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Re:Modernizing the OpenBSD Console by throwaway2048 on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @01:24AM (#24338815)
Its not even an option on newer UEFI machines, all consoles are a framebuffer.
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Re:Modernizing the OpenBSD Console by Aloha on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @02:19AM (#24339042)
Let me rephrase, I don't want a huge screen with tiny fonts for my console, the default should be at most 132x48
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Re:Modernizing the OpenBSD Console by rvense on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @02:36AM (#24339115)
Isn't that exactly what this patch addresses? Updating the framebuffer console so it's not horrible on modern framebuffers.
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Re:Modernizing the OpenBSD Console by Aloha on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @01:13PM (#24344100)
the OS/Distro should chose sensible options out of the box, they usually do not.
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Re:Modernizing the OpenBSD Console by unixhero on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @02:14AM (#24339023)
Interesting, I didn't know that. Thanks!
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