Subject: Re: Installing X11 on Ultra 1
To: Konrad Neitzel <neitzel@neitzel.de>
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Timo_Sch=F6ler?= <eclipser23@web.de>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 12/01/2004 22:23:41
> Hi All!
>
> Sorry, that I need to bother you again:
>
> I installed NetBSD on my Sparc Ultra 1 and it boots up nicely.
>
> Now I wanted to install X, but I have little problems finding some kind
> of documentation, what to do:
>
> 1) NetBSD Documentation is nice and points me to some XFree86 stuff
> (Chapter 9 - X). It is said, that most ports will work without
> configuration ... It is not working. When I am starting the server, he
> is always missing the screen section.
> In /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 should be a Config file with .eg: Nothing.
> xf86cfg -> not their.
>
> 2) in the INSTALL.txt file, that could be found on CD, in "Post
> installation steps" I found a pointer to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc. That
> directory didn't exist.
> (I searched the tgz-files on CD for some more helpfull information, but
> I was unable to find it)
>
> Could you please help me with some poinzters, what I should read?

hi,

i'll forward you a bunch of my collected emails on this topic 
(privately) -- sorry, i can't serve URLs out-of-the-box :(

>
> And at least: Thank you for all your answers to my NVRAM problem. I got
> a new Chip and placed it inside. After setting some values, it starts 
> up
> really fine! Great!
>
> Thank you for your patient with a newbie on old Sun hardware.

Sun hardware simply rocks! sorry, but everytime i see an i386 box out 
there, i have an evil grin on my face and think about my 
mac/sun/sgi/amiga/next/vax boxen and what a *real* computer should look 
like :D

>
> With kind regards,
>
> Konrad Neitzel

dito,

timo