Subject: wscons multi screen and X
To: NetBSD port-hpcmips <port-hpcmips@netbsd.org>
From: TAKEMURA Shin <takemura@netbsd.org>
List: port-hpcmips
Date: 04/23/2000 08:59:43
Hi,
I'm attempting to build X server for hpcmips. But I've found some
problems:
- X expects a mouse with 3 buttons while many hpcmips machine
have a touch panel.
- It seems that wsmux does not work with X. It's broken.
- Current implementation of X of which source code we can use
does not support 2bpp gray scale.
Some people (including me) are already playing for these issues.
Today, I got a new question:
How should X interact with multi screen function of wscons?
X server behave a one of those screens and you can switch
between X and other text screens.
(This seems to be difficult to implement....)
OR
The multi screen function is disabled while X server exists.
Please tell me which you'd like and how it goes on other ports.
(I have no NetBSD box on which I can use X.)
(Crrently, our frame buffer driver does not support multi screen.
It will be supported in the future.)
Takemura