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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!darwin.sura.net!wupost!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!yale.edu!ira.uka.de!math.fu-berlin.de!zrz.tu-berlin.de!cs.tu-berlin.de!engel From: engel@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Christian Engel) Subject: X386 xdm with crypt, other tools, printer EXPERIENCES Message-ID: <1992Sep9.122332.22785@cs.tu-berlin.de> Summary: xdm compiled with crypt.cgd code available Keywords: xdm X386 crypt lpt.c Sender: news@cs.tu-berlin.de Organization: Techn. University of Berlin, Germany Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 12:23:32 GMT Lines: 81 ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de Directory: pub/os/386BSD/386bsd-0.1/unofficial/local/xdm-crypt.engel.Z Btw, I was able to compile the following software: gnu find3.7 gnu make3.62 gnu gcc2.2.2 gnu libg++2.2 (libg++.a, iostream, stdio++) gnu emacs18.58 gnu epoch4.1pl0 gnu texinfo2.15 gnu readline1.1 gnu bison1.18 xdviPl15 bricons xtexcad1.2 xfig xmenu Kernel Patches ============== I patched my kernel with the Unofficial Buglist (patches.tar.Z), new.com.cgd, crypt.cgd, lptWithoutInterrupts, BusmouseV2, dmaFix, GreenmanFix (w/out no 5, I think), ttyFix, ... Since then I have no problems with crashing kernels anymore. Printer Support =============== I had many problems using the original lpt.c driver although patched with lpt-haugh and the lp.c drivers. Printing of normal ascii files was ok using the lp.c driver. But when I tried to print a .dvi-djc file (Deskjet 500 output from dvi), character losses and even crashes (lpt.c) occurred. Switching off the printer caused a reboot. I could solve the problem for lpt.c using an output filter, that flushed the output and waited for a while (usleep) after a certain amount of characters were sent to the printer. I didn't need to use this filter for the new version of lpt.c that does busy waiting. X386 ==== I am using one of the binary versions that were supplied. In the beginning I used a serial mouse. In the beginning the mouse wasn't read properly. I worked a bit on this problem using a mouse-test programme supplied with X11 for Linux, that I had to change a bit and figured out, that the terminal characteristics weren't set properly. The same seemed to occur with the X386 kernel. Therefor I included an ``stty cs7 ...'' line into my .xinitrc and /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 and then the mouse worked fine. I hope these remarks help others to solve some of there problems with 386bsd. If you want to have more information or other binaries made available, feel free to contact me. Christian (engel@cs.tu-berlin.de) -- Christian Engel, TU-Berlin mail: engel@cs.tu-berlin.de TFS, dept of theoretical computer science, formal specifications address: TU-Berlin, FR6-1, Franklinstr. 28/29, 1000 Berlin 10, Germany