> 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 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. There are few browsers, > image viewers and even media players that can use this interface > to display "console graphics" while _not_ needing X. > > However, this only works for local displays. As soon as there > is a serial or SSH connection involved, it doesn't work anymore. > > I've actually never seen this working on FreeBSD; maybe it's > just a Linuxism. Maybe it's just because I've never tried. :-) >
Works fine on FreeBSD -- graphics-mode screen-savers (like 'fire') use it. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
