RE: vesa 1024x768 mode in future version? to the freebsd community

Hello,

Yes, I do agree that stability is "the" major argument for not using it.

But isn't it worth to have a high resolution console on freebsd?

Sorry, to be a bit self-confident ;-) but I'm rather sure that
hundreds/thousands of freebsd would use it (on laptop, workstation and
servers) if there would be an available solid implementation.

One of the main arguments I've always reread, is, when you are
physically at the console and require high definition consoles, "use X".

On servers, security is "the" main factor and of course stability is
part of good security. I personally don't tend to install X on servers,
I'm sure there are other much better freebsd admins than me that don't
install X on servers. Most security-related paper do not recommand to
install X (and compilers of course etc). So at least on these kind of
servers a high resolution (and of course) stable/solid console would be
a real step forward for freebsd.

In my "NON"-specialist opinion, comparing to linux distributions, it is
the only main feature that bsd lacks.

I personally don't like linux (but this is another discussion) but I've
always missed the higher definition consoles on freebsd and/or even
openbsd.

Didier


-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Backhaus [mailto:robbak_at_gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 14:59
To: Didier Wiroth
Cc: freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org
Subject: Re: vesa 1024x768 mode in future version? to the freebsd
community

On Apr 6, 2005 5:12 AM, Didier Wiroth <didier.wiroth_at_mcesr.etat.lu>
wrote:
>
> I was wondering if the patches  (see link below) have any chances to
make their ways into a future release version or may be in the ports
collection?

I agree that it would make life more enjoyable for some people, but the
console is increasingly a fail-safe debugging/configuring interface, as
more people use X for any work.
Yes, I would use it myself in places, especially laptops, but I would
not like it there if it possibly made the console less stable.
It would want to be very well tested. I'd slate it for 6.Stable, when it
occours.