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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FAQ questions
Date: 16 Aug 1995 10:46:07 +0200
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Larry Snyder <larry@rn.com> wrote:
>first, I installed 2.0.5 off the CD I received this last week. I know
>that 2.1.0 is available now, but I'm not sure how to update my machine -
2.1.0 is not yet available. Only `snaps'.
>both the kernel with the new sources and the updates to the base operating
>system. I see mention of sup, but no specifics or sample control files
Look into /usr/share/FAQ/Extras.
>the next question is about X. I'm running it with a Mach64 with 2 megs
>of RAM. it works fine - however, I'm not able to view with more than
>64 colors. My video board supports more than this.
What error message do you get? (Curious: how did you count that it's
exactly 64?)
>next, about the console driver - I turned off the SCO "like" console
>which was enabled as the default - and enabled the vt220 console driver
>but the arrow keys and backspace keys are not working. it there any
>reason that I should use the vt220 console driver verses the vt220?
The pcvt driver is better suited for those folks who would like to
have DEC-VT compatibility in their console driver (e.g., since they
usually don't run X, and wish to access various other sites across the
network).
Which TERM variable did you use? pcvt understands (unlike syscons)
the arrow keys in two modes (`cursor' and `application').
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)