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