Re: XFree86 on Digital PWS600au

[Marco Beishuizen <mbeis%xs4all.nl@localhost>]

On Tue, 6 Sep 2016, the wise Michael Kronsteiner wrote:

> does netbsd boot into framebuffer mode? if so, running X should be as 
> easy as "startx" using wscons / ws framebuffer driver.

I don't know, it boots into the console and I try to start X with startx.

> if not you have to specify driver module for X, iE if your machine boots 
> into normal text mode.

First thing I would like to do is to create a config file but have no idea 
how. "X -configure" doesn't work and there is no XF86Config or XF86Setup 
script on the system.

> in case of doubt, try another (as simple as possible) graphics card

Yeah, but the Matrox is the only PCI card I have lying around, and it did 
work 10 years ago.

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