Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 14:04:07 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> Cc: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel debugger and X11. Message-ID: <3C97B5D7.29AB3212@mindspring.com> References: <20020319201528.GI4989@genius.tao.org.uk> <3C97B233.F37410B@mindspring.com> <20020319215337.GR455@elvis.mu.org>
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Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > Yes, install the GGI port to FreeBSD, and use that instead > > of the native FreeBSD console, so that the video driver is > > aware of the state it put the card in, and can put it back > > into the correct state for the debugger to work. This also > > buys you out of the secure-mode hacks that make you leave > > certain mmap and /dev/io accesses allowed, even with a > > raised secure level, if you are going to be able to use X11. > > > > The GGI people have bent over backwards on licensing to try > > and get the FreeBSD people to adopt this code, but apparently > > people are not doing enough console debugging from having > > run X11 for this to push its way in. > > do you have links to the threads and a summary available? License change, 1998 (you have to follow the threads, which I'm not going to do for you, as I am using a slow link, so you will have to follow them yourself, or trust my 3.5 year old memory): http://www.monkey.org/openbsd/archive/tech/9810/msg00028.html FTP Archive: ftp://ftp.ggi-project.org/pub/ggi/ggi/ Home page: http://www.ggi-project.org/ FreeBSD port: http://people.freebsd.org/~nsouch/ggiport.html -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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