On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 08:46:51AM -0300, Martin A. Marques wrote:
> How difficult can it be to compile XFree for NetBSD/sparc64? We had plans 
> here to compile XFree on Solaris, just to see if the problem was Solaris or 
> the OpenWin system.

Will be hard. I think you need some kernel support to be able to access the
video RAM.

> 
> > I think you can install KDE and use it remotely, though.
> 
> But I would need a GUI to do that. I would have to start an X session.

You can use a virtual X server like Xnest or Vnc. Or use it with an X terminal.

> Found the iso image, but (and just like the others) it has about 70MB only, 
> and it's not bootable for sparc64. I have to boot from floppys?

Maybe, I only install from network myself :)

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