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

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

After installing the X sets I can successfully launch X.

Thanks Jared and Frank!

On Tue, 29 Oct 2024 at 19:39, Jared McNeill <jmcneill%invisible.ca@localhost> wrote:
>
> 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
> >>
> >
> >