Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 16:20:53 +0200 From: Siegbert Baude <siegbert.baude@gmx.de> To: Graham Wheeler <gram@cequrux.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Framebuffer driver? Message-ID: <39CB6AC5.D2ABD0DC@gmx.de> References: <39CB622E.4B1A6BE4@cequrux.com>
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Hello Graham, > I've found one feature of Linux that I really like, which > may be enough for me to keep using it on the laptop over FreeBSD. That > feature is the VESA framebuffer driver for the console, which allows me > to run my 800x600 LCD screen as a 100x35 console, with a very readable > font (better than any of the ones I've used on FreeBSD at 80x25). I > imagine this makes X run more slowly, as it fails to use any hardware > acceleration, but with a nice console like that my need for X is much > reduced. You can use any X-Server (including the accelerated ones) atop the framebuffer-device on Linux. No need to use the X-Framebuffer-Server. > There are a couple of other nice aspects - doing a `halt' actually > powers down the laptop, which isn't the case with FreeBSD (but maybe > I've just not configured apm properly on FreeSBD?). Look at the -p option of shutdown. Works well for me and I also heard this from other guys here on the list. Ciao Siegbert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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