Subject: Re: Virtual consoles on Krups
To: Antti Kantee <pooka@cs.hut.fi>
From: Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 02/23/2006 14:37:26
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Hello,

> > I just committed some code to support virtual consoles on the
> > JavaStation NC, also known as Krups. All you need to do is:
> > - put wscons=3Dyes into /etc/rc.conf
> > - add lines for ttyE1-ttyEn to /etc/ttys
> > - update sources / build a new kernel.
> >=20
> > It works fine here, please tell me if there are any problems.
>=20
> Virtual consoles work, but the screen has a white stripe at the top
> and bottom and the cursor looks a bit weird being completely white
> except for a black vertical bar.
>=20
> Does this count as a problem? ;)

Yes :)
Ok, so the screen isn't completely cleared when wsdisplay takes over -
should be trivial to fix. The cursor problem is odd though, I can't see
anything like that and I didn't touch the code that generated the
cursor sprite.

have fun
Michael

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