Subject: Re: Configuring X11 to run in my 5000/25
To: None <port-pmax@netbsd.org>
From: Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com>
List: port-pmax
Date: 10/10/2003 14:31:21
On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 02:27:39PM -0400, Chris Tribo wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 10 Oct 2003, Mauricio wrote:
> 
> > 	Stupid question:  where can I find some info on how to 
> > configure X11 to run in my 5000/25 running 1.6.1?  I did try simply 
> > typing startx -- just for the heck of it -- and fell on my face:
> <snip>
> 
> 	Because of the way X works on pmax systems, you need to recompile 
> a kernel with OPTIONS=INSECURE in your kernel config file. All the kernels 

That doesn't make a lot of sense to me.  Don't we emulate DEC's in-kernel
graphics interface for at least the original pmax hardware?

Thor