From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Oct 7 16:41:09 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFD4DE3C118; Sat, 7 Oct 2017 16:41:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tech-lists@zyxst.net) Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com (out1-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A23D5848F5; Sat, 7 Oct 2017 16:41:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tech-lists@zyxst.net) Received: from compute4.internal (compute4.nyi.internal [10.202.2.44]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AEFB2098B; Sat, 7 Oct 2017 12:41:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend2 ([10.202.2.161]) by compute4.internal (MEProxy); Sat, 07 Oct 2017 12:41:08 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=zyxst.net; h=cc :content-type:date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:subject:to:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc :x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=mqg97V1s+T1xk7fB9MWAmxyUwCM/YrfdVHOLRmBDe lU=; b=kr4PSXWDriJ2IoafEBlsU4WrkzhMAAVmYDpzXcSBVohDxbugW1Xo733N+ Cma4oVO+UDavZ00NKSAW/PNpxCc53nE5Bv9vuiIegbh3zWlQw43QOZInkS+UZkbG laaKmw2tkGHU+Eg7pYtc8+TEKc469cj2EWYND0pOpiskBeOueD56AXtbgLbGDnB1 kv3klpIF64akfymjBx+sYN2efuEDF6i0pHWQ9/QAxgvPWuQ53EPuGu5SyBGxFrGc mt9V4Lem9ueiOxD3BJ7mJEwdJvGefeIhvyCFobGp+hSKomwfhDXxuuwxvvvUDxOK 0jhxLiqkDAsQVpg68ULEnyx2Me8+g== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-sender :x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=mqg97V1s+T1xk7fB9M WAmxyUwCM/YrfdVHOLRmBDelU=; b=b93jngmJ1XAtWJjIX/WMBEW8DupoKyzHS0 DGb9uXxGrc2VfgnVgEUcXYYQOSKsXQFchnFu5mMcTTNAAU7MdV7FEnXYWuXFQ4B3 +2evKzC5SiD+oBbhlbE4q0ep00pQujDDELWuaBP5hMJeO4wZYkiuxQZ5kAvuT1tk tmtPc8Z/1cyQdBL5tzL9yqBS/aWnN668isIDAAv1fpASEIR3zv5gGs+sOy9thxPz tBESqjcapDWy/VkEaxjMcJj4+AdcB4gyP3z69uBvgyR8em2X/LkRghpQmGYKq99Z P+EmFqOV8r1xhxkTId2FrCqqOPFfWzwo71HqgR5aM6QU2mLh5IyA== X-ME-Sender: X-Sasl-enc: tS0IYDFGpJZlWvHR6Yt3NL4ecgC7q/vtrGCNoW9rShcZ 1507394467 Received: from v007.zyxst.net (v007.zyxst.net [89.145.100.139]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 98DBC2484E; Sat, 7 Oct 2017 12:41:07 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2017 17:41:06 +0100 From: tech-lists To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: console-only freebsd Message-ID: <20171007164106.GB19356@v007.zyxst.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <20171007142019.GA19356@v007.zyxst.net> <20171007163710.9ef5a0b4.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20171007163710.9ef5a0b4.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.1 (2017-09-22) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2017 16:41:10 -0000 On Sat, Oct 07, 2017 at 04:37:10PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: >Maybe something svgalib-based? With the new console "vt", you >basically are in graphics mode all the time, there is no text >mode anymore (that was "sc"). I know there was an image >viewer called zgv (console) + xzgv (X), with version 0.8_9 >being the last usable version (prior to the "library shift"), >but this probably isn't being maintained anymore... thanks for the tip. I'll checkout zgv. Basically I'm looking for the console equivalent of all the programs one would expect to use on a desktop. So for example, my favourite email program is mutt. So for mutt, to view a html email I pipe it through w3m, to view a jpg attachment I guess I'll need to edit the mailcap file to make it load zgv. I'm interested in any suggestions the list(s) have concerning console equivalents of desktop programs. >Still you might be successful finding a viewer that can >directly interface with the "vt" graphics mode... Yeah that's what I hope. The laptop is AMD C-70 which has an AMD/Radeon APU. It will run xorg but console mode is much faster and consumes a lot less power. What's nice about the netbook is that it's just about the ideal size of keyboard and screen, the case is high quality glossy black plastic and it has a usb3 port and the video is recognised by radeonkms, which gives a really nice clear console. The downside is the CPU isn't powerful, so I need to optimise everything for it, and this "console-only" idea is part of the optimisation I'm attempting. >Yes. Edit /etc/ttys to spawn more gettys. See "man 5 ttys" >for details. thanks for this tip as well -- J.