Bluetooth wheel mouse and X11

2024-05-16 Thread joelp
Hello -- I successfully connected a BT mouse to NetBSD 10 (/dev/wsmouse2). Cool. When I launch X11, the BT mouse seems to work by simply moving the cursor around. But once the cursor is over a window, I noticed that the X,Y motion is also triggering scrolling. It's as if the mouse motion is

Re: NetBSD 10 headless boot

2024-04-20 Thread joelp
> > What has changed with GENERIC NetBSD 10 that I now need a monitor > connected? > > [ 3.409208] i915drmkms0: interrupting at msi6 vec 0 (i915drmkms0) > [ 3.417023] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20200114 for i915drmkms0 on > minor 0 > [ 3.447019] intelfb0 at i915drmkms0 > [

NetBSD 10 headless boot

2024-04-20 Thread joelp
Hello -- I have a NetBSD 10 GENERIC RELEASE AMD64 installed on a Lenovo i7-4770 desktop that I use for a build machine. I just did a fresh install after having run 9.3 and everything was great with 10 until I tried to boot without a monitor. In my case, I used the VGA port (no keyboard) after

Re: NetBSD vs. smartphones?

2024-03-21 Thread joelp
> On Thu 21 Mar 2024 at 12:20:47 +, nia wrote: >> Unfortunately I've determined that syncthing is the easiest way to get >> files on and off a modern smartphone. MTP ain't it. > > I use Total Commander (a Norton Commander-like tool) from > https://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=76644 or

Re: How big should wd0e (/var) be

2023-12-12 Thread joelp
> I look at it in exactly the opposite way - it fills me with joy to > see that something has gone wild and filled a partition, and I didn't > even notice, as everything I'm doing is elsewhere, not being bothered. > [Turn on process accounting, and do a few full builds, and /var/account > will

Re: NetBSD as an NTP stratum 1 server

2023-11-18 Thread joelp
On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 06:03:56PM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote: > To do better I think I'd go with an implementation of ntpd on a microcontroller > (maybe an ESP32, which has native ethernet) and use the PPS signal with a > capture channel. Doing true real time on more complex CPUs is really

Re: NetBSD as an NTP stratum 1 server

2023-11-17 Thread joelp
>> Greg Troxel writes: >> >>> Brad Spencer writes: >>> >>> (The advice about "use gpio" is good - I am just trying to clarify USB >>> PPS.) >> >> It has worked very well for me, assuming that the GPS module is stable. >> I had one that would have a tendency to crash in its firmware after >>

Re: NetBSD as an NTP stratum 1 server

2023-11-17 Thread joelp
> Greg Troxel writes: > >> Brad Spencer writes: >> >> (The advice about "use gpio" is good - I am just trying to clarify USB >> PPS.) > > It has worked very well for me, assuming that the GPS module is stable. > I had one that would have a tendency to crash in its firmware after > being up for a

NetBSD as an NTP stratum 1 server

2023-11-15 Thread joelp
Hello -- Does NetBSD support PPS output from a USB GPS? I'm using NetBSD 10 RC1. I have a USB GT-U7 GPS module attached, and I have gpsd running on /dev/ttyU0 and receiving GPS data. This looks good. After configuring ntpd, when I run ntpshmmon, I'm seeing NTP0, but no NTP2. If I understand