Re: GLINT/Permedia video driver works in 3.2-beta

Dries Schellekens wrote (in a message from Tuesday 1)
 > >
 > > This is fixed in -current since last week. Recent snapshots should
 > > include this fix.
 > 
 > I'm using the X from the snapshot of 25/09. This seems to be the latest.
 > 
 > Do I need to kill getty or something of that kind? I think you said
 > something about that on some openbsd mailing  list.
 > 
 > If I type Alt-Ctrl-F1, nothing happens but a error is logged in
 > /var/log/authlog
 > init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/console, sleeping
 > 

Oh, yes, virtual consoles are not enabled by default on alpha. 
You need a kernel with:

option	WSDISPLAY_COMPAT_USL		# VT handling
option	WSDISPLAY_DEFAULTSCREENS=6
option	WSDISPLAY_COMPAT_PCVT		# emulate some ioctls

For VT switching to work. 

Without this, it's better to disable the getty process attached to
/dev/ttyC0 when running xdm. (This is true for all arches without
virtual consoles). 

					Matthieu