Re: L4::Pistachio 0.3 and Bochs

[Apurva Mehta]

* Espen Skoglund <address@hidden> [31-10-2003 00:11]:
> [Ludovic Courtès]
> > Today, 3 minutes, 8 seconds ago, Apurva Mehta wrote:
> >> Things have progressed when I compiled with those options (except
> >> that --enable-3dnow causes a compilation error that I can't fix, so
> >> I have skipped it). However, Although pistachio boots now, I cannot
> >> do much with it. Whenever I select an option from the menu, I get
> >> some characters flipping in the top right corner of the screen. If
> >> I boot the same pistachio from the main grub I have installed on my
> >> system, I can do a whole lot more.
> 
> There's no reason to freak out by the characters flipping in the upper
> right corener.  These are merely "spin wheels" that tell the
> user/developer that something is going on (interrupt arrived,
> end-of-timeslice, etc.).  These spin wheels will appear if the kernel
> is configured with debugging support.

OK. 

But I cannot perform any of the tests while using pistachio with
bochs. Those spinwheels are all I see. Any ideas as to what might be
happening? 

Thanks,
Regards,

        - Apurva