From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 24 01:33:34 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2019016A4B3 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2003 01:33:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (A17-250-248-87.apple.com [17.250.248.87]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51D7A43F85 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2003 01:33:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from leimy2k@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin07-en2 [10.13.10.152]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id h9O8XW9H014031; Fri, 24 Oct 2003 01:33:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.205] (adsl-19-164-204.jan.bellsouth.net [68.19.164.204]) (authenticated bits=0)h9O8XVCQ022012; Fri, 24 Oct 2003 01:33:31 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <6E3F2230-05F2-11D8-A466-000A95AFBEB4@mac.com> References: <3F98C7D8.C52F0FDF@freebsd.org> <6E3F2230-05F2-11D8-A466-000A95AFBEB4@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v606) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: David Leimbach Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 03:33:26 -0500 To: David Leimbach X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.606) cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New tarball available X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 08:33:34 -0000 Just tried it on a powerbook I am sure its working but I can't see anything due to a funky mode... Dave On Oct 24, 2003, at 2:19 AM, David Leimbach wrote: > 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" > > _______________________________________________ > 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"