Subject: Re: MVME167A, NBSD1.4(patched), rock-solid xdm
To: John D. Baker <jdbaker@blkbox.com>
From: Steve Woodford <steve@mctavish.demon.co.uk>
List: port-mvme68k
Date: 09/15/1999 20:03:01
Hi John,
On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, John D. Baker wrote:
[xdm problems on mvme167]
> I was finally able to return to this machine and I think I found the problem.
> The xdm-config file, freshly installed, defines an Xservers file which itself
> contains at least 1 entry.
Please send an 'xsrc' PR for this.
> I'm now getting ready to lug my crate to an exotic computer user's group
> meeting. That should be some fun--I'm sure many of these folks have
> never seen a VMEbus system before... :-)
>
> I'll take a '147 along too, so I can demonstrate the use of off-board
> memory. Hmm, maybe I'll see if I can bring an analyzer from work and
> show them the activity.... :-)
Cool! Just make sure to point out the sucky performance is not totally the
fault of the '147 when VMEbus memory is used!
Cheers, Steve