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Re: NetBSD-10.0RC



WOOOOWWW!

X11 changed so much since I did this on NetBSD-5.x .

I have 1 question/prob: way do binaries such as  xclock and xterm go into
/usr/pkg/bin?  Put this stuff in /usr/pkg/bin/X11R7 or /usr/pkg/X11R7/bin ?
It just sounds more logical...

On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 11:11 AM Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 04, 2023 at 11:06:20AM -0500, Todd Gruhn wrote:
> > REALLY???
> >
> > How does NetBSD and X11 figger out what graphics card I have?
>
> NetBSD knows as it did attach the nouveau driver at boot.
>
> Likewise, X11 will scan the PCI bus for graphic cards.
> Maybe it will also probe /dev/dri/card0 for the graphic device found
> by the kernel (I don't know the details)
>
> --
> Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
>      NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
> --


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