From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Mar 19 14: 4:40 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net (scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5F6F37B416 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 14:04:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from pool0205.cvx21-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([209.179.192.205] helo=mindspring.com) by scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16nRiU-00041i-00; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 14:04:27 -0800 Message-ID: <3C97B5D7.29AB3212@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 14:04:07 -0800 From: Terry Lambert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en]C-CCK-MCD {Sony} (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alfred Perlstein Cc: Josef Karthauser , hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel debugger and X11. References: <20020319201528.GI4989@genius.tao.org.uk> <3C97B233.F37410B@mindspring.com> <20020319215337.GR455@elvis.mu.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > Yes, install the GGI port to FreeBSD, and use that instead > > of the native FreeBSD console, so that the video driver is > > aware of the state it put the card in, and can put it back > > into the correct state for the debugger to work. This also > > buys you out of the secure-mode hacks that make you leave > > certain mmap and /dev/io accesses allowed, even with a > > raised secure level, if you are going to be able to use X11. > > > > The GGI people have bent over backwards on licensing to try > > and get the FreeBSD people to adopt this code, but apparently > > people are not doing enough console debugging from having > > run X11 for this to push its way in. > > do you have links to the threads and a summary available? License change, 1998 (you have to follow the threads, which I'm not going to do for you, as I am using a slow link, so you will have to follow them yourself, or trust my 3.5 year old memory): http://www.monkey.org/openbsd/archive/tech/9810/msg00028.html FTP Archive: ftp://ftp.ggi-project.org/pub/ggi/ggi/ Home page: http://www.ggi-project.org/ FreeBSD port: http://people.freebsd.org/~nsouch/ggiport.html -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message