On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:36:20 +0000, David Sudjiman wrote:

> Is it possible to enable framebuffer on console? How?

Install Linux?
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Mark South wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:36:20 +0000, David Sudjiman wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to enable framebuffer on console? How?
>
> Install Linux?

Bu-dum-dum. Seriously folks, Mark will be here all week. Remember to
tip your server, and try the veal!

Mark South wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:36:20 +0000, David Sudjiman wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to enable framebuffer on console? How?
>
> Install Linux?

That'd work, but OpenBSD does have framebuffer support for sparc64, for
instance, at least from a quick Google-and-browse through the site.

However, I think this is the wrong question. What do you want to do with
it? Ion and Ratpoison pretty much provide a console in a X environment
(and some nifty extras), which is quite similar to graphics in a console
environment.

Joachim

jKILLSPAM.schipper@math.uu.nl wrote:
> Mark South wrote:
>> On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:36:20 +0000, David Sudjiman wrote:
>>
>>> Is it possible to enable framebuffer on console? How?
>>
>> Install Linux?
>
> That'd work, but OpenBSD does have framebuffer support for sparc64, for
> instance, at least from a quick Google-and-browse through the site.

A quick reply to myself for additional clarification: that means it can
run X on a framebuffer, not the console. The OpenBSD console, to the
best of my knowledge, doesn't do graphics (except a few pretty colors
and such).

Joachim

David Sudjiman wrote:
> Is it possible to enable framebuffer on console? How?
>
While there is no technical reason this cannot be done, I doubt it is
high on anyone's list of priorities. I'm sure there are all sorts of
security implications.

Given the OpenBSD already has some sort of framebuffer for the Mac/68k
port (and perhaps others?) I don't know how easy or warranted it would
be to offer it on platforms that already have a text console mode.
Especially since wscons already offers reasonable platform independent
console access.

But the OBSD 3.9 page advertises "new" framebuffer drivers for mac68k,
anyway.

On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 12:34:02 -0500, void * clvrmnky() wrote:

> Mark South wrote:
>> On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:36:20 +0000, David Sudjiman wrote:
>>
>>> Is it possible to enable framebuffer on console? How?
>>
>> Install Linux?
>
> Bu-dum-dum. Seriously folks, Mark will be here all week. Remember to
> tip your server, and try the veal!

My solution will give the requested result a hell of a lot faster than
yours.
--
mark south; echo znexfbhgu2000@lnubb.pb.hx|tr a-z n-za-m
"I can trace my ancestry back to a protoplasmal primordial atomic
globule. Consequently, my family pride is something inconceivable."
-- Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado

Mark South wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 12:34:02 -0500, void * clvrmnky() wrote:
>
>> Mark South wrote:
>>> On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:36:20 +0000, David Sudjiman wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is it possible to enable framebuffer on console? How?
>>> Install Linux?
>> Bu-dum-dum. Seriously folks, Mark will be here all week. Remember to
>> tip your server, and try the veal!
>
> My solution will give the requested result a hell of a lot faster than
> yours.

I'm not sure either of us offered any solution, so I can only agree.

On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 13:54:21 -0500, void * clvrmnky() wrote:

> Mark South wrote:
>> On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 12:34:02 -0500, void * clvrmnky() wrote:
>>
>>> Mark South wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:36:20 +0000, David Sudjiman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Is it possible to enable framebuffer on console? How?
>>>> Install Linux?
>>> Bu-dum-dum. Seriously folks, Mark will be here all week. Remember to
>>> tip your server, and try the veal!
>>
>> My solution will give the requested result a hell of a lot faster than
>> yours.
>
> I'm not sure either of us offered any solution, so I can only agree.

You're probably right, in retrospect, so let's just follow standard
c.u.b.o.m procedure and tell the OP the solution to his problem:

RTFS!
--
mark south; echo znexfbhgu2000@lnubb.pb.hx|tr a-z n-za-m
"I can trace my ancestry back to a protoplasmal primordial atomic
globule. Consequently, my family pride is something inconceivable."
-- Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado

jKILLSPAM.schipper@math.uu.nl wrote:
> jKILLSPAM.schipper@math.uu.nl wrote:
>>
>> That'd work, but OpenBSD does have framebuffer support for sparc64, for
>> instance, at least from a quick Google-and-browse through the site.
>
> A quick reply to myself for additional clarification: that means it can
> run X on a framebuffer, not the console. The OpenBSD console, to the
> best of my knowledge, doesn't do graphics (except a few pretty colors
> and such).

There is not such a thing as a _text-mode_ console in the Sun world;
at least not as we understand "text-mode" in x86. As soon as an
SPARC boots into the OBP there is a "framebuffer console" however.

Cheers,
Igor.