Announce: fungetty, a fun new getty for Linux framebuffers

[Cory Spitz]

Ben,

This sounds great.  I can't wait to get home and try it out.

I've never set up framebuffer text consoles so I don't know much about
them.  Can you adjust the font size??  The one thing I absolutely hate
about my current setup is that the fonts are big enough to read from
across the street - even on my little 17" monitor.

Thanks, and have fun in <Austin Powers voice>Vegas, baby.
Yeah!</Austin Powers Voice>

Speaking of Austin Powers, did anybody else think that the AP3 preview
before LOTR was a joke?

-Cory


On 20 Dec 2001, Ben Pfaff wrote:

> Do you prefer working in a console, but get tired of ignorant
> people assuming that your computer is old just because it only
> has text on the screen?  Do you have Linux set up to use
> framebuffer text consoles?
>
> If so, then maybe you should have a look at fungetty, a
> replacement for the standard Linux getty that can display
> full-color graphics above the login prompt.  I hacked this up
> over the last week or so, and it seems to work pretty well.  It
> can display many kinds of PNG files above the login prompt.
> There are some bugs and limitations, but nothing unreasonable.
>
> Download source tarball or Debian i386 binary package from
>         http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~blp
> License is GPL.  Full documentation.  Should be easy to compile.
>
> In a couple of hours I'm leaving for Las Vegas and won't be back
> until Christmas Day, but I'll happily read your comments and
> patches after that.
>
> --
> "Be circumspect in your liaisons with women.
>  It is better to be seen at the opera with a man
>  than at mass with a woman."
> --De Maintenon
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