Frame buffer console

Jakub Klama jakub.klama at uj.edu.pl
Tue Oct 15 12:03:48 UTC 2013


 On Tue, 15 Oct 2013 13:57:09 +0200, Kip Coul wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I would like to have a high resolution console, but I don't want to 
> run a
> full blown X11 server.
> If I'm not mistaken, FreeBSD already has a functional frame buffer, 
> because
> I am able to display a 32-bit screen saver in console mode.
>
> Therefore, I would like to know if there was a "frame buffer-based
> syscons". If not, how can I contribute?

 try:

 vidcontrol -i mode

 and then:

 vidcontrol MODE_<mode number>

 Regards,
 Jakub


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