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Date:      Mon, 5 Dec 2005 09:43:56 -0800
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To:        pfgshield-freebsd@yahoo.com
Cc:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: options VESA --> where is it ?
Message-ID:  <20051205174356.GA76476@dragon.NUXI.org>
In-Reply-To: <20051201182200.29630.qmail@web32911.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References:  <20051201182200.29630.qmail@web32911.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

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On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 07:22:00PM +0100, pfgshield-freebsd@yahoo.com wrote:
> > Then, there is no way to get a high resolution console on amd64 ?
> 
> No promises but when my Pentium D arrives I'll work on porting KGI4BSD to the
> AMD64. 
>     http://people.freebsd.org/~nsouch/kgi4BSD/
> 
> It's completely untested and not ready for production but that said I
> don't see why it shouldn't work.  

SuSE Linux has nice high-res console when running on amd64 machines.
Figuring out the techniques they use may be helpful.

-- 
-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
A: Why is top-posting (putting a reply at the top of the message) frowned upon?



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