Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 00:23:11 -0400 From: Schiz0 <schiz0phrenic21@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing Console Resolution - Vidcontrol Message-ID: <8d23ec860704022123m55ac9694n4f5389e12235ebf9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4611D2EF.4020501@hier7.com> References: <8d23ec860704021055n12e7ec05h300effc21e54713e@mail.gmail.com> <20070402140654.T10007@tbbqjvyy.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <200704021354.57395.fcash@ocis.net> <200704031015.19451.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <8d23ec860704022041s4b80266ofe9b751b84f80fbc@mail.gmail.com> <4611D2EF.4020501@hier7.com>
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Yeah, I do SSH in most of the time, but with the vmware window open, I'm always tempted to type commands in there. So I figured it'd be nice just to be able to have a nice sized window to do it in. On 4/3/07, Chris Slothouber <chris@hier7.com> wrote: > > Wouldn't it be easier to ssh in Windows in to your virtual machine? > > This would certainly be a lot more effective at getting used to working > with FreeBSD remotely, if you are indeed replacing a Linux box that you > work on remotely. > > - Chris Slothouber > > Schiz0 wrote: > > I'd just like to be able to type commands without having them wrap to > the > > next line. Same goes to compiling software: More screen space = Less > data > > flying by at once = More time to read whatever's going on, let it be > > errors, > > warnings, whatever. > > > > And in my case, because I'm running it in VMWare at the moment due to > the > > fact that I'm new to BSD and I'd like to learn before I put it into > > production, the console window barely fills the VMWare window, so I'm > > wasting a whole lot of space. Half the screen is just blank. > > > > On 4/2/07, Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> wrote: > >> > >> > >> I don't understand why people who want high resolution consoles don't > run > >> X. > >> > >> It is a *lot* faster for the vast majority of cards (ie ones which > aren't > >> doing VESA modes). > >> > >> Scrolling a screen full of text at a decent resolution using VESA == > >> slideshow. > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > " > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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