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



Hi Noe,

Thanks for pointing this out, I'll make sure the X sets are included in the image in the coming days.

In the meantime, you can download x*.tgz from https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/202410282010Z/evbppc/binary/sets/ and install it like this:

   # for x in x*.tgz; do tar -C / -zxvpf $x done
   # service fccache start

Then you should be able to 'startx'.

Take care,
Jared


On Mon, 28 Oct 2024, Noe Casas wrote:

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





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