On Thu, Jun 03 2004 - 19:12, Timo Sch?ler wrote:
> >I did compile a kernel with RASTERCONSOLE (and ffb) support yesterday 
> >on a Ultra5 running NetBSD-2.0-BETA and it compiled and rebooted OK. 
> >The only things are :
> 
> mine on ultra 1 and ultra 2, both 1.6.2 -- did not reboot yet (they're 
> kind of 'production systems' ;)
> 

you're not living on the edge ;p

> >
> >-> I don't see any differences (still a beautiful 80x25 black on white 
> >console on my 21" :)
> 
> what about the output speed? that *is* for me the main reason to try 
> RASTERCONSOLE, as it claims to speed up this very lame thing (as statet 
> in the kernel config file)...
> 

hum... won't be able to say... that was not the thing I was seeking ;)
if it got faster, it wasn't that much...

I'll have a more precise look at the difference ASAP

> >-> "ATI rage pro" is still "unconfigured".
> >   I don't know if it's off-topic, but shouldn't it be recognised ?
> >   I saw you're (andrey) FTP session with U2 and U30 config file 
> >supporting the ffb so I thought my U5 would work :'(
> >   On OpenBSD 3.5, the video card work and is known as vgafb0...
> >   What is the state of the ffb ? still unsupported (as stated in 
> >sparc64 FAQ) ?
> 
> tried it on an ultra 10 months ago, but i did not have that much time 
> to play with it.
> 

did you try "startx" ?
did it start anything ?

	Jo