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- > the maxprot field is filled with VM_PROT_ALL, but the field prot is missed.
-
- Funny.. I fixed exactly this bug yesterday :-)
-
- > in the function grfaddr(),
- >
- > you must replace #if 0 by #if 1
- >
- > and then you should be able to map the grf0 or grf1 driver memory :-)
-
- Done, cool! One step further towards X ...
-
- > if you press a key for a time (then it autorepeate itself)
- > Then without releasing the key, you hold another key.
- > This new key should repeate itself now.
- > Instead of this, the new key is printed once and the other key is
- > still repeating itself.
- > to stop, you must have the key up event.
-
- Interesting.. never tried this one :-)
-
- > this is an annoying problem, because when you have a sped typing you have
- > some strange typing.
- > for example : "cd /root" becomes "cdc c/root"
- > or "cdc ccc/root"
-
- Hm.. you got a weird typing attitude ;-) Nah, serious, I'd like to see
- the bug fixed, but I'm on the war path with keyboard repeats anyway...
-
- > It seems that the problem is that the key down event is not detected
- > so current cahr issn't updated and no delay is activated.
-
- Nah, I think it sees the key down, and it checks whether it's alread
- in repeat-mode. Sees it is, and doesn't start repeat again.. Pure guess,
- without looking at sources though..
-
- > How can I switch the retina to graphic mode.
- > (the IOCTL isn't implemented)
- > and I'd like to write it.
-
- Oh.. do you have the NCR manual for the chip? I'm still hoping that
- Lutz Vieweg finds a little timeslot to add the missing ioctl. He already
- did the major part of the existing driver, and I think he'd be best
- suited for this task :-)
-
- > The notion of graphic mode is a good idea, but
- > when your font isn't appropriate to de video mode,
- > you cant get into trouble.
- >
- > I suggest and intellingent graphic mode list
- > which would accomodate with the font behavyours.
-
- Hm, due to bus-congestion in alphanumeric mode, the Retina can't go
- much beyond 800x600, and in that resolution, I can still read the 8x8
- font quite well. In gfx-mode, we're running custom fonts anyway, so
- where is the problem?
-
- > 1st, we'll work for grf0 (custom chips)
- > but we're waiting for a retina solution.
- > the 1st stem (memory mapping) is solved.
- > the second is to adapt the keyboard and
- > the monochromes graphic routines.
-
- I'm currently writing a /dev/kbd and /dev/mouse, if you assume the
- SunOS interface to those, you'll be happy :-)
-
- > (we'll have to implement an ioctl to activate/remove the hardware sprite)
-
- Yep, and to position it. Btw, the Retina includes a hardware sprite
- as well in gfx-mode, that's the main reason I want hi-level mouse support.
-
- > (that would be an interresting feature if the hardware srite mouse
- > could be used for cut/paste operations in text mode)
-
- That was the original intention of Mike Schwartz when he wrote the
- cc-console, I think..
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