raster display problem (FreeBSD vs Linux)

[s***@wan.no]

I have a fujitsu-siemens lifebook s6120, running FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE.
I'd like to set the console display to the VESA_800x600.
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Your card does not appear to support 800x600x4 which is required for =
VESA_800x600.
VESA_800x600 is a text mode hack and Linux probably has a much better =
video console
driver.

_// Sten Daniel S=F8rsdal

[g***@cecov.masternet.it]

I have a fujitsu-siemens lifebook s6120, running FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE.
I'd like to set the console display to the VESA_800x600.

Your card does not appear to support 800x600x4 which is required for=20
VESA_800x600.
VESA_800x600 is a text mode hack and Linux probably has a much better=20
video console
driver.
_// Sten Daniel S=F8rsdal

Thanks for your answer.

The fact seems not related to a particular Linux distro, but seems more=20
generalized, infact I tested a few ones and all succeded in using such mode.
Let's see if our console driver support it in the future... It is not very=
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useful on productive server, but it is very cute on a laptop workstation.

Thanks again for your answer...



Best Regards,
Gianmarco Giovannelli , "Unix expert since yesterday"
http://www.gufi.org/~gmarco

[b***@one-eyed-alien.net]

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Post by g***@cecov.masternet.it
The fact seems not related to a particular Linux distro, but seems more
generalized, infact I tested a few ones and all succeded in using such
mode. Let's see if our console driver support it in the future... It is
not very useful on productive server, but it is very cute on a laptop
workstation.

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KGI is coming soon -- see the current FreeBSD Status Report.

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Is that the only new functionality that KGI will bring? A graphical conso=

le?

I used Debian a few times with the framebuffer enabled and it was a mess =

on

my laptop. I couldn't even see the bottom 10 lines of the console. :) I l=

ike

my text console just fine. :)
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Or does KGI also promise video driver interoperability between Linux
and FreeBSD? That would be pretty neat, but doesn't X11 already
provide this? I'm just not seeing the benefit to KGI.

I believe it or something like it is necessicary in order to support
consoles other then serial on IA64 and possiably sparc64.

-- Brooks

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