Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:48:01 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> Cc: scotteberl@gmail.com, dteske@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reading the handbook from console Message-ID: <20130113214801.3ce70c97.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <50F315DB.4070301@a1poweruser.com> References: <CAJfyLwf3Mr_ijPqYY7xf4=F22X76iZUgq%2B8OfatBVEtVtkZvRg@mail.gmail.com> <50EF0F2B.1030801@a1poweruser.com> <20130110233325.783e1d42.freebsd@edvax.de> <06da01cdef84$9f327ca0$dd9775e0$@freebsd.org> <20130111004126.8abe07ce.freebsd@edvax.de> <50F315DB.4070301@a1poweruser.com>
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On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:15:23 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: > What do you mean by "enable console graphics"? > Is this something different than x11? The is a famous library, svgalib, a "low level console graphics library" which can - under _very_ specific circumstances - display graphics "on" the text mode console. There are few browsers, image viewers and even media players that can use this interface to display "console graphics" while _not_ needing X. However, this only works for local displays. As soon as there is a serial or SSH connection involved, it doesn't work anymore. I've actually never seen this working on FreeBSD; maybe it's just a Linuxism. Maybe it's just because I've never tried. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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