Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 02:19:39 -0500 From: David Leimbach <leimy2k@mac.com> To: Peter Grehan <peterg@ptree32.com.au> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New tarball available Message-ID: <6E3F2230-05F2-11D8-A466-000A95AFBEB4@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <3F98C7D8.C52F0FDF@freebsd.org> References: <3F98C7D8.C52F0FDF@freebsd.org>
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Great.!!! trying now :) Dave On Oct 24, 2003, at 1:34 AM, Peter Grehan wrote: > 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. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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