From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 2 00:55:53 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 099B4106564A for ; Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:55:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from superbisquit@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f44.google.com (mail-pz0-f44.google.com [209.85.210.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D94B08FC1C for ; Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:55:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk5 with SMTP id 5so35881631pzk.17 for ; Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:55:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=57oPopbYvr3vI7TGp1u+nTgs8PuJvxeMGjkLQmd8mOg=; b=k+fAHwg57cz9a48Ytuk+fQNgcp71+SOrORTf9upcVIfVytzM/6u63wzCDd5XNzYNCg e7Avw8CDIM6LOET090HiKNa8KgXuC1pEk17F4uRE0kgaD5rz6UW5390wrpImReKEUWBp MtaldNOfFu4QWARdPxzyJbSy569I1QsAhO9vM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.43.97 with SMTP id v1mr7590359pbl.456.1312246552267; Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:55:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.57.36 with HTTP; Mon, 1 Aug 2011 17:55:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <86FEE94D-7B7A-4442-8A0C-4ED9FDA58EB9@alumni.cwru.edu> References: <86FEE94D-7B7A-4442-8A0C-4ED9FDA58EB9@alumni.cwru.edu> Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 20:55:52 -0400 Message-ID: From: Super Bisquit To: Justin Hibbits Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML Subject: Re: Questions on Networking and the frame buffer X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:55:53 -0000 Maybe Whitehorn knows something. I'll see if I can find any references- it's a blind search but at least a start. Thanks for the reply. On 8/1/11, 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 > >