Subject: Re: x-server and security.tgz for NetBSD 1.5
To: Brian Chase <bdc@world.std.com>
From: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 11/11/2000 10:10:04
At 12:45 PM 11/11/2000 -0500, Brian Chase wrote:
>On Sat, 11 Nov 2000, Matt Thomas wrote:
> > At 05:59 AM 11/11/2000 -0500, M J Dowden wrote:
>
> > >     Is there an estimate as to when an x-server and a security.tgz set
> > > will become available? I assume that it will be in the final release 
> of 1.5.
> >
> > 1.5 doesn't have security.tgz since all that functionality
> > is now in the base system.
> >
> > Don't expect an X server until post-1.5.  Sorry.
>
>Really?
>
>I've not paid a whole lot of attention lately.  I knew with 1.4.x we could
>get the Xserver to compile and run on the monochrome VAXstations (albeit
>buggily).  And then I thought I'd heard whispers of people getting mouse
>and keyboard support working.  Is this the case, and it's just not ready
>for 1.5?

The include files for are not in 1.5.  And the right solution is make Xwscons
which uses wsmouse/wskdb/wsdisplay for the dumb displays.  However, that won't
happen right now.
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