your console is capable to do more than
> 80x25 without going to Xorg. I used to use it on my notebook, but I retired
> using it, because I need 1024x768 and it can be set only via vidcontrol.

Vidcontrol is callable from boot process via settings in rc.conf 
(allscrens_flags).

> And vidcontrol cleans some amount of text buffer on the ttyv0 and some
> output from the startup services is lost. It will be great if this will
> be fixed.

It doesn't clear it, it "scrolls" them away (at least, it does so when 
called at boot).