Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:25:53 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questions on Networking and the frame buffer Message-ID: <4E375221.5050506@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <86FEE94D-7B7A-4442-8A0C-4ED9FDA58EB9@alumni.cwru.edu> References: <CA%2BWntOur8jLpcY78RixUpUH0YQ8BUkoc0VpvG9CztYZ71MX1iQ@mail.gmail.com> <86FEE94D-7B7A-4442-8A0C-4ED9FDA58EB9@alumni.cwru.edu>
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On 08/01/11 19:24, Justin Hibbits wrote: > On Aug 1, 2011, at 7:26 PM, Super Bisquit wrote: > >> Which driver is compatible with the orinoco airport card? The port >> net-mgmt/airport will not build due to jdk being only for i386 and >> amd64; is >> there an available jdk for powerpc? >> >> The mouse is grabbed at the screen edge and I need to restart X each >> time; >> what arguments must be passed to xorg.conf to prevent such from >> happening? > > I don't know about the orinoco driver, but I do sometimes also > experience the mouse problem, and have posted to the list regarding > it. There's nothing I've found to prevent the mouse from getting > stuck, but I believe it's something to do with floating point math, > maybe the FPU isn't being reset properly, or isn't presenting the > right rounding behavior (IEEE-754 vs "fast mode"). It's an annoyance > I've learned to live with, but would still like solved. > > - Justin The card itself is supported by wl(4), but I believe Apple's variant is not due to some missing glue code, specifically a macio bus attachment. -Nathan
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