"Charles Redmond" wrote:

> Hi,
> 	I have a number of issues on my DECstation 2100
> on which I'm trying to setup NetBSD 1.3.3 with...
> 
> Issue 1. I have a DS2100 with mono simm but a colour VR299
> monitor. The previous install (Ultrix 4.4) recognised this and
> switched the display from green to mono B&W during boot.. does anyone
> know how Ultrix did that and is it a feature NetBSD pmax might gain?
> Currently my NetBSD display is sickly green!

Cool - there must be some register somewhere to frob.  A quick look
through the header files reveals nothing obvious...  FWIW, I find
green on black easier to read, especially during a hangover :-)

> Issue 2. Setting up X11 and xdm
> I have read the file /usr/X11R6/bin/README.pmax
> and followed the directions within. I can now get X to
> start using the startx command, BUT I can't get an xdm
> login to come up when booting..

The key part in README.pmax for xdm was altering /etc/rc to add the
"set -m" (or +m?) before starting xfs.  Did you do that?

> Issue 3. No where in the install document can I find what to put in
> the prom to force the box into multi-user mode automatically. On my
> 5000/25 I use boot 3/rz0/netbsd -a however a boot rz(0,0,0)netbsd -a
> does not work on the 2100.

On a 2100/3100, make sure you bootpath is right (just "rz(0,0,0)netbsd"
in this case), and type "auto" and not "boot" at the PROM prompt.  I'll
add this to the FAQ when I get to work if David Brownlee doesn't beat me
to it...

Simon.