On Mon, 4 Jan 1999 18:45:11 +1300, Paul Thompson wrote:
> Hi everyone, I'm asking for some help with X.
> 
> My Computer: LC475, Full 68040, 36MB Ram, 1MB Of VRam, 2.2GB HD, Internal 
> Video with 14" apple monitor, Asante 10 Base T ethernet in the one slot and 
> (of course) NetBSD 1.3.2
> 
> I have installed X and it works fine in B&W, doesn't crash anymore. Works 
> fine over the ethernet to my PC etc. I have read about and downloaded the 
> OSFA X Server and I have read various statements that suggest that it 
> should or shouldn't work :-) (Hence my confusion) What I would like to know 
> is, Does the OSFA work on the internal video on on the 475? If so what do I 
> have to do to make it work? The manual makes some mention of changing the 
> kernel?

To run the OSFA server in color on the internal video, all you have to
do is change the screen color depth to 16 bits (thousands of colors)
before booting into NetBSD.  Unfortunately, the OSFA server cannot
make use of internal color video except in 16-bit mode.

> Is there an X login program so that the console can start with X? Like SCO?

Probably you can do it by running xdm automatically at the boot time,
but exactly how, I don't know.

Ken