Subject: Re: hardware recommendations (IR and Video Out)
To: None <port-sparc64@NetBSD.org>
From: Brian Hechinger <wonko@4amlunch.net>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 12/14/2004 08:50:00
On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 08:45:40AM -0500, Michael wrote:
>
> > ahhhhhhh, see, the INSTALL doc wasn't real specific about that. ok, i'm
> > far more faithful now. ;)
> Don't hold your breath - I think there's a reason for not mentioning XFree on the SPARC64 pages.
uhm, uh oh, i don't like the sound of that. ;)
> > i meant as opposed to not running an Xserver at all.
> Hmm, see pkgsrc/sysutils/atitvout - maybe you can get that one to work.
The utility makes use of x86-VESA-BIOS-calls and thus is not portable
to other architectures like PPC: *No TV-Out on Macs with this tool*.
or not. :(
-brian
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