From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 3 15:18:15 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03F6816A401 for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 15:18:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca (smtp.sd73.bc.ca [142.24.13.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAB3413C455 for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 15:18:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 437A91A000B17 for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 08:18:14 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at smtp.sd73.bc.ca Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.sd73.bc.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id N3dQfyuOfk16 for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 08:18:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from coal (s10.sbo [192.168.0.10]) by smtp.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB7FF1A000B06 for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 08:18:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Freddie Cash To: stable@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 08:18:07 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <8d23ec860704021055n12e7ec05h300effc21e54713e@mail.gmail.com> <200704021354.57395.fcash@ocis.net> <200704031015.19451.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200704031015.19451.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200704030818.07775.fcash@ocis.net> Cc: Subject: Re: Changing Console Resolution - Vidcontrol X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:18:15 -0000 On Monday 02 April 2007 05:45 pm, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > 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. Why should we run X on a server just to get a larger text console? Or on a laptop that we don't always want to wait for X to load? Sometimes, it's nice to be able to use the entire screen without having to load up a lot of unneeded software, like the entire X stack. > 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. Not in my experience on a Toshiba laptop using a Radeon 7000 chipset. In VMWare, scrolling a 1024x768 screen during a port compile is chunky. But doing so on my laptop I see no difference between the text console and a tab in Konsole. -- Freddie Cash fcash@ocis.net