Subject: Re: Xsun works (kind of) Tadpole 3GX
To: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
From: daemons <daemons@secure.worldramp.net>
List: port-sparc
Date: 08/03/1999 02:08:32
Matt,

Just wanted to extend a ``thank you'' from me and my friends who own
Tadpole 3GX's.  Your work is _very_ much appreciated, where do we send the
pizza and beer?? =]

Thanks Again,

Aaron
--
daemons@satan.org.uk
http://openbsd.itgo.com

On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Matt Thomas wrote:

> At 10:47 AM 8/2/99 , James Garnett wrote:
> 
> >...and meanwhile back in Gotham City, Matt Thomas (matt) wrote:
> > > As of this afternoon, the standard Xsun server works (albeit with
> > > no colormap support) on the Tadpole 3GX.  So you have run with the
> > > defaults colormap the prom set up.  But it's enough to have twm
> > > and xterms running (although with just blue & white).
> >
> >I've compiled a -current kernel with your p9100.c driver from
> >
> >  /*      $NetBSD: p9100.c,v 1.2 1999/08/01 06:27:00 matt Exp $ */
> >
> >and it seems to work pretty groovy, with the exception the colormap (which
> >you mentioned) and the mouse (which doesn't work).  The mouse is stuck
> >in the center of the screen, which indicates that it just isn't being
> >found by the stock NetBSD Xsun.  
> 
> The mouse on the tadpole uses a slightly different protocol that
> the sun mouse driver didn't understand.  I fixed that yesterday.
> Today, I fixed the colormap problem (the tadpole tech ref man was
> incorrect).
> 
> So there now exists a fully functional console with Xsun support.
> 
> -- 
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