Subject: Re: XF86Config
To: Vittorio <vdemart1@tin.it>
From: Andy Ruhl <acruhl@gmail.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 03/19/2007 07:14:09
On 3/19/07, Vittorio <vdemart1@tin.it> wrote:
> Coming from the i386 world with a long FreeBSD experience, I now
> installed netbsd 3.1 (complete also of the X stuff) from the official
> macppc iso on an old-seasoned but practically unused iMac G3 233 MHz.
> This iMac looks standard with the exception of inboard memory which,
> according to the boot log, amounts to a total of 160 MB (as it were
> 128+32MB).
> Now, I'm trying with some difficulties to set X.
> considering that the mac hardware is by far less than the i386 one with
> its myriads of microprocessors and different implementations, is there
> anyone out there so kind to send me the "exact" XF86Config for an iMac
> G3 233 MHz?
> (by the way, I put wscons=YES in rc.conf and "on" the
> console in ttys).

I don't have one, and I don't have a config file, but it should be
pretty easy based on looking at the hardware at www.everymac.com.

800x600
ATI rage

Use some pretty conservative sync and refresh rates to start with, and
it should work.

Andy