Subject: Re: NetBSD/alpha and wscons
To: Chris Jones <cjones@rupert.honors.montana.edu>
From: R. C. Dowdeswell <elric@mabelode.imrryr.org>
List: port-alpha
Date: 02/16/1999 18:57:06
On 919219008 seconds since the Beginning of the UNIX epoch
Chris Jones wrote:
>
>So, what needs to be done to get wscons to support multiple virtual
>terminals on the alpha? What about support for color?
Wscons does support multiple virtual terminals on the alpha, just
not on the TGA framebuffer that the multia uses. I was thinking
about throwing it in, but it certainly begs a number of questions,
since a copy of the framebuffer memory would be a meg. So, would
one just store the characters that are on the screen? In which
case X probably wouldn't be too happy. Or the fact that one can
combine graphics and text on a non-X screen if one writes the
appropriate app.
>For that matter, does anybody have any ideas as to why I can't get the
>keyboard bell to work on my multia? I've fixed the drq line for wss
>in my config file, for what that's worth. And dmesg claims that it
>attaches a device named isabeep0; shouldn't that do the right thing?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Chris
>
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