On Jun 17, 2006, at 6:44 AM, Zadok wrote:

> Rafael Ruiz <gandano <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi All.
>> I have just to do the NetBSD/alpha installation on my 164LX box (full
>> installation), but i can=B4t to install X11 on it (i use a old S3 vga
>> card). Documentation says that i can to create XF86Config with
>> xf86config, XF86Setup and xf86cfg programs, but these are not
>> installed in my system.
>
> I, also, saw neither xf86config, XF86Setup, nor xf86cfg
> after installing NetBSD 3.0 Alpha on my Dec 5305
> (AlphaServer 1200).

XFree86 4.x (3rd-party card) support on the AlphaServer 1200 has =20
never functioned, dating all the way back to Simon Burge's initial =20
Alpha XFree86 patches from January 2001.  It locks up tight with no =20
debug information available.  I believe it is something to do with =20
the multi-hose PCI architecture on those models (or it's a hardware =20
failure on my only testbed, and I've been running down rabbit holes =20
all these years).

XFree86 3.x on an 8-bit TGA card in a 1200 *may* still function, but =20
it's been half a decade since I tried.

Regarding the 164LX and other PCI-based Alphas, please see my mail on =20=

this list from May 14, 2006 entitled "XFree86 4.6.0 on Alpha" for =20
patches to compile and run XFree86 on these other PCI-based Alpha =20
models.  S3 cards should work just fine, in my experience.

> What should we do?

Keep patching, keep compiling, keep reporting!

> Thanks,
>
> Zadok

Dave