Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 10:15:17 +0930 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing Console Resolution - Vidcontrol Message-ID: <200704031015.19451.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200704021354.57395.fcash@ocis.net> References: <8d23ec860704021055n12e7ec05h300effc21e54713e@mail.gmail.com> <20070402140654.T10007@tbbqjvyy.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <200704021354.57395.fcash@ocis.net>
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--nextPart1180687.a4SeaLzVRr Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday 03 April 2007 06:24, Freddie Cash wrote: > 1024x768 is a pretty standard VESA mode used on a lot of people's text > consoles. :) On most videocards, MODE_279 will be 1024x768 w/16 bpp > colour. Check the output of "vidcontrol -i". You'll see a lot of > different modes, some text, some raster/bitmap/VESA/whatever-you-call-it. > > This has nothing to do with X or any GUI. 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=20 doing VESA modes). Scrolling a screen full of text at a decent resolution using VESA =3D=3D=20 slideshow. =2D-=20 Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C --nextPart1180687.a4SeaLzVRr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBGEaOf5ZPcIHs/zowRAunuAJ94fNLvtxYmnwgt/ovUx9pWadAOCwCgjG55 pFr6RHeGlFYfJspCLPQtu/M= =Bcqh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1180687.a4SeaLzVRr--
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