X will run on the SGI Indy.

There are two things you should watch out for when running X on the SGI indy.

First, when you check the XF86Config file for the indy, make sure the
mouse protocol is set to wsmouse, ie make sure /dev/wsmouse is used, not
/dev/psaux.

For some reason, the XF86Config file that came with NetBSD 2.0 for the
indy used /dev/psaux for the pointing device.

Second, if you have a newport(XL)graphics card, make sure it works nicely.

Refer to here if you are having any problems with the newport graphic card
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-sgimips/2004/12/26/0002.html

I have a XZ graphics card and it doesnt work so had to use an XL graphics
card.


> I'm just curious as to how things are looking?  Have a few Indy boxes of
> various configurations.  One has a r5k (which I gather is having a lot of
> problems cache-wise), the rest I believe are r4600's (Not sure off hand).
> So I'm figuring running Net on the one r5k is out of the question for the
> time, but the other boxes I would enjoy if they could find use.  My other
> question is how likely would it be to get X running on these Indy's.
> These
> boxes I know back in the day were considered to be nice graphic
> workstations
> and I would just feel bad if I let these machines show off that ability by
> letting it render a console screen.  Any help or advice would be greatly
> appricated.
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