I'd recommend getting and building the source. TLTIC, XFree86 3.3.6 was in the ports tree (this was FreeBSD, though...) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Spradley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 8:37 PM Subject: [Newbie]XFree86 3.3.6 on NetBSD Alpha?
> I've got a question. I just converted my AlphaStation 200 4/233 back to > NetBSD from FreeBSD, and now I'm trying to get X going on it. The video > board in it is an old S3 that's supported in 3.3.6 but not in 4.1.0. > > When I did the system installation I told it to get and install X, but > when I went to configure the X server I found there were no servers at > all. Lots of stuff under /usr/X11R6, but no Xserver. So I went back to > the installation instructions and it said the X servers are in a > separate tarball, xserver.tgz. So I got that and unpacked it, but it > only contains XalphaNetBSD, Xprt, rgb.db, and a generic Xserver man > page. I was expecting the usual collection of two dozen 3.3.6 servers. > Both XalphaNetBSD and Xprt don't understand -version, they respond with > "Unrecognized option: -version" and the same long list of options, but > no version ID. > > The NetBSD installation instructions say: "If you have installed the X > Window System, look at the files in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc for > information." but that's an empty directory. > ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/3.3.6/binaries/ has nothing for NetBSD > newer than 1.3, which is quite old. > > So, any NetBSD expert out there want to offer some advice? Get the > xsrc.tgz from NetBSD.org which purportedly can build both? Get the > 3.3.6 source from XFree86.org and build it for NetBSD? Get a video > board that 4.1.0 understands (I could scrounge up a Matrox Millenium > II)? Get a newer (than 1.5.2) snapshot of the whole NetBSD system and > upgrade? > > Who wants to offer advice? > > > -- > Remember, more computing power was thrown away last week than existed in > the world in 1982. -- http://www.tom.womack.net/computing/prices.html > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
