On 27/02/09 07:18, bill lam wrote: > On Fri, 27 Feb 2009, Tony Mechelynck wrote: >> Xterm is not "without X", it just adds a buffer layer between the X >> server and your text-based application. I have yet to see a "true" non-X >> console, such as the ones you can access in runlevel 3 (multiuser with >> network but no X) and into which you drop from X by hitting Alt-Ctrl-F2 >> to Alt-Ctrl-F6 (and out of by Alt-Ctrl-F7), which could display more >> than 8 background and 16 foreground colors with blink, or 16*16 without >> blink. > > I've tried fbcon (a console under framebuffer), of course you have to > boot into framebuffer to use it. >
I've used framebuffer before (under RedHat) and I don't like it, it sets too much constraints on what kind of X settings I can use. Here (under SuSE 11.1), my video hardwware is supported by "standard" drivers and I like that better. But I haven't yet found how to boot the PAE kernel over GRUB into other than 80 columns, 25 lines, 16 colours (or maybe 8 bg, 16 fg, blink). Best regards, Tony. -- Ban the bomb. Save the world for conventional warfare. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
