Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 16:34:00 +1000 From: Peter Grehan <peterg@ptree32.com.au> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: New tarball available Message-ID: <3F98C7D8.C52F0FDF@freebsd.org>
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I've put up a tarball at: http://people.freebsd.org/~grehan/ppc-root-102303.tbz2 (STOP PRESS: the loader in the tarball missed out on a vital isync patch: please replace with the loader at http://people.freebsd.org/~grehan/loader) The kernel contains a syscons module that uses the 8-bit frame buffer set up by OpenFirmware, so it should look very familiar to FreeBSD/i386 users. It currently relies on having a USB keyboard, so if you have a system that uses an ADB keyboard (e.g. early iBooks, B&W G3), then you have to either attach a USB keyboard, or disable syscons at the loader prompt to use the old ofw console OK set hw.syscons.disable=1 But don't do this unless you really have to. Since USB is enabled in the kernel, this doesn't work too well on boxes with USB keyboards, but then, syscons is a way better console environment than ofwcons. For those who haven't installed before, there's some very terse instructions at: http://people.freebsd.org/~grehan/install.html Make sure to have a strong sense of adventure and know how to use the programmer's switch :-) And for kicks, syscons users should try this on the console: # sh /usr/share/examples/dialog/radiolist ... and verify the first radio button :-) Also, check out VTY switching using Alt-F? (aka Option-F?). later, Peter.
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