Hello.
TM> On my now-older computer (from July 2001, 256 MB RAM), svgalib ran on
FreeBSD but was very crash-prone.
TM>
TM> svgalib in Linux was erratic and caused color distortions when switching to
an X window.
TM>
TM> So I decided I wanted no part of svgalib on the new computer, FreeBSD or
On my now-older computer (from July 2001, 256 MB RAM), svgalib ran on FreeBSD
but was very crash-prone.
svgalib in Linux was erratic and caused color distortions when switching to an
X window.
So I decided I wanted no part of svgalib on the new computer, FreeBSD or Linux.
Use ASCII art or fra
Robert Bonomi mail.r-bonomi.com> writes:
> ...
> > The is a famous library, svgalib, a "low level console graphics
> > library" which can - under _very_ specific circumstances - display
> > graphics "on" the text mode console. There are few browsers,
> > image viewers and even media players that
> Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 19:01:21 -0500
> From: Fbsd8
> Subject: Re: Reading the handbook from console
>
> How do you activate graphics-mode screen-savers (like 'fire')?
apropos "screen saver"
will point one in the right direction.
I comp
On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 16:58:35 -0600 (CST), Robert Bonomi wrote:
>
> > Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:48:01 +0100
> > From: Polytropon
> > To: Fbsd8
> > Subject: Re: Reading the handbook from console
> > Cc: scotteb...@gmail.com, dte...@freebsd.org, questi...@freebsd.o
On Jan 13, 2013, at 4:01 PM, Fbsd8 wrote:
> Robert Bonomi wrote:
>>> Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:48:01 +0100
>>> From: Polytropon
>>> To: Fbsd8
>>> Subject: Re: Reading the handbook from console
>>> Cc: scotteb...@gmail.com, dte...@freebsd.org, qu
Robert Bonomi wrote:
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:48:01 +0100
From: Polytropon
To: Fbsd8
Subject: Re: Reading the handbook from console
Cc: scotteb...@gmail.com, dte...@freebsd.org, questi...@freebsd.org
On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:15:23 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote:
What do you mean by "enable co
> Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:48:01 +0100
> From: Polytropon
> To: Fbsd8
> Subject: Re: Reading the handbook from console
> Cc: scotteb...@gmail.com, dte...@freebsd.org, questi...@freebsd.org
>
> On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:15:23 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote:
> > What do you mean
Polytropon wrote:
On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:15:23 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote:
What do you mean by "enable console graphics"?
Is this something different than x11?
The is a famous library, svgalib, a "low level console graphics
library" which can - under _very_ specific circumstances - display
graphics "o
On Sun, 13 Jan 2013, Polytropon wrote:
On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:15:23 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote:
What do you mean by "enable console graphics"?
Is this something different than x11?
The is a famous library, svgalib, a "low level console graphics
library" which can - under _very_ specific circumstances
On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:15:23 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote:
> What do you mean by "enable console graphics"?
> Is this something different than x11?
The is a famous library, svgalib, a "low level console graphics
library" which can - under _very_ specific circumstances - display
graphics "on" the text mode c
esti...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Polytropon
>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 2:33 PM
>>>> To: Fbsd8
>>>> Cc: scotteb...@gmail.com; questi...@freebsd.org
>>>> Subject: Re: Reading the handbook from console
>>>>
>>>> On
...@gmail.com; questi...@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Reading the handbook from console
On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:57:47 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote:
Scott Eberl wrote:
I went ahead and installed the FreeBSD handbook onto my system and I was
able to find it on disk per the motd notes but I'm wondering if there is a
pref
In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 449, Issue 9, Message: 25
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On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:56:24 -0800 wrote:
> > From: Polytropon [mailto:free...@edvax.de]
[..]
> > > > There is no text mode web browser in the base system.
> > > > Installing one is easy: As the HTML files
writes:
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Polytropon [mailto:free...@edvax.de]
>> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 3:41 PM
>> To: dte...@freebsd.org
>> Cc: 'Fbsd8'; scotteb...@gmail.com; questi...@freebsd.org
>> Subject: Re: Reading the handbook
On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 4:24 PM, Polytropon wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:56:24 -0800, dte...@freebsd.org wrote:
> > Ok, the reason I ask is actually because I have this insane (?) idea of
> shoving
> > one of the aforementioned solutions onto the installation media so that
> (gasp)
> > we can
On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:56:24 -0800, dte...@freebsd.org wrote:
> Ok, the reason I ask is actually because I have this insane (?) idea of
> shoving
> one of the aforementioned solutions onto the installation media so that (gasp)
> we can have that functionality back like we had in the days of sysins
> -Original Message-
> From: Polytropon [mailto:free...@edvax.de]
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 3:41 PM
> To: dte...@freebsd.org
> Cc: 'Fbsd8'; scotteb...@gmail.com; questi...@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Reading the handbook from console
>
> On Th
> > To: Fbsd8
> > Cc: scotteb...@gmail.com; questi...@freebsd.org
> > Subject: Re: Reading the handbook from console
> >
> > On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:57:47 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote:
> > > Scott Eberl wrote:
> > > > I went ahead and installed the FreeBSD han
> -Original Message-
> From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
> questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Polytropon
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 2:33 PM
> To: Fbsd8
> Cc: scotteb...@gmail.com; questi...@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Read
On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:57:47 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote:
> Scott Eberl wrote:
> > I went ahead and installed the FreeBSD handbook onto my system and I was
> > able to find it on disk per the motd notes but I'm wondering if there is a
> > preferred method for reading these since they are in html format. I t
On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 12:37:06PM -0600, Scott Eberl wrote:
> I went ahead and installed the FreeBSD handbook onto my system and I
> was able to find it on disk per the motd notes but I'm wondering if
> there is a preferred method for reading these since they are in html
> format. I tried w3m and
--As of January 10, 2013 12:37:06 PM -0600, Scott Eberl is alleged to have
said:
I went ahead and installed the FreeBSD handbook onto my system and I was
able to find it on disk per the motd notes but I'm wondering if there is a
preferred method for reading these since they are in html format.
Scott Eberl wrote:
I went ahead and installed the FreeBSD handbook onto my system and I was
able to find it on disk per the motd notes but I'm wondering if there is a
preferred method for reading these since they are in html format. I tried
w3m and lynx and it looks like they are both not install
I went ahead and installed the FreeBSD handbook onto my system and I was
able to find it on disk per the motd notes but I'm wondering if there is a
preferred method for reading these since they are in html format. I tried
w3m and lynx and it looks like they are both not installed. Is there
somethin
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