Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 22:11:37 -0700 From: "Chris H" <bsd-lists@BSDforge.com> To: "Mahmoud Al-Qudsi" <mqudsi@neosmart.net> Cc: <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Lack of /dev/vtvga0? Message-ID: <1ded7c55df9a77fd690959b375435b12@udns.ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <CACcTrKdLoO3GnsDta3MqCV3LE5xipXbz2PxMMuaunVz4ic2W7g@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 22 Jun 2018 23:31:58 -0500 "Mahmoud Al-Qudsi" <mqudsi@neosmart.net> said > Hello list, > > As I've mentioned in a previous message, I've been working on trying to get > a > proper graphics subsystem/desktop up and running under 12-CURRENT without > any > X components; something that was once possible a long time ago by using > libvgl > probably via SDL1.2 — an option that's been deprecated in SDL2 and isn't > viable in all cases since libvgl doesn't support newcons/vt. I'm not clear if you're already possibly referring to this. But have you tried sc(4) ( SysCons ). If you haven't tried already; adding the following to your loader.conf(5) should give it to you: kern.vty=sc You can also include it in your custom kernel by adding this to your KERNCONF device sc options SC_PIXEL_MODE # adds support for the raster text mode Hope this helps. --Chris > > I understand the limitations of the basic VGA driver (lack of hardware > acceleration, current hard-coded 640x480x16 resolution) but I'm not clear on > why the vt_vga driver does not make a framebuffer device available (vtvga0 > is > initialized, but there is no corresponding /dev/vtvga0). Isn't it possible > to > use vt_vga in pixel mode and directly write to the kernel console > framebuffer? > > Any insight would be appreciated! > > Mahmoud Al-Qudsi > NeoSmart Technologies > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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