Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 18:12:50 -0500 (CDT) From: Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Keep using syscons -- how? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1410221805320.94748@abbf.ynefrvtuareubzr.pbz> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1410220920430.56146@wonkity.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1410220417480.92223@abbf.ynefrvtuareubzr.pbz> <20141022072744.9a7574eb.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1410220720480.92707@abbf.ynefrvtuareubzr.pbz> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1410220920430.56146@wonkity.com>
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On Wed, 22 Oct 2014, Warren Block wrote: > On Wed, 22 Oct 2014, Lars Eighner wrote: > >> On Wed, 22 Oct 2014, Polytropon wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 04:25:12 -0500 (CDT), Lars Eighner wrote: >>>> What do I have to do or not do to keep being able to use syscons in VGA >>>> mode? Is there any way to keep the ability to switch between xwindows and >>>> syscons (in VGA i.e. text mode)? >>> >>> Allow me a more general question. I'm not asking as >>> a "means of insult", but because I'm really interested >>> in the answer: >>> >>> Why not use terminal emulators (xterm, rxvt, konsole, >>> gnome-terminal etc.) inside an X session? >> >> Because raster fonts are illegible compared to vga fonts, > > The text-mode fonts are raster fonts, too. I don't understand this. There are raster text modes, but 80x24 VGA has never been called "raster" that I know of. > >> Text mode is robust. That is really the bottom line. > > Use vt(4) in text mode: Yes, just like Linux. What I am asking is where do I have to freeze to avoid this? At what point is cons25l1 and xwindows to vtty switching still available? > > kern.vty=vt > hw.vga.textmode=1 > > The console will switch to graphics mode only if X is started. At present, > there is no way to switch back to text mode, nor a way to control which fonts > are used or the resolution selected. Some functionality of sc(4) is not yet > present in text mode vt(4), like mouse cut and paste. As far as I know, > there are no technical problems that prevent these features. > > And of course sc(4) is still present if the system does not use X at all. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > -- Lars Eighner http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266
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