Re: Naturetech 888P (mostly) working

[Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

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Hello,

On May 28, 2009, at 11:22 AM, T. M. Pederson wrote:

> I just threw 5.0 at a Naturetech 888P last night, and can report  
> that it
> successfully boots multi-user.

Nice :)
I don't think any one of us has one of these.

> There's a few things that aren't quite all there yet, though. While a
> GENERIC kernel works fairly well, one with cbb enabled doesn't.

Yeah, I have the same issue with my UltraBook - I'm going to fix it at  
some point. Right now I'm more concerned with getting a disk into the  
machine though.

> Also, the onboard keyboard is rather unresponsive under wscons; it  
> drops ~20%
> of events. I've been mostly using an external keyboard instead.

Weird. Does it show up as Sun keyboard or is it USB or something  
completely different?

> Xorg on this box is just plain weird. The 888P has a 1400x1050 LCD
> display, but Xorg will only drive it at 1024x768. And Xorg.0.log shows
> that Xorg claims the builtin display is a CRT on the (external) VGA
> connector.

Does it support DDC2? If not then Xorg probably assumes some low  
resolution generic monitor and you need to add HorizSync / VertRefresh  
options to your Monitor section.

have fun
Michael

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