Subject: Re: Q630, GENERIC 27, and Kensington
To: Colin Wood <ender@is.rice.edu>
From: Colin Wood <ender@is.rice.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/12/1997 20:47:41
> > Well, I finally got a clue, and disconnected my non-Apple hardware before
> > booting MacBSD. I got a -different- crash during boot, but I could -TYPE-
> > into the debugger! Nice!
> >
> > I'd had a Gravis joystick and a Kensington Turbomouse 5.0 on, as well as
> > the Extended Keyboard I and an Apple mouse. When I put the Turbomouse back
> > in, I got the previous ResHandle Too Small (or something like that) error
> > again. I -need- this trackball: mice suck. I wonder if calling Kensington
> > would get their assistance with this? Since I also have the Apple Video
> > System in the computer, it could be contributing to my problems, but that
> > should be ignorable, I would think.
I just checked the source code, and at least eliminating the above error
(ResHndls too small) should be a fairly easy fix. You just need to up the
size of a table in the kernel (simply including options MRG_TEST in the
kernel config file will increase the size, actually).
Later.
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Colin Wood ender@is.rice.edu
Consultant Rice University
Information Technology Services Houston, TX