Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 11:39:31 +0000 From: Lewis Thompson <purple@lewiz.net> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: framebuffer fro freebsd Message-ID: <20040222113931.GA63311@lewiz.org> In-Reply-To: <44isi0857m.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <40378876.2090808@vsnl.com> <44isi0857m.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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--fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 04:58:53PM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Rahul Sawarkar <torahuls@vsnl.com> writes: > > is there a framebuffer port for freebsd? > > i want to run my console in 1024x768. >=20 > Why would you want a framebuffer for that? > Do you have frame grabber hardware or something? >=20 > If all you want is a 1024x768 video mode driving the=20 > text console, vidcontrol(1) can do that, but I don't > understand the connection to a frame buffer... Is it just me or does vidcontrol look ugly when compared to Linux's console framebuffer that allows high-resolution console displays? -lewiz. --=20 I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. --Bob Dylan, 1964. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -| msn:purple@lewiz.net | jabber:lewiz@jabber.org | url:www.lewiz.org |- --fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAOJTzItq0KFQv7T8RAlNoAJ9Xm1wX4ByGw72Si9aGX0yFFBiLygCgnnrl F8PPX42Zd+iJNqO+crlgK0k= =q7oa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N--
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