Re: X11 on O2?

[Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Hello,

On May 23, 2010, at 6:21 PM, Stephen M. Rumble wrote:

> On May 23, 2010, at 1:53 PM, Georg Schwarz wrote:
>
> > I just finished a network install of NetBSD 5.0.2 on an O2 (really  
> > smooth, BTW, if you know how).
> > Now I wonder whether it can run an X server, and if so how I  
> > configure/evoke it?
> > X11 -configure did not yield any useful result.
> > This is probably a very easy question; unfortunately I was unable  
> > to find some information on it in the docs.
>
> I don't have an o2, but you could try wading through the following  
> thread:
>    http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-sgimips/2009/02/19/msg000424.html
> I'm sure others can give a definitive answer.

The driver in 5.0 can't configure itself ( I only found out how to do  
that with non-PCI drivers much later ) - take a generic xorg.conf,  
contents of Monitor sections and video modes don't matter since the  
driver will use whatever the firmware sets up, only in 32bit colour.  
Replace the driver name in the Device section with 'crime'. That's it.
This will work only with NetBSD's default xorg in /usr/X11R7, pkgsrc  
xorg doesn't have the crime driver.

> > PS: my installation always drops into single user mode first on  
> > startup. I (in fact the installer) did set rc_configured=YES in  
> > rc.conf.
> > Is there some additional mechanism specific to the SGI boot prom  
> > settings maybe?
>
> Is the PROM environment variable "OSLoadOptions" set to "auto"? If  
> it isn't, we boot into single user.

It will also be automatically cleared when you boot by dropping to the  
command prompt and enter the boot command manually. I /think/ at least  
some ARCS versions will automatically set it if you boot automatically  
or by clicking the Startup icon on the firmware boot screen.

have fun
Michael

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin)

iQEVAwUBS/nM+8pnzkX8Yg2nAQKQSgf9FPcuCiycCXSmCEX99nToDqya6raCGmGc
6spdY1uzTzJDXZeYno2FOxos6RySJm3CytJTr/ktm389bObcy+4//C3ckDniAgLB
ulQujT3LzJ5VJRTSIIzULriSZxClVbJY0zsw3Y3bUiiH/2U7jjrZ4+ZC5cYgX7zv
EnweQ5gYxSshCZys0kQsqEeOeOSunZ1OEKswr/3DQDjpgS18N1lM0gddBM410O0j
c1jufWe/GZOazlIhtlpA7j9ZsQGLA9cPfHBdlZ5X8UeSvRFsr1zV+eRZu3twCAsh
flVtufABrRBbEoBeIrsTVEI1B2mPRMiY/zugwiSKcontq6UYoEdR4g==
=3Jpz
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----