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On Thu, 4 May 2006, Christer O. Andersson wrote:

> On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 11:41:49PM +0200, Magnus Svantesson wrote:
>> Maybe 3 processors isn=B4t 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 Ross=B4s or 2X150 MHz Sun processors. Since=
 I had
>> heard a little about overheating problems, I took the Ross processors (m=
ind
>> 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 to=
ns.
>> 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.
>
> --=20
> Christer O. Andersson
> Odensbacken
>

Can someone point me in the direction of how to get XFree working with=20
acceleration on a Sparcstation 20?

Thanks in advance...

John
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