Subject: Re: X server on i386
To: Lyons, Kevin C. <KCLyons@ener.com>
From: Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino <itojun@iijlab.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/22/2000 01:37:55
>Has anyone installed Xi graphics' X server and/or CDE on a NetBSD intel box?

	you can run FreeBSD version of it by using COMPAT_FREEBSD.
	see compat_freebsd(8) manpage for detail.  you'll need FreeBSD shared
	libraries in /emul/freebsd/lib.

	little trick additionally necessary: you need to have
	/emul/freebsd/dev/ttyv[04], to be symbolic link to wscons devices
	(and I bet we need to enable wscons screens for them).
	we may need to update manpage.
		# cd /emul/freebsd/dev
		# ln -s /dev/ttyE0 ttyv0
		# ln -s /dev/ttyE4 ttyv4

>% ll /emul/freebsd/dev/
>total 0
>lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  10 Jun 19 17:27 ttyv0 -> /dev/ttyE0
>lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  10 Jun 19 17:28 ttyv4 -> /dev/ttyE4

itojun