On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 03:50:57PM +0100, Sacha El Masry wrote: > I have had OpenBSD 4.2 on the Zaurus C3100 for years now, and in need of > further (latest) software, I decided to upgrade. > > There are at least three problems that did not exist on 4.2: > > 1. When the system gets to the 'boot>' prompt, it fails, as it's unable > to find /bsd, for whatever reason. Of course, I just load the Linux > partition with the 'b' and 'd' key combination, and run: > > $ insmod zbsd... > $ cp bsd /proc/zboot > > and it's off, booting as it always used to, after which everything works > as usual.
iirc, boot(8) changed, the new version is required to boot recent systems. > 2. When the device comes out of sleep/suspend, it never brings back the > backlight, forcing the following: > > $ wsconsctl display.backlight=100 > > which is a tad inconvenient, as I may not be in a shell (having > suspended with the lid), and as the keyboard isn't exactly accurate, > often sending more than one character for one keypress. > > 3. X just doesn't work-it tries to load, returning half a minute later > with an error message. this was fixed few days ago (libpciaccess bug), you just need to rebuild it. > Now, I know this platform isn't the hot topic it used to be, but it > still has its (numerous) uses. Is it being worked on, or is it on its > way to deprecation? If it is still alive, is anyone using it, and > experiencing the same problems? Perhaps with some solutions? > well, I'm still using my C3200 and things get fixed from time to time :)
