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Hello,

On Nov 3, 2006, at 16:42, Michael Parson wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 09:38:24PM +0000, David Laight wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 01:58:51PM -0600, Michael Parson wrote:
>>> I was digging around the ftp site and I found the install sets for 
>>> 3.1,
>>> so I grabbed them and went about installing everything on my 
>>> sparcbook.
>>> The problem is, with the install kernel, the console is 66x27 chars,
>>> which apparently, sysinst is having a problem with.
>>
>> It does (sort of) assume at least 80x24
>
> Figured as much.
>
> Anyways, I got it installed using the very manual method, and it seems
> to be happy.  Recompiling the kernel with sparcbook options now.
>
> <snip>
>
> It looks like the X11 stuff in the with the install sets is still Xsun,
> where might I grab the XFree86 stuff that is known to work with this
> hardware from?

Have a look at /usr/X11R6 - the default is Xsun but XFree86 may be 
installed as well.
Make sure your kernel uses wscons, without that XFree86 won't work.
That said, I'm not sure the XFree86 stuff has been pulled into 3.x, in 
doubt grab -current binaries from releng.netbsd.org

have fun
Michael
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