[hanzer]

Originally Posted by IdOp

...They have implemented a VESA framebuffer console, that is used automatically when possible. While I am not an expert on these changes, it appears that they work with certain Intel and radeon video hardware.

Super cool! I'm having a look at it now. The "What's New" page for The OpenBSD 5.4 Release says:

• wsdisplay(4) now attaches to inteldrm(4) and provides a framebuffer console.

inteldrm says:

     Support is currently available for the following graphics cards:

           intel(4)      Intel integrated graphics chipsets
           radeon(4)     ATI RADEON video driver

Working with a framebuffer console would be very nifty but it doesn't seem like the radeon(4) video driver supports the ATI Rage XL chipset. No Joy. Looks like it's going to be 80x25 console for me.