Subject: Announcing: new binary of 1.4 color server available
To: None <port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fb@enteract.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 05/25/1999 12:23:42
I have posted NetBSD-1.4 binaries of Ken Nakata's OSFA color server to
<ftp://ftp.enteract.com/users/fb/NetBSD/Xmac68k_color.tar.gz>, and
<ftp://ftp.enteract.com/users/fb/NetBSD/Xmac68k_color.bz2>.

You only need _one_ of those files. The tar.gz format is usable by the
installer. If your 1.4 system is online, the bz2 makes for a 10%
faster download, but you will have to unpack it yourself into the
correct place, check the ownership and permissions, and make the link
for "X". E.g:

	mv Xmac68k_color.bz2 /usr/X11R6/bin
	cd /usr/X11R6/bin 
	bunzip2 Xmac68k_color.bz2
	chown bin:bin Xmac68k_color
	chmod 555 Xmac68k_color
	rm X; ln -s Xmac68k_color X

The link is so you can run "startx" or "xdm" as before. The cautious
may wish to test it before making the link, as

"/bin/sh exec startx -- /usr/X11R6/bin/Xmac68k_color 2>startx.log",

or some variation thereof.

This is most useful for Quadra's with only internal video. I use it on
an 840AV with "thousands of colors". NOTE: This server will ignore
command line options for depth and visual class: you must set the
desired color depth in the Booter, or leave the Booter's settings
unset and use the Monitors CP. On Quadra internal video, the only
choices are 1) B&W, same as the stock 1.4 server, 2) Greyscale with
256 colors, or 3) 16bit color = "thousands of colors"." It will work
on any resolution that the hardware supports at the desired depth.

Don't even try it without 1.4. (For the adventurous running a 1.3?
current, you should have at least libc.so.12.40.) It is not necessary
to have any COMPAT options in the kernel, not even COMPAT_13. (Unless,
of course, you run clients that were compiled on an older system!)

If you have problems with this server, please verify that it works in
B&W to rule out permissions or related issues, and then post a report
to this list.

Enjoy!