Re: console-only freebsd

2017-10-10 Thread tech-lists
On Mon, Oct 09, 2017 at 07:58:12AM -0700, Chris H wrote: You might also find this article by Warren Block of value: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/hiresconsole.html interesting, I guess that's another way of looking at it. Bear in mind though that the cpu really is low powered. On

Re: console-only freebsd

2017-10-10 Thread Jakub Lach
Exactly, I would still use X, just with a frugal wm (dwm). -- Sent from: http://freebsd.1045724.x6.nabble.com/freebsd-stable-f3932046.html ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscr

Re: console-only freebsd

2017-10-09 Thread Chris H
On Sat, 7 Oct 2017 09:49:40 -0700 Freddie Cash wrote > On Oct 7, 2017 7:21 AM, "tech-lists" wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a freebsd 11-stable installation on a (gutless) netbook. What I'd > like is full functionality via the console[1]. One of the things it needs > is some graphics capability but

Re: console-only freebsd

2017-10-08 Thread Brian Reichert
On Sat, Oct 07, 2017 at 04:43:08PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 7 Oct 2017 15:20:19 +0100, tech-lists wrote: > > what program or port would one use to view a gif or jpg file? > > Additional thought: > > With vt, default text modes are typically much bigger than > the traditional 80x25 of sc

Re: console-only freebsd

2017-10-07 Thread Ian Smith
On Sat, 7 Oct 2017 16:37:10 +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 7 Oct 2017 15:20:19 +0100, tech-lists wrote: > > I have a freebsd 11-stable installation on a (gutless) netbook. What I'd > > like > > is full functionality via the console[1]. One of the things it needs is > > some > > graphi

Re: console-only freebsd

2017-10-07 Thread Freddie Cash
On Oct 7, 2017 7:21 AM, "tech-lists" wrote: Hi, I have a freebsd 11-stable installation on a (gutless) netbook. What I'd like is full functionality via the console[1]. One of the things it needs is some graphics capability but without xorg. So I'm thinking, svga or libSDL. For example, let's say

Re: console-only freebsd

2017-10-07 Thread tech-lists
On Sat, Oct 07, 2017 at 04:37:10PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: Maybe something svgalib-based? With the new console "vt", you basically are in graphics mode all the time, there is no text mode anymore (that was "sc"). I know there was an image viewer called zgv (console) + xzgv (X), with version 0.8_

Re: console-only freebsd

2017-10-07 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 7 Oct 2017 15:20:19 +0100, tech-lists wrote: > what program or port would one use to view a gif or jpg file? Additional thought: With vt, default text modes are typically much bigger than the traditional 80x25 of sc. With the "block graphics" and maybe ASCII art + foreground / background

Re: console-only freebsd

2017-10-07 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 7 Oct 2017 15:20:19 +0100, tech-lists wrote: > I have a freebsd 11-stable installation on a (gutless) netbook. What I'd like > is full functionality via the console[1]. One of the things it needs is some > graphics capability but without xorg. So I'm thinking, svga or libSDL. > For examp

console-only freebsd

2017-10-07 Thread tech-lists
Hi, I have a freebsd 11-stable installation on a (gutless) netbook. What I'd like is full functionality via the console[1]. One of the things it needs is some graphics capability but without xorg. So I'm thinking, svga or libSDL. For example, let's say to view a jpg file. If this is possible f