Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 20:06:40 -0400 From: Joe Nosay <superbisquit@gmail.com> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@nsu.ru> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: HEADSUP: vt now default terminal driver on PowerPC Message-ID: <CA%2BWntOvCFa3WB-MUipMP%2B-SsPsr9h6jiAOFj_zvg0L4CwpeRyQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20140527152119.GA7567@regency.nsu.ru> References: <536F10EF.3050807@freebsd.org> <20140527152119.GA7567@regency.nsu.ru>
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On Tuesday, May 27, 2014, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@nsu.ru> wrote: > On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 10:55:59PM -0700, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > > I fixed the last remaining bugs in vt today and have repointed the PPC > > GENERIC and GENERIC64 kernel configurations on HEAD to use it instead of > > syscons. The largest visible changes should be a new font and support > > for UTF-8 at the system console. If you run into any difficulties, > > please report them to the list. > > I've rebuilt my world+kernel on May the 18th, and vt(4) works flawlessly: > tty switching is instant, no video artifacts (contrary to my nVidia-based > x86 rig), UTF-8, etc. -- that is, on a Mac mini G4. Great work Nathan! > > I haven't typed "startx" yet (largely due to being afraid that all this > awesomeness will go away), but once I'd do, I'll report of the results. :) > > ./danfe > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org <javascript:;> mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > <javascript:;>" > StartX!
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