In message <Pine.NEB.4.02.9809052033030.666-100000@duhnet.net>
          Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 6 Sep 1998, Adrian Ireland wrote:
> 
> : XFree86 version 3.3.2 /X Window System
> 
> Make sure /usr/X11R6/bin/X is a symlink to Xarm33.  (The default is
> XF86_SVGA, which is not correct for Acorn boxen.)  As the README in that
> directory stated, you shouldn't have downloaded and extracted xserver at
> all.....
> 

I reread the readme and what it says is 

--- start of readme.first ---
These X sets are based on NetBSD X sources of 7 July 1998, with the
supplied diffs in xsrc.diffs.gz (excepting xarm33).  Future arm32 X binary
releases will be based on merged sources, with no diffs necessary. 

The binaries will run on any NetBSD/arm32 system from 1.3 onward (a
-current user binary set is not necessary).

The xserver set includes the X server used by the Digital NC (aka Shark),
with the IGS CyberPro chip level driver.

VERY, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT NOTE:  The Xarm33 server is inside the
"xarm33.tgz" file.  To use it, you will need to set up a symlink
/usr/X11R6.3 -> /usr/X11R6 BEFORE extracting the xarm33 set so that it
will see the files from the rest of the sets (Xarm33 looks in
/usr/X11R6.3).

- tv
--- end fo readme.first ---
Now I know who - tv is
To me it does not say you shouldnt use xserver on a riscos box, 
it includes the stuff for shark, but that does not indicate that there
is not stuff for riscos.
Anyhow sounds like that could be a part of my problem.

- I removed the installation
rm -r /usr/X11R6
And reinstalled again without using xserver.tar

- I noticed that there was no X symlink in /usr/X11R6.3/bin
so I created one to point to the Xarm-33 file

startx

:-)

Gave me a quick flash of the X start up banner
(I saw Mark Brinicombe and other names)
But then it reverted back to the text consoel with


Couldn't open RGB_DB '/usr/X11R6.3/lib/X11/rgb'
Initial console: 0
RISCBSD X Server #33 (Acorn Show)
width = 1024, height = 768 depth = 8
mmap(0, c4000, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, 3, 0) - 102b7000
8bpp palette
8bpp palette
Black = 1, White = 0
InitInput() not finishedAbout to mieqInit()
Mouse fd: 4
Mouse on.
failed to set default font path '/usr/X11R6.3/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6.3/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6.3/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6.3/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6.3/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/'
Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).


:-(


Now /usr/X11R6.3/lib/X11/rgb does not exist 
and as a matter of interest is not in xserver.tar either

The fonts are definitely there
ls -l /usr/X11R6.3/lib/X11/fonts
drwxr-xr-x  2 ireland  wheel  5120 Sep  5 17:56 100dpi
drwxr-xr-x  2 ireland  wheel  5120 Sep  5 17:56 75dpi
drwxr-xr-x  2 ireland  wheel   512 Sep  5 17:56 PEX
drwxr-xr-x  2 ireland  wheel   512 Sep  5 17:56 Speedo
drwxr-xr-x  2 ireland  wheel   512 Sep  5 17:57 Type1
drwxr-xr-x  2 ireland  wheel  2048 Jul  8 18:00 cyrillic
drwxr-xr-x  2 ireland  wheel  2048 Sep  5 17:57 misc

I changed the symlink of /usr/X11R6.3/X to Xarm instead of Xarm-33 and
the same thing happens.

Seems like I am makeing some progress but still have a way to go.

Hmm, wonder what I have done wrong now?

It just occurred to me that the symlink thing when unpacking the archives
could be a problem,
does it mean that all the archives except xarm33 should be
unpacked, then the symlink set and xarm unpacked?

Maybe I will try that, tomorrow.

Adrian
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