Subject: Re: [Fwd: WSCONS and Layout]
To: pmax <port-pmax@netbsd.org>
From: Carsten Friede <cfrirede@wh12.tu-dresden.de>
List: port-pmax
Date: 12/20/2002 03:00:26
Louis Wevers wrote:
> 
> Carsten Friede wrote:
> 
> >Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Carsten Friede wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Carsten Friede wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Okay, I see. I have upgraded to NetBSD 1.6. But I still got the problem get
> >>>>>wscons working. If I insert the entry wscons=YES in the /etc/rc.conf, wsconscfg
> >>>>>complains that it does not find /dev/tty***. What do I have to set up to get it
> >>>>>properly running?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>Did you look at http://www.interlude.eu.org/~ad/wscons/
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>Okay, I read it. And now, how do I make these devices?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>mknod <name> <type> <major> <minor> as in:
> >>        mknod /dev/ttyE0 c 88 0
> >><type> is the first letter on the web line (all are 'c', for
> >>'character')
> >><maj>/<min> are the two numbers befoer the date
> >>and <name> is the last word on each line.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Good, the devices are made. But wsconscfg complain on startup that
> >"Operation not supported by device". What's that? What do I have to do
> >now?
> >
> >Cheers
> >
> >Carsten
> >
> >
> >
> Did you boot the right kernel? The reason I'm asking is that this
> happens to me when I boot the "normal" NetBSD kernel, instead of the
> special WSCONS one.
> 
> If this is the case, go to http://www.interlude.eu.org/~ad/wscons/ and
> download netbsd-20020922.gz. Unzip it and then copy netbsd-20020922 to
> /wscons.
> 
> Now halt your machine and boot the wscons kernel. (For a Decstation 5000
> / 240 you would need to type boot 3/rzX/wscons -aN at the >> prompt. I
> don't know what the syntax for the 5000 / 133 is).

That was it! Now it works! Thanks a lot.

Carsten


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