Subject: Jornada 720 and NetBSD for beginners
To: None <port-hpcarm@NetBSD.org>
From: Geoffrey Ferrari <geoffrey.ferrari@oriel.oxford.ac.uk>
List: port-hpcarm
Date: 05/12/2005 13:12:27
Hi everyone,

A growing fondness for all things BSD led me to buy a Jornada 720 to  
use with NetBSD. Things are going pretty well. I can disklabel a CF  
card and extract the pre-built binaries. And I'm not doing too badly  
with the an attempted cross-compile. I've a few questions though so I  
thought I'd plead to your better natures and the benefit of your  
experiences! All of my questions (for now) relate to setting up X11.  
Basically, my questions are about post-install configuration.

1) The binary distributions I have recently downloaded don't seem to  
include any X config programs like xf86cfg or xf86config. Does anyone  
have any advice on what to put in my XF86Config file? Sample files,  
or parts thereof, would be very instructive. The J720 is not the sort  
of thing google can help with much.

2) Re the above. If I cross-compile with the -x option will I get the  
x config programs?

2) I can just about run X, but then the keys don't map right so it's  
impossible to use. I've seen a few keymaps in the archives of this  
mailing list. What are your favourites?

Any general advice on how to set up the Jornada for use with X would  
be most appreciated. If you've got any tips it'd be great to get them  
on the mailing list (and in one place) for relative beginners like  
me. There's already a fair amount of stuff in the archives about  
installation, but relatively little about post-install configuration.

  I'm sure I'll have other questions later but these are the most  
pressing for now. Thanks in advance for any help.

One last thing: I greatly admire all the hard work that's gone into  
this port, and since the people responsible are likely to be attached  
to this list, it seems the appropriate place to say a big thank you!  
Mobile computing may never be the same again. Also, netbsd on the  
Jornada is great for someone like me who is a fan of old technology!

With thanks,

Geoff Ferrari