Subject: Re: NetBSD/pmax 4.0_BETA problems
To: Anders Gavare <anders@gavare.se>
From: Andrew Doran <ad@netbsd.org>
List: port-pmax
Date: 09/06/2006 12:36:07
Hi Anders,
On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 09:52:57PM +0200, Anders Gavare wrote:
> >3. Makedev fails on the 'mouse' device.
>
> JFYI, the 4.0_BETA 20060902 daily build, when installed via ftp, still
> has this problem.
I've checked in a fix for that, it should make its way into 4.0_BETA soon.
> >4. startx works out of the box :-) which is good news, because it
> > didn't work with NetBSD 2.x or 3.x. However, the mouse cursor moves
> > down to the right-bottom corner of the screen, and stays there.
>
> Luckily (from NetBSD's perspective), I have come to the conclusion that
> this is because of a bug in the emulator, and not in NetBSD.
>
> (The emulator relied on the old behaviour of NetBSD (pre-wscons), which
> was that NetBSD would set the framebuffer's _hardware_ cursor, not just
> a software cursor.)
I haven't had a chance to give gxemul a go yet... Hopefully next week.
Thanks,
Andrew