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List:       freebsd-hackers
Subject:    Re: high resolution text modes
From:       Julian Assange <proff () suburbia ! net>
Date:       1996-10-18 5:58:44
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> Well, how about "option NEW_SYSCONS" for those who'd rather have a 100x30
> (or better) console without having to do it per-vt or who want it before
> multiuser mode ?
> 
> Darren

I ended up not removing the per-vt-modes, but created a M_USER mode, which
when activated via the new VT_RESIZE ioctl, sets all consoles to that
mode/rows/cols. Changing to an M_USER mode vt, via vt switching is now
basically a no-op. This means that provided you don't enable
per-vt resolutions after a VT_RESIZE you are safe.

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 may be the most  oppressive.  It may be better to live under  robber barons  
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 sometimes sleep,  his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who  
 torment us for own good  will torment us  without end,  for they do so with 
 the approval of their own conscience."    -   C.S. Lewis, _God in the Dock_ 
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