From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 5 00:06:01 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-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 7B75716A403 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 00:06:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: from mu-out-0910.google.com (mu-out-0910.google.com [209.85.134.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0390113C4D3 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 00:06:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: by mu-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id g7so548639muf for ; Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:05:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=HIpTQgooo5aC6vkaWGA4kTibP1KIdZ73oNLzC4O6D0b+bcUal5Ipifzfr8q8GO48hRgI7uvZPJv6WUdq9Htt2nMLR02i74lyLWeRrxCZlk4T813ywC4lVDmWz2AyGAz/UM6E/eGxDTIlLcPvTKfoTof/aPQ5n1/n+HqA08KpTW0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=L5D9rfHclp8ppaHJpfzXibJ9QABFX8riiUkbxryD4EJ+gJrj7Z4FUiWSwcDW0qLwsnf1iUTZIM9APWdCZAO82nw/JKe9K2+LVK/DsRfFqILpHupZJiOsQNVtpbTgPm7//Wcveh4gEslQ8B1GB/FXoziuiPO1U2ri2955amAHB2k= Received: by 10.82.177.3 with SMTP id z3mr1619810bue.1175726133546; Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:35:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.82.175.6 with HTTP; Wed, 4 Apr 2007 15:35:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 17:35:33 -0500 From: "illoai@gmail.com" To: JoaoBR In-Reply-To: <200704041446.53000.joao@matik.com.br> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <8d23ec860704021055n12e7ec05h300effc21e54713e@mail.gmail.com> <200704031427.01137.joao@matik.com.br> <20070404030503.GA89643@go.sib-ecometall.ru> <200704041446.53000.joao@matik.com.br> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org 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: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:06:01 -0000 On 04/04/07, JoaoBR wrote: > On Wednesday 04 April 2007 00:05, you wrote: > > Console is not intended for everyday use! You should login > > to your FreeBSD box with ssh-client of your choise and from > > the OS of your choise (preferably from graphic mode). > > > > please stay on topic > the question is not what one should or not > but to hook into your talk, if there is a console it can be used as wanted Ther are always going to be limitations. If you are not writing the code you are not going to have very much control over those limitations. > > 1024x768 is more than enough for 120x50 virtual terminals. > > may be for you, for me and lot of other users it is definitly not Well, perhaps you have something wrong if you cannot run 120x50 at 1024x768? > > p.s. Or you just trolling? RH is rather professional, but definitely > > not because of graphics in console... :-\ > > > don't try to be smart with me > nobody said that RH is professional because of it's graphics in console > I said that for example RH looks professional with the graphic boot they offer Don't try to play dumb with us. You implied that it was when you wrote: > simply consider RH graphical boot in 1024x768 has a very professional look > while Freebsd still looks like Gate's MsDos before selling it to IBM And both premises are patent nonsense, since they are both predicated on some bollocks notion of professionalism which likely started with the first "school" to sell MBAs via post. -- --