Re: iBook 700MHz: console wedged after X11 termination

[Matthieu Herrb <matthieu.herrb@wanadoo.fr>]

Andrew Gould wrote (in a message from Thursday 13)
 > I also have purchased a new iBook 700MHz; and have
 > been searching through *BSD and PPC Linux mailing
 > lists for compatiblity information.  If you don't mind
 > my asking:
 > 
 > 1.  Did you get the modem working?  (I've heard it's a
 > software modem and that it is incompatible.)
 > 
No it doesn't work, and the chances that someone write an open driver
for it one day are real small afaik. 

 > 2.  Are dual booting with OS X?

Yes, using OF as boot selector, not fancy but functionnal. 
 > 
 > 3.  What version of X11 are you using?  Is 4.2
 > available as a binary for OpenBSD?

XFree86 4.2 that comes with OpenBSD 3.1 or -current. 
 > 
 > 4.  What version of OpenBSD did you install?

I'm now tracking -current, but 3.1 works well too. 
 > 
 > 5.  I've been exposed to FreeBSD and Linux for a
 > couple of years now; but have no experience with
 > OpenBSD.  Did you have any problems during
 > installation?

I feel more comfortable with the simplicity of OpenBSD install, but of
course it requires some basic clues on how things are organized on a
typical OpenBSD system, or Unix more generally. 

					Matthieu