Re: Newbie questions

["Matthias Scheler" <tron%lyssa.owl.de@localhost>]

    Hi Juergen,

you wrote in <23019ac5.u8t20e.83d63-juergen%sokrates.franken.de@localhost>:
> 1.) is it possible to disable the cursor blinking on the picasso
>     console?

No, that's a VGA hardware feature.

> 2.) how do I change the screen mode for the picasso mode?

The mode is defined in "src/sys/arch/amiga/dev/grf_cl.c". Modifiy it and
recompile the kernel.

> 3.) the netbsd Amiga is connected with ed0 to another Amiga that has a
>     laser printer connected to it's parallel port and a lpd (for AmiTCP)
>     running. How can I access this printer from my netbsd machine? Where are 
> any
>     docs about it?

man printcap

> 4.) my keymap is always reset whenever I end X. How can I make the
>     german keymap permanent?

This is a well know bug in NetBSD 1.1 which is fixed in 1.2.

-- 
Matthias Scheler
tron%lyssa.owl.de@localhost