[okl4-developer] Fwd: my machine configuration

[Peter Nguyen]

OK, thanks for that Jorge. I will send this on the okl4 list to see if  
anyone else has any ideas.


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> From: Jorge Torres <jorge.torres.maldonado at gmail.com>
> Date: 19 October 2009 9:47:52 AM
> To: Peter Nguyen <petern at cs.adelaide.edu.au>
> Subject: Re: my machine configuration
>
> ive never tried using the vga driver, dont really know who has, but  
> my best advise is for you to test it with the serial one, ive herad  
> that people at dresden University has ported DROPS ontop of OKL4  
> 1.5, you may want to try that, they may have a nicer env for ia32,  
> and a bunch of more drivers,
>
> jorge
>
> On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Peter Nguyen <petern at cs.adelaide.edu.au 
> > wrote:
> Jorge,
>
> If i'm using OKL4 v1.5.2, isn't vga functionality enabled by  
> specifying ia32_pc99_vga as the machine parameter?
>
> I've done this, and it still won't work. I still get the output with  
> hexadecimal values, and nothing else.
>
> Does anyone else have any idea what's going on?
>
> Peter N
>
> Jorge Torres wrote:
> oh, I see, is there anyway you can have serial output enabled, and  
> test it?, otherwise you'll need a vga driver,
>
> On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 6:14 PM, Peter Nguyen <peter.nguyen at adelaide.edu.au 
>  <mailto:peter.nguyen at adelaide.edu.au>> wrote:
>
>    Jorge,
>
>    The problem i'm having is that when i choose L4 for bootup, I get
>    the trace sequence that i sent you previously (ie. the output with
>    hexadecimal values) but then i don't get any other output apart
>    from that. I have even tried to disable serial output, but to no
>    avail. I can run OKL4 via the simulator, but i want to run OKL4
>    natively for experimentation.
>
>    -----------------------------------------------------
>    Peter Nguyen
>    Jacaranda Research Group
>
>
>
>
>    On 18/10/2009, at 10:21 AM, Jorge wrote:
>
>        hi peter I must tell you that I've Just runned okl, and had no
>        problems, what is it that you're doing? it's been some time
>        since I last played with okl, would love to help, but cant get
>        what the problem is,
>        Jorge
>
>        On Oct 17, 2009, at 10:50 PM, Peter Nguyen
>        <a1092296 at adelaide.edu.au <mailto:a1092296 at adelaide.edu.au>>
>
>        wrote:
>
>            Hi Jorge,
>
>            I thought I should also mention that I'm using a Dell
>            inspiron laptop, which uses a intel centrino processor. I
>            figure this is fine given the processor is 32-bit
>
>            Peter N
>
>
>
>
>

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