Re: Nintendo WII (evbppc): how to install xorg ?

[Noe Casas <noe.casas%gmail.com@localhost>]

Hi Frank,

Thanks for your response! Please find below my answer to your comments:

> Doesn't NetBSD's default Xorg support the Wii's GPU? Did you try "startx" for a test? I know it works on my macppc and ofppc hardware.

There is no X in the image I downloaded from
https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/latest/evbppc/binary/gzimg
, so no startx to run :(

> You can always download the latest pkgsrc archive from ftp.netbsd.org, extract it to /usr, and compile yourself:

I tried that, but I bumped into multiple compilation problems, that's
when I reached out for help to know if there was an already compiled
solution. I will try to address the compilation problems I found.

> I never used pkgin. Just set the PKG_PATH environment variable and use pkg_add, which is always there.

Yes, I've used pkgin successfully to install other precompiled
packages that are available. I was referring to a way of installing X
with precompiled binaries.

On Mon, 28 Oct 2024 at 10:54, Frank Wille <frank%phoenix.owl.de@localhost> wrote:
>
> Noe Casas wrote:
>
> > I am running NetBSD 10.0 on a Wii. From some blog posts and forums, I
> > understood that installing X11 should be a matter of pkgin install
> > xorg.
>
> Doesn't NetBSD's default Xorg support the Wii's GPU? Did you try "startx"
> for a test? I know it works on my macppc and ofppc hardware.
>
>
> > However, that does not work and the package does not seem to be
> > on the package repository either for any of the 10.0 versions nor for
> > the 9.x ones.
>
> You can always download the latest pkgsrc archive from ftp.netbsd.org,
> extract it to /usr, and compile yourself:
> # cd /usr/pkgsrc/meta-pkgs/modular-xorg
> # make package install
>
>
> > How can I install X11 with pkgin?
>
> I never used pkgin. Just set the PKG_PATH environment variable and use
> pkg_add, which is always there.
>
> Otherwise:
> # cd /usr/pkgsrc/pkgtools/pkgin
> # make package install
>
> --
> Frank Wille
>