Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 04:33:47 +1100 From: Andrew Clancy <andrews.freebsd.emails@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trying to edit daemon.c to work on iMac Message-ID: <CACzsdzTenRi=BSmSURbt9H%2Bt1SJzzUApA4Rw=9%2BnkEzdrSBtoA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CACzsdzT%2BCiemfxTJ%2BpQomJy8SqY4eS9dGLxLPVf5rms7ArP0eQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CACzsdzT%2BCiemfxTJ%2BpQomJy8SqY4eS9dGLxLPVf5rms7ArP0eQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Typo in the subject line. Should have been daemon_saver.c On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 4:19 AM, Andrew Clancy < andrews.freebsd.emails@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I have acquired an old iMac and installed FreeBSD 10.1 RELEASE on it. I am > a programming novice and have been searching google for a way to get a > console screensaver for the iMac. > > I came across an old post dated > > *Thu Dec 20 10:20:50 PST 2007 * > I followed the thread but am still a bit confused. The following is taken > from a post on > > > *Thu Dec 20 21:02:48 PST 2007* > > >* It already works with: > *>* device splash > *>* device blank_saver > * > An unexpected syscons success story :) I got a bit excited and tried > to build daemon saver, only to hit a few compile errors and unresolved > symbols. Easy to fix though. > > With all this syscons excitement, the other obvious piece missing is > the s/w mouse cursor. It's possible to select regions, though useless > since the cursor can't be seen. Another piece that would be easy to fix > for those sufficiently motivated. > > > I am wondering what the compile errors were? The Daemon saver is on all of my FreeBSD systems > and would like to get it working on the iMac as well. > > I can read C but am new to modifying parts of FreeBSD. > > any help would be appreciated. > > Andrew. > > >
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