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Hi! Does fbsd support the so-called frame buffer device? It
basically emulates text consoles in graphics mode and makes an
i386 enter graphics mode at boot up, similar to a Mac (if I have
understood it correctly). The frame buffer device text consoles
are eye candy and give you e. g. 132 columns x 64 lines at 1024
x 768 resolution.

Would much appreciate someone pointing me to appropriate docs.

Thanks!

Lucien
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Yes FreeBSD can, but not quite as well as Linux. I run 100x37 in 800x600
pixels, and its plenty good enough for me.

Try these:

man vidcontrol
handbook

-Craig

Quote:> Yes FreeBSD can, but not quite as well as Linux. I run 100x37 in 800x600
> pixels, and its plenty good enough for me.

So I can't get a fancy boot screen with frames and colors,
like the ones I get on SGIs, right?

JAN

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Quote:> So I can't get a fancy boot screen with frames and colors,
> like the ones I get on SGIs, right?

man 4 splash

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Quote:>> So I can't get a fancy boot screen with frames and colors,
>> like the ones I get on SGIs, right?

> man 4 splash

So that means no, since I meant some sort of "xterm" during boot and no
cloudy screen with "windows 98" written on it?

Jan Goebel maltr?tierte seine Tastatur mit:

Quote:>>> So I can't get a fancy boot screen with frames and colors,
>>> like the ones I get on SGIs, right?

>> man 4 splash

> So that means no, since I meant some sort of "xterm" during boot and no
> cloudy screen with "windows 98" written on it?

Sorry, looks like I shouldn't post before lunch.
You're right, the mode change is done only a few moments before you get
your login screen, when most of the boot process has already finished. I
guess that, if you want the change to be made earlier, you'd have to
make some changes to the kernel sources...

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