Subject: Re: X with wscons?
To: None <paul@whooppee.com>
From: Ken Nakata <kenn@synap.ne.jp>
List: current-users
Date: 03/06/1999 13:46:38
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999 18:33:26 -0800 (PST), Paul Goyette wrote:
> I remember seeing a while back that there was some magic to getting the
> X server to work on systems with wscons (as opposed to pcvt).  I read
> the XFree86 README.NetBSD and I made sure that I included the necessary
> option in my config file, but when I start the server it just tells me
> that it couldn't find any useable console devices.
> 
> What did I miss?  :)

I think I tripped on the same thing, and I tried upgrading my X.
Although the old snapshot X (Dec. 1998) documented protocol "wsmouse"
which implies it works with NetBSD wscons, it doesn't seem to.  X from
Jan. 1999 snapshot works fine with my kernels with wscons built in.

Hope this helps,

Ken