Subject: Re: X11 port to NetBSD on the HP300?
To: Scott Taylor <scott@huamoa.alve.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-hp300
Date: 03/12/1995 18:51:00
On Sun, 12 Mar 1995 20:21:49 -0600 (CST) 
 Scott Taylor <scott@huamoa.alve.com> wrote:

 > Since the installation went so smoothly, I am getting ambitious and would like
 > to run X.  The target system is an HP9000/370 with 16 MB RAM, and the HP98550A
 > (Catseye?) graphics adapter.  Is there a port of X11 that I can grab and
 > easily compile?

There's a pre-compiled X11R5 and source for it on ftp.netbsd.org.

X11R6 isn't available for the hp300 (yet :-)...

 > 
 > I gave the stock MIT X11R6 distribution a try; NetBSD on the 300s isn't an
 > option "out of the box", and my initial dabbling resulted in the bootstrap
 > imake creating a 67 MB Makefile that make didn't grok.  If possible, I would
 > like to get X running without devoting a week to becoming an expert in 
 > compiling it! ;-)

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