Thank you for your reply!

Colin Wood wrote:
> 
> Matias Giovannini wrote:
> > and savecore failed saying that it
> > couldn't find some device. All services started normally, but at the
> > login prompt nothing that I typed appeared. I telnetted and tried to do
> > a dmesg to get the messages but dmesg says: "magic number incorrect". I
> > attribute it to some out-of-synchronization between kernel and base packages.
> 
> sounds like your kernel wasn't named /netbsd to me...

That's right. I'll keep it in mind the next time I switch kernels ;)

> > MRG works. dmesg and savecore complain again, but I can use the keyboard
> > just fine (I don't know about the mouse, as I don't have X installed).
> > What's more, using the stock kernel, it boots with the keyboard set to
> > caps lock ON initially (so when I first type a login, I get ALL CAPS),
> > but the MRG kernel sets the keyboard to downcase.
> 
> that's really strange.  if the next round of kernels (assuming the sources
> are from the 10th or later) doesn't fix this, please let me know.

Sure enough.

> > The "adb0 at obio0"
> > line backspaces a little and overwrites the "(mrg)" identifier.
> 
> that's a long-standing problem that results from a hack in the MRG
> support.

I didn't know. I thought it was significative. Doesn't gcc have a
#pragma to disable warnings locally?

Best regards,
Matías.

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