From: "Rick Moen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Lastly, has anyone here tried Darwinx86? I tried installing it in my > > notebook but I can seem to get XWindows to start. I think I need some IOKit > > for my video driver. > > I've not yet, despite quite a few tries, found hardware on which Darwin > for x86 will successfully install. At this point, I suspect that it > installs cleanly only onto a reference box in a basement in Cupertino, > California that Apple Computer uses to test code for endian-ness problems.
Well, I have installed it successfully and am able to navigate through a console, but not their graphical interface. I 've bumped into a handful of sites which were able to start the GUI, but it's just like running UNIX with a clock and xterms. There are actually "drivers" for some video cards, but since I am installing to a notebook, some complications arise. > But I'll bet FreeBSD or NetBSD will have no problem at all on your > machine. Well, I also have slackware installed in the same machine. Right now, I am working through a small square area in the middle of the monitor for the text console. I also still can't get the proper resolution settings in the graphical interface since my notebook has an odd resolution of 1400x1050... -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
