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+++ Michael Lorenz [freebsd] [20/07/07 13:19 -0400]:
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>Hello,
>
>On Jul 20, 2007, at 01:35, Sampson Stein wrote:
>
>>+++ Michael Lorenz [freebsd] [19/07/07 23:36 -0400]:
>>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>On Jul 19, 2007, at 23:06, Sampson Stein wrote:
>>>
>>>>+++ Michael Lorenz [freebsd] [19/07/07 14:26 -0400]:
>>>>>
>>>>>Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>>On Jul 19, 2007, at 14:02, Sampson Stein wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>I want to use that obj dir whilst building on the FreeBSD machine,=20
>>>>>>but wouldnt using '-O /usr/netbsd/obj' to build.sh result in paths=20
>>>>>>being screwed up when installing from the mac?
>>>>>
>>>>>No. obj is for .o files and similar stuff, the actual userland=20
>>>>>you're building will show up in whatever dir you passed as=20
>>>>>destination using - -D
>>>>>
>>>>>>Also, how should I upgrade the userland and such on the mac.. the=20
>>>>>>kernel, I just copied it... but I'm guessing if I did all the=20
>>>>>>building on the freebsd, I could use build.sh to install too=20
>>>>>>correct?
>>>>>
>>>>>Yes, but I usually prefer building tarballs ( build.sh sets,=20
>>>>>they'll show up in whatever you passed as release dir -R ) - tar=20
>>>>>xpzf base.tgz etc., then run 'postinstall fix' to get rid of=20
>>>>>obsolete files an such ( make sure /usr.src points at your sources=20
>>>>>or postinstall won't work )
>>>>>With tarballs you can build everything on FreeBSD and just unpack=20
>>>>>on the Mac.
>>>>
>>>>By /usr.src did you mean /usr/src?
>>>
>>>Yes. I'm fluent in typo :p
>>>
>>>>Also, should be unpacking these tarballs to /? like... `cd /; tar=20
>>>>xpzf /path/to/tarballs/tarball.tgz; postinstall fix'
>>>>correct?
>>>
>>>Exactly. the p option is important so file permissions and ownership=20
>>>will be restored correctly - without that you'd end up with - for=20
>>>instance - a /usr/bin/su without suid bit set which therefore=20
>>>wouldn't work.
>>>
>>>have fun
>>>Michael
>>>
>>Alright man, thanks a lot. I got it working now, except for a little=20
>>hickup
>>in the postinstall fix command, I ran it again and it tries to do the=20
>>part it
>>failed on, which I will attach a typescript of it to this email,
>
>It complains about being unable to remove /usr/share/sendmail for some=20
>reason ( sendmail was removed a while ago and replaced with postfix ) -=20
>that error is harmless, just delete the directory by hand.
>
>>as well as the output of 'ofctl -p'.
>
>Eh, I see the mach64 but it doesn't have an OpenFirmware ROM it seems=20
>so you won't be able to use it as console.
>
>>I also have attached an intel ethernet card, that works like a charm.
>
>Most PCI device drivers should Just Work, even though many of them have=20
>never been used on macppc. You may want to pick up a cheap USB card=20
>though, the one button Apple mice get annoying quickly in X.
>So, you /may/ be able to use the mach64 in X - put this into your=20
>kernel config:
>options OFB_FAKE_VGA_FB
>this lets X mmap the region usually occupied by the legacy VGA=20
>framebuffer ( 0xa0000-0xbffff ) which is unused on macppc but some=20
>stupid, PC-centric XFree86 drivers insist on playing with it even if it=20
>has no effect.
>options OFB_ALLOW_OTHERS
>This will allow the Xserver to access other devices than the console=20
>display through /dev/ttyE0. Obviously a monstrous security hole, that's=20
>why it's not enabled by default.
>Use the wsfb driver for the onboard fb and atimisc for the mach64.
>
>have fun
>Michael
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Thanks a lot man, everything's working like a charm... I'll try that stuff
for X out, btw.. I have the config set to use the new adb and such, works
great as well. Now to figure out what the heck to do with this thing xD
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Sampson C. Stein
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