Questions on Networking and the frame buffer

[Nathan Whitehorn]

On 08/01/11 19:24, Justin Hibbits wrote:
> On Aug 1, 2011, at 7:26 PM, Super Bisquit wrote:
>
>> Which driver is compatible with the orinoco airport card? The port
>> net-mgmt/airport will not build due to jdk being only for i386 and 
>> amd64; is
>> there an available jdk for powerpc?
>>
>> The mouse is grabbed at the screen edge and I need to restart X each 
>> time;
>> what arguments must be passed to xorg.conf to prevent such from 
>> happening?
>
> I don't know about the orinoco driver, but I do sometimes also 
> experience the mouse problem, and have posted to the list regarding 
> it.  There's nothing I've found to prevent the mouse from getting 
> stuck, but I believe it's something to do with floating point math, 
> maybe the FPU isn't being reset properly, or isn't presenting the 
> right rounding behavior (IEEE-754 vs "fast mode").  It's an annoyance 
> I've learned to live with, but would still like solved.
>
> - Justin

The card itself is supported by wl(4), but I believe Apple's variant is 
not due to some missing glue code, specifically a macio bus attachment.
-Nathan