[SPARCbook] NetBSD-1.5 and SB3

[d neal wise]

On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 pmgeahan at home.com wrote:

> I'm trying to get X running on a Sparcbook 3 with NetBSD-1.5.
> 
> I did a full install, which is supposed to include X.  And it does -
> xinit, xdm, etc. are all there.  But the configuration programs are not.  
> 
> This strikes me as a little odd.  Has anyone else had this problem?  Is
> the .ISO messed up, or is this a sign of a larger problem?
> 
> Does anyone have an XF86Config that they have working for one of these?

On OpenBSD there's no XF86Config or xf86setup or any of those programs you
find on i386. X is provided by the Xsun binary (in fact X is a link to
Xsun). Starting it is merely a matter of running xinit (1 xterm no window
manager) or the startx script which runs Xsun, fvwm, xconsole, xclock and
an xterm.

what happens when you try running xinit or startx (use which to see if you
have 'em)?

I did no configuration of X on fresh installs of OpenBSD. Just started xdm
(and made sure I had a useful .xsession in my $HOME) and off I went.

I suspect NetBSD will be much the same.

neal
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