http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=vidcontrol&sektion=1
On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 2:13 AM, Sam Fourman Jr. <sfour...@gmail.com> wrote: > My understanding of this whole subject is limited, but bear with me... in > my quest to get a "cool looking console for my desktop... I found this > https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons > > does anyone know if someone is still actively working on the NewCons > project? or is it already committed to HEAD and i just don't realize? the > wiki is a bit confusing... > > I would VERY much be able to have a console that looked like this in > FreeBSD > > http://wiki.gentoo.org/images/7/7c/Bootsplash.png > > but if my understanding is correct, we are not at this point (yet)... even > if you pull the development source from here > > svn co svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/user/ed/newcons > > and change the kernel config like this: > > #device vga # VGA video card driver > #device sc > device vt > device vt_vga > > > could someone with more understanding of this, be able to tell me if the > Newcons project (when completed) is even going to do what i'm looking for? > > if so, exactly what things have to be done yet, in order for FreeBSD to > have a console like Gentoo? > > > -- > > Sam Fourman Jr. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > -- Adam Vande More _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
