Re: X11

Gregory McGarry <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.hp300
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Bernd Sieker wrote:

> On the 8bit Katamandu/Topcat boards (according to docs my board is the
> Kaamandu, but according to the kernel it's a topcat, I'm not sure
> which to believe, it's HP part number is A1416A) the Xhpux causes a
> kernel panic when exiting. As far as I know the reasons are partly
> known, but no convincing solution has yet been introduced. I have made
> a very crude modification, hard-wiring the base address of the frame
> buffer memory, which seems to do the trick, I use the machine as an
> X-Terminal for weeks on end without crash. I will not release the
> modification, since it is clearly the Wrong Thing (I do not have the
> slightest idea how to do the Right Thing here), but if anyone really
> needs it, I will send the modified file.

Sure.  File a PR.

	-- Gregory McGarry <[email protected]>
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