From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 10 07:19:38 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80863106566C for ; Sat, 10 May 2008 07:19:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (cain.gsoft.com.au [203.31.81.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D75A18FC0C for ; Sat, 10 May 2008 07:19:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from inchoate.gsoft.com.au (ppp121-45-130-242.lns11.adl6.internode.on.net [121.45.130.242]) (authenticated bits=0) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m4A7JWsp013922 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Sat, 10 May 2008 16:49:33 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) From: "Daniel O'Connor" To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 16:49:07 +0930 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1434220.lidDzCtQDq"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200805101649.26289.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> X-Spam-Score: -2.212 () BAYES_00,RDNS_DYNAMIC X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.63 on 203.31.81.10 Cc: ketracel Subject: Re: console hi resolutions inc widescreen in 8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 07:19:38 -0000 --nextPart1434220.lidDzCtQDq Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline 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 :( =2D-=20 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 --nextPart1434220.lidDzCtQDq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBIJUx+5ZPcIHs/zowRAgheAJ4zg0zg2Ov+oAbQ64RDAK3CWisExwCfbF2L Nu2+oqp/XY3utK2H3/C94/g= =cO3i -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1434220.lidDzCtQDq--