On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 11:41:49PM +0200, Magnus Svantesson wrote:
> Maybe 3 processors isnīt that common, but who am I to complain? :-)

No, seems to work, according to another reply. There is nothing
wrong in using a bit unusual hardware. Possibly harder to get it
working, though.

> I had the choice of 3X90 MHz Rossīs or 2X150 MHz Sun processors. Since I had
> heard a little about overheating problems, I took the Ross processors (mind
> you, I might still have the option of the 150 MHz ?Supersparcs?. :-)

I would guess the 150 MHz processors are HyperSparcs as well. I
don't think SuperSparcs were made for 150 MHz.

> I also  have a 10/100 hme0, but since only le0 was discovered during
> installation, I connected to the latter.

hme is supported, but you can bring it up later on. le should be
fine.

> The sparc included what is supposed to be a special bootprom (ROM  2.22
> HyperCACHE) required for the Ross processors. I dont know if that might
> affect my chance of mixing different processors (although at this point, it
> feels like its something I might worry about later)?

Should be OK.

> Also included in the gift was a behemoth 20 inch Sun monitor weighing tons.
> Reading the nameplate on the back of the monitor, upside down, while
> standing on a chair, I believe it says: GDM20E20

Should support your frame buffer, if it is in working condition.

What is your problem with X? You do get twm and three xterms?

 
> PACKAGE PROBLEMS:
> 
> After:
> "setenv PKG_PATH ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSDPackages3.0/sparc/all"
> 
>  
> I try:
> "pkg_add -v Bash"
>  


ftp> pwd
257 "/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc-2006Q1/NetBSD-3.0/sparc/All" is the
current directory.
ftp> ls bash*
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||62902|)
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for '/bin/ls'.
-rw-r--r--  1 1115  netbsd  288493 Apr  8 22:09 bash-2.05.2.7nb8.tgz
-rw-r--r--  1 1115  netbsd  558328 Apr  2 15:09 bash-3.1pl1nb1.tgz
-rw-r--r--  1 1115  netbsd  443527 Dec 16 01:17 bash-doc-2.05.2.tgz
226 Transfer complete.
ftp> 


so, try with

setenv PKG_PATH ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc-2006Q1/
NetBSD-3.0/sparc/All

and

pkg_add bash-2.05.2.7nb8.tgz

or

pkg_add bash-3.1pl1nb1.tgz

instead.


> X PROBLEMS
> 
> Using: "/usr/X11R6/bin/start", I get "command not found".

There is no command start, that is normal.
 
> ls -l /usr/X11R6/bin/X gives me: Lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 19 dec 19 04:59
> /usr/X11R6/bin/X -> /usr/X11R6/bin/Xsun (which is good news?)

Yeah, well, it is the easiest option anyway. Xfree works too, and
gives you virtual screens and acceleration. Takes a bit more to
get it running though. Stay with Xsun for now.

> And ls -L /usr/X11R6/bin/X just gave me: /usr/X11R6/bin/X

This is correct. -L shows the actual file, with its symbolic file
name.

> startX gives me:

startx?

> "Xauth: bad dispaly name sparc20:0 list" 
> "Xauth: bad display name sparc20:0 add"

No idea about those...

> After that there is something about my sparc cant find a number of
> fonts..... 

This is what xset -q gives me:
Font Path:
  /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,
  /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,
  /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Mozilla

I get a some complaint about font paths as well.

> Then:
> "XLIB: extension "RENDER" missing on display 0:0"

This is normal.

-- 
Christer O. Andersson
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