From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 2 01:25:56 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB5711065670 for ; Tue, 2 Aug 2011 01:25:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from argol.doit.wisc.edu (argol.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0C6C8FC12 for ; Tue, 2 Aug 2011 01:25:56 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0LPA00B001B89U00@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:25:56 -0500 (CDT) Received: from comporellon.tachypleus.net ([unknown] [76.210.68.180]) by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0LPA009Q11B6TQ00@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:25:54 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:25:53 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: <86FEE94D-7B7A-4442-8A0C-4ED9FDA58EB9@alumni.cwru.edu> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Message-id: <4E375221.5050506@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=76.210.68.180 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-11, Version=5.6.1.2065439, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2011.8.2.11221, SenderIP=76.210.68.180 References: <86FEE94D-7B7A-4442-8A0C-4ED9FDA58EB9@alumni.cwru.edu> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:5.0) Gecko/20110704 Thunderbird/5.0 Subject: Re: Questions on Networking and the frame buffer X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 01:25:56 -0000 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