From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jan 28 20:20:35 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA15141 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 20:20:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp02.primenet.com (smtp02.primenet.com [206.165.6.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA15132 for ; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 20:20:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert@usr07.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp02.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA14618; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 21:20:19 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr07.primenet.com(206.165.6.207) via SMTP by smtp02.primenet.com, id smtpd014490; Thu Jan 28 21:20:10 1999 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr07.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA19374; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 21:19:58 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199901290419.VAA19374@usr07.primenet.com> Subject: Re: Any way to get machine out of hires when it breaks into DDB> ? To: dillon@apollo.backplane.com (Matthew Dillon) Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 04:19:58 +0000 (GMT) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199901262039.MAA21275@apollo.backplane.com> from "Matthew Dillon" at Jan 26, 99 12:39:47 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I just had a crash on my workstation. X froze up in the middle of a > redraw, and the machine unresponsive to pings from the outside. > > The thing had dropped into DDB. I really wanted to see what DDB was > trying to tell me so I could fix it, but I couldn't see it since it > was still in X. > > I knew it was in DDB because I could type 'panic' and > the machine rebooted :-) > > It sure wouuld be nice if DDB could restore the video back to VGA. > Anybody have any ideas? Yes. GGI, which puts the driver in the kernel instead of the X server; wonderfully suited to KLD-izing of drivers: http://www.ggi-project.org/ You can get the XFree86 server that uses it from: http://www.stacken.kth.se/~mackan/ggi/xggi/ "Heretic" has been ported to it: http://gametome.linuxquake.com/show?Heretic The license policy is: 1.X license for KGI drivers or others at the authors discretion, but those might need to be distributed separately, then. 2.KGI-to-kernel glue layers take a license as appropriate for the host OS. 3.LibGGI, LibGII, etc. has X-style licensing. 4.Other libraries: At authors' discretion, X is preferred. 5.Headers, makefiles, makerules, and scripts, as public domain. 6.Demos are under the author's discretion. The recommendation is to put them into the public domain. Mesa (OpenGL) as of 2.6 has GGI drivers. >From the FAQ ( http://www.ggi-project.org/docs/faq.html ) FreeBSD? Solaris? Ports for these OSes as well as Windows and DOS are under way. Please check the status pages for more detailed information on usability. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message