Re: VCs and diff. video modes

Pavel Machek (pavel@Elf.mj.gts.cz)
Sat, 16 Aug 1997 18:32:12 +0200


> I know that FreeBSD allows different VC's to be in different video
> modes (i.e VC 1 would be in 80x25 and VC 2 would be in 80x50). The current
> console code in linux does not do this. It looks like it might of had this
> ability at one point, but it was taken out because it was messy. Is there
> any plans to add it back in? It would be a nice feature to have
> available.

dosemu does this. And I hate this feature - as it takes some time for
monitor to stabilize if you switch between more different video modes.

Pavel

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