XFree 4.2

[Jeff Flowers]

Is anyone able to run XFree 4.2 on NetBSD? I seem to remember that
there was some kind of problem with NetBSD and XFree 4.X but I that
was back when I was messing around with OpenBSD.

I am looking into compiling from source, so if is can be done, any
hints or tips would be appreciated. (I did check the X11 FAQ but it
doesn't mention XFree 4).



Sincerely,

Jeff Flowers
***@jeffreyf.net

NetBSD rocks!

[Wolfgang Rupprecht]

Post by Jeff Flowers
Is anyone able to run XFree 4.2 on NetBSD?

It works just fine for me on -current/i386.

Post by Jeff Flowers
I am looking into compiling from source, so if is can be done, any
hints or tips would be appreciated.

cd /usr/xsrc/xfree/xc ; make World && make install

(That does assume you've already populated your /usr/xsrc/xfree tree.
There should be some web pages about downloading and tracking netbsd.)

-wolfgang

[Perry E. Metzger]

Post by Jeff Flowers
Is anyone able to run XFree 4.2 on NetBSD?

I use it every day.

Post by Jeff Flowers
I am looking into compiling from source, so if is can be done, any
hints or tips would be appreciated. (I did check the X11 FAQ but it
doesn't mention XFree 4).

put
USE_XF86_4=yes
in your /etc/mk.conf

cd /usr/xsrc (or whatever you've called it.)
make build

Perry
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[Jeff Flowers]

Post by Perry E. Metzger
put
USE_XF86_4=yes
in your /etc/mk.conf
cd /usr/xsrc (or whatever you've called it.)
make build

I was going to use the source from Xfree.org. Is there a better place
to get it? I wasn't aware the NetBSD.org had a version that I could
run.


Thanks,

Jeff

[Perry E. Metzger]

Post by Jeff Flowers

Post by Perry E. Metzger
put
USE_XF86_4=yes
in your /etc/mk.conf
cd /usr/xsrc (or whatever you've called it.)
make build

I was going to use the source from Xfree.org. Is there a better place
to get it? I wasn't aware the NetBSD.org had a version that I could
run.

We have our own. You should use it -- it has netbsd specific patches.

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[Ben Collver]

Post by Perry E. Metzger

Post by Jeff Flowers
Is anyone able to run XFree 4.2 on NetBSD?

I use it every day.

Just curious,

Do you use it on i386 and does the AutoRepeat keyboard option work for you?

Ben

[Perry E. Metzger]

Post by Ben Collver

Post by Perry E. Metzger

Post by Jeff Flowers
Is anyone able to run XFree 4.2 on NetBSD?

I use it every day.

Do you use it on i386 and does the AutoRepeat keyboard option work for you?

Yes and yes.

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[Robert Elz]

Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 22:23:17 -0700
From: Ben Collver <***@attbi.com>
Message-ID: <***@glen.takilma.net>

| Do you use it on i386 and does the AutoRepeat keyboard option work for you?

I'm using Xfree 4.2.0 (i386) and yes, autorepeat works just fine.

XFree86 Version 4.2.0 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
Release Date: 23 January 2002

(I should recompile that one day, I'm using NetBSD xsrc sources from mid April).

NetBSD delta.cs.mu.OZ.AU 1.5ZC ... i386

(and I should upgrade that one too... - also dates from mid April sources)

It's a bit hard to show autorepeat actually working, but, believe
me ...................................................... I didn't
lift and press the . key repeatedly in the previous line.

kre

[Ben Collver]

Post by Robert Elz
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 22:23:17 -0700
| Do you use it on i386 and does the AutoRepeat keyboard option work?
I'm using Xfree 4.2.0 (i386) and yes, autorepeat works just fine.
It's a bit hard to show autorepeat actually working, but, believe
me ...................................................... I didn't
lift and press the . key repeatedly in the previous line.

If the following two don't match, I'd say the option was not working.
grep -i autorepeat /etc/X11/XF86Config
xset q | grep 'auto repeat delay:'

Do they match on your system? They do not on mine:

$ grep -i autorepeat /etc/X11/XF86Config
Option "AutoRepeat" "200 30"

$ xset q | grep 'auto repeat delay:'
auto repeat delay: 660 repeat rate: 25

Ben

[Robert Elz]

Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 07:30:43 -0700
From: Ben Collver <***@attbi.com>
Message-ID: <***@glen.takilma.net>

| Do they match on your system?

No, because ...

delta$ grep -i autorepeat /etc/X11/XF86Config
delta$ xset q | grep 'auto repeat delay:'
auto repeat delay: 660 repeat rate: 25

That is, the first one isn't there at all.

kre