Yeah, I understand...I was just giving out a little serial console FAQ :)
Anyway, I thought X on sparc64 was broken?  Although, the 1.6 release came
with x*.tgz files in the install, so I'm a little confused.  Maybe someone
can shed a light into this.  Does X work on sparc64?

Since the Sun Blade is basically a trashy PCI computer (try to open up the
case and you'll be very disappointed), I figured I could plug in a
supported PCI video card and make use of it.  But I'm not sure how well
that works.

> I know I can install it via serial console, but I wish to use this
> machine as a desktop pc. So it must use its USB keyboard and mouse- even
> its not-so-great video card for X.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Emre Yildirim [mailto:emre.yildirim@us.army.mil]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 4:06 PM
> To: Sporleder, Matthew (CCI-Atlanta)
> Cc: port-sparc64@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: sun blade100
>
>
> In case anyone is trying to install NetBSD on a Sun Blade 100 and
> doesn't know where to start:  the best way to do this is to connect a
> serial console to the Sun.  The Sun Blade 100/150's lack PS/2 ports, but
> have 4 [useless] USB ports.  If you don't have a serial console, you can
> use a seperate netbsd/linux/whatever computer and use minicom.  Some
> tips:
>
> - You will need a null modem cable and possibly a gender changer, the
> serial port on the sun machine is male.
> - Make sure you disconnect the keyboard and mouse when you try to boot
> from the console.
> - To get to the Open Firmware prompt using minicom, press CRL+A F
> - The screen might freeze a few seconds, but dont assume minicom is
> frozen - Under setup in minicom, setting the speed to 9600 works fine.
>
> Take care