Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 18:39:22 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Joseph Jacobson <jacobson@pobox.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: things I noticed w/ 4.0 Message-ID: <38BCE54A.3FFF4200@newsguy.com> References: <200003010628.BAA33986@home.my.domain>
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Joseph Jacobson wrote:
>
> Kernel option VESA fails (see dmesg below). Is this a problem with my
> graphics card?
Are you, by any chance, both compiling in VESA _and_ loading it with
loader?
> Kernel option PNPBIOS causes the mouse to stop working. A pointer is
> visible at boot (w/ moused) until the mouse is moved, then it disappears
> forever. Maybe I'm misunderstanding what PNPBIOS does....
Weird. Are you sure your BIOS is set to PnP OS = No?
> 'halt -p' still doesn't turn my computer off :). Haven't tested any other
> functionality of apm though. I usually disable apm in the bios since
> it makes turning the system power off w/ the button on the case a problem
> under FreeBSD. Any ideas?
Yep. Try turning apm in BIOS on. :-)
> /usr/games/phantasia doesn't like the return key. You have to use
> <cntl>-<j> (w/ TERMs xterm and cons25). /usr/games/teachgammon doesn't
> always clear the screen of previous text completely.
Mmmmm... I seem to recall someone were tweaking phantasia lately...
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