kern/71142; VESA 1024x768 @ the console

[Ion-Mihai Tetcu]

 [ newbies really isn't the place for this discussion ]

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:42:41 -0800 (PST)
Mervin McDougall <mcd_advisory at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> --- Nikolas Britton <freebsd at nbritton.org> wrote:
> 
> > Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote:
> > 
> > >On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 23:42:47 -0600
> > >Nikolas Britton <freebsd at nbritton.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > >>I got tired of having to patch by hand all the
> > systems I wanted this 
> > >>patch on and all the systems I patched but then
> > updated with cvsup so I 
> > >>made a simple batch script to do it for me, this
> > script will do steps 
> > >>1...9 (see below). all you have to do is paste it
> > into a file and then 
> > >>run it as root (i.e. "sh vesa-patch-script"):
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >
> > >Care to make it a port ? O should I do it for you
> > put you as maintainer
> > >or me if you don't have the time to spare ?
> > >
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > Make what a port, you mean that hack I called a
> > script? lol, I guess it 
> > could be, never made a port b4, but it would have to
> > be redone as I'd 
> > never sign my name to it. It has no error control
> > except for a cascading 
> > failure if the patch doesn't download or untar and
> > it should include the 
> > patch to fix the mouse error. I think a better idea
> > might be to redo it 
> > into a real script and post it to the PR?: 
> > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=71142

 [ ... ]
 
> This would be a good addition for persons who do
> FreeBSD mobile.

>From what I see the PR has a responsible (delphij@, cc'ed) which makes
me believe it would be merged into the tree eventually. Now as I didn't
follow the discussion from the beginning does anyone know about a time
frame for that ? The port is easy / not time consumming to do but
maintaining it in the long run isn't so I would like to know if it will
be merged in the near future.


> Or perhaps there should be an entire
> port for mobile FreeBSD, for persons who want
> applications and are using mobile computers... So it
> would include everything from the Vesa hack to say
> battery monitors and perhaps a little how to on how to
> tweak freebsd for laptops :)

You're welcome to do it :)

There are several battery monitors or applets for kde and gnome and a
"profiler" for different environments .


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