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
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
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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
preferred
, 2013 2:33 PM
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 handbook onto my system and I was
able to find it on disk per
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 console.
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 -
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 on
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:48:01 +0100
From: Polytropon free...@edvax.de
To: Fbsd8 fb...@a1poweruser.com
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
Robert Bonomi wrote:
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:48:01 +0100
From: Polytropon free...@edvax.de
To: Fbsd8 fb...@a1poweruser.com
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
On Jan 13, 2013, at 4:01 PM, Fbsd8 wrote:
Robert Bonomi wrote:
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:48:01 +0100
From: Polytropon free...@edvax.de
To: Fbsd8 fb...@a1poweruser.com
Subject: Re: Reading the handbook from console
Cc: scotteb...@gmail.com, dte...@freebsd.org, questi...@freebsd.org
On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 16:58:35 -0600 (CST), Robert Bonomi wrote:
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:48:01 +0100
From: Polytropon free...@edvax.de
To: Fbsd8 fb...@a1poweruser.com
Subject: Re: Reading the handbook from console
Cc: scotteb...@gmail.com, dte...@freebsd.org, questi...@freebsd.org
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 19:01:21 -0500
From: Fbsd8 fb...@a1poweruser.com
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 compile into a custom monolithic kernel
Robert Bonomi bonomi at 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 can
In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 449, Issue 9, Message: 25
[ pardon loss of threading ]
On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:56:24 -0800 dte...@freebsd.org wrote:
From: Polytropon [mailto:free...@edvax.de]
[..]
There is no text mode web browser in the base system.
Installing one is easy: As the
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
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
--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.
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
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 tried
-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: Reading the handbook from console
; 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
-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 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:48:33 -0800, dte
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
dte...@freebsd.org 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 from console
On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14
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