Re: issues with x11 on real hardware

[kbk <killbartonking%protonmail.com@localhost>]

thanks to an out-of-band suggestion i was able to get x11 to stop dying
instantly by setting kern.securelevel to 0, but unfortunately attempting
to start it now halts the machine. once i get it back up my
Xorg.0.log.old is filled with garbage- i can't get pastebin to leave the
paste up so i've included a screenshot.

https://i.imgur.com/szVKr0G.png

On 10/15/2021 10:55 PM, killbartonking wrote:
> hello all!
>
> i have a couple of alpha workstations i'm attempting to resurrect with
> netbsd, and though both are running happily on 9.1, i've been having
> issues getting x11 to work.
>
> the machines are a pws600au with a powerstorm 3d30 and an alphastation
> 200 with an s3 trio 64v+, both supported machines and gpus as far as i
> can tell. i'm able to get what looks like a valid xorg.conf with X
> -configure, but when i use it, x11 complains about screens being
> detected but none having a usable configuration. running startx as my
> user both with and without an xorg.conf gives me a "connection
> refused" error from xinit. this happens regardless of how x11 is
> installed.
>
> my xorg.conf: https://pastebin.com/krU8msVM
> <https://pastebin.com/krU8msVM>
> Xorg.0.log: https://pastebin.com/V6wPDT6E <https://pastebin.com/V6wPDT6E>
>
> appreciate any info you can provide!