Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 18:19:11 -0400 From: Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questions on Networking and the frame buffer Message-ID: <CA%2BWntOuEs-JCNk3AQZ1zOykJUf3EzzeCcfYyvLFz768t1HO9jw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4E375221.5050506@freebsd.org> References: <CA%2BWntOur8jLpcY78RixUpUH0YQ8BUkoc0VpvG9CztYZ71MX1iQ@mail.gmail.com> <86FEE94D-7B7A-4442-8A0C-4ED9FDA58EB9@alumni.cwru.edu> <4E375221.5050506@freebsd.org>
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On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>wrote: > 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 > ______________________________**_________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/**mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc<http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc>; > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@**freebsd.org<freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org> > " > I'm building the wi and wlan modules right now for 9.0 CURRENT PPC. The net-mgmt/airport utility doesn't build because it's jdk1.6 dependent and, the available packages are for i386 and amd64. Secondly, I was wondering as to how the OpenBSD and NetBSD developers dealt with the mouse grabbing.
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