Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 16:49:07 +0930 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: ketracel <ketracel@internode.on.net> Subject: Re: console hi resolutions inc widescreen in 8 Message-ID: <200805101649.26289.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <CB035550-6DC5-4C24-8749-440F162EC296@internode.on.net> References: <CB035550-6DC5-4C24-8749-440F162EC296@internode.on.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, 9 May 2008, ketracel wrote: > Anyone know if 8 will finally provide high resolution modes > (including widescreen) for the console? Perhaps using a framebuffer > like linux which allows native LCD resolutions instead of the old > archaic 80x25 text modes? > > I don't install X and everything is done in the system consoles. You could install X and gain accelerated video.. Video consoles via VESA are slooow :( -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBIJUx+5ZPcIHs/zowRAgheAJ4zg0zg2Ov+oAbQ64RDAK3CWisExwCfbF2L Nu2+oqp/XY3utK2H3/C94/g= =cO3i -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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