From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 3 04:07:06 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1435C16A405 for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 04:07:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@hier7.com) Received: from smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.81]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C0A7013C459 for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 04:07:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@hier7.com) Received: (qmail 83784 invoked from network); 3 Apr 2007 04:07:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?172.27.1.5?) (cms.kw@rogers.com@74.109.56.39 with plain) by smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 3 Apr 2007 04:07:05 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: WcmtWHIVM1l8znGQE_mfDV1S4kRebjJFgIgWeDT4sNoEW1heG_yrdNv2lHUs7KWDCw-- Message-ID: <4611D2EF.4020501@hier7.com> Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:07:11 -0400 From: Chris Slothouber Organization: hier7 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org 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> In-Reply-To: <8d23ec860704022041s4b80266ofe9b751b84f80fbc@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: Changing Console Resolution - Vidcontrol X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:07:06 -0000 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 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"