> 
> Hi, I just installed NetBSD yesterday on my Mac II, it runs fine, I
> downloaded X11R6, put that on with the installer, logged in as root, added
> /usr/X11R6/bin/ to my path environment variable, tried to startx and got
> this error:
> 
> /usr/libexec/ld.so: xinit: libXext.so.6.1: No such file or directory
> 
> What am I doing wrong?

As mentioned in the FAQ, you're forgetting to do a ldconfig /usr/X11R6/lib,
in /etc/rc.local for instance. :-)

> And a few other questions:
> 
> I want to set up this Mac II for X software development... what else (if
> anything) do I need?

If you got the comp kit (has the compiler, linker, assembler, and more),
I think all you need are the X include files. Assuming you just want
to make clients. If you want to hack on X, well you'll need the X source too.

> The Mac II has an Asante NuBus ethernet card, I have a Quadra 630 without
> ethernet that I will keep running the MacOS on and which I use to connect
> to the internet via modem PPP.  If I get a commslot ethernet card, could I
> set up X-sessions from the Mac II to the Quadra 630, or do I need more
> hardware?  Internet connectivity for NetBSD isn't essential, but would be a
> nice bonus.  How about LocalTalk?  Any support for that in NetBSD (I doubt
> it)?  How about just setting up a text terminal via serial ports, that'll
> work in a pinch, eh?

If you put a commslot ether card in the Q 630, you should be able to talk to
the II. If you ran the right software on the Q 630, you could get forwarding
going between the ether and PPP. As NetBSD doesn't support commslot ether
cards yet, NetBSD isn't "the right software." NetBSD would do it from
the MacII, but then your net connection would be via the II (kinda slow).

Text telnet or ppp via serial ports will work now. LocalTalk isn't here
yet, but I hope to get it in the next 6 months or less. :-)

> What is the best way to get tar.gz files that I've downloaded on my Q630 to
> NetBSD on my Mac II?

Either get an ether connection up, or ppp. Then use fetch/ftp. :-)

Take care,

Bill