From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Oct 17 22:59:09 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA27926 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 17 Oct 1996 22:59:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pdx1.world.net (pdx1.world.net [192.243.32.18]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA27921 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 1996 22:59:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from suburbia.net (suburbia.net [203.4.184.1]) by pdx1.world.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA24294 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 1996 22:59:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: (proff@localhost) by suburbia.net (8.7.4/Proff-950810) id PAA05526 for hackers@freebsd.org; Fri, 18 Oct 1996 15:58:45 +1000 From: Julian Assange Message-Id: <199610180558.PAA05526@suburbia.net> Subject: Re: high resolution text modes To: hackers@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 15:58:44 +1000 (EST) In-Reply-To: <199610180548.PAA01737@suburbia.net> from "Darren Reed" at Oct 18, 96 07:56:41 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Well, how about "option NEW_SYSCONS" for those who'd rather have a 100x30 > (or better) console without having to do it per-vt or who want it before > multiuser mode ? > > Darren I ended up not removing the per-vt-modes, but created a M_USER mode, which when activated via the new VT_RESIZE ioctl, sets all consoles to that mode/rows/cols. Changing to an M_USER mode vt, via vt switching is now basically a no-op. This means that provided you don't enable per-vt resolutions after a VT_RESIZE you are safe. -- "Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies, The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." - C.S. Lewis, _God in the Dock_ +---------------------+--------------------+----------------------------------+ |Julian Assange RSO | PO Box 2031 BARKER | Secret Analytic Guy Union | |proff@suburbia.net | VIC 3122 AUSTRALIA | finger for PGP key hash ID = | |proff@gnu.ai.mit.edu | FAX +61-3-98199066 | 0619737CCC143F6DEA73E27378933690 | +---------------------+--------------------+----------------------------------+