Subject: Re: some notes about XFree86-4.5.0 on NetBSD/sparc
To: NetBSD/sparc Discussion List <port-sparc@NetBSD.org>
From: Michael <macallan1888@gmail.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 11/15/2006 02:40:11
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Hello,

On Nov 15, 2006, at 02:09, Greg A. Woods wrote:

>> XFree86 comes with -current but the X symlink points to Xsun. And
>> XFree86 requires wscons which requires you to build a kernel that
>> supports it and currently there's only wsdisplay support for CG6 and
>> Weitek P9100 - both with full acceleration though.
>
> That'd be totally useless to me then.  No CG6 board is getting anywhere
> near this machine, and it wouldn't drive this monitor anyway. :-)
> I won't be giving up this monitor until I can afford an even higher
> resolution LCD that is also least as stable (flicker free) and high-res
> as this one, and preferably one with long-life LED backlights too.  At
> that point I'll probably give up caring about anything sparc-related. 
> :-)

Then go write a wsdisplay driver for your board.

have fun
Michael
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