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XFree86 4.x config for IA-1?
Trying to get XF86 4.x working.

New MessageXFree86 4.x config for IA-1? (modified 0 times) seebs
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I have NetBSD working on an IA-1. While everyone else is trying to get a nice minimal 16MB
system, I'm using the onboard flash to load a kernel - and then doing everything over NFS. So, no space shortages...

Anyway, I can't get XF86 4.1 to work on this display. It always rejects the 800x600 mode because there's "no mode of that name", even though I have one in my XF86Config. So, it tries to set the display to 640x480, it fails, and it ends up making the display go black until I reset the unit.

Anyone done this successfully?

12-13-2001 21:04:36

New MessageRE:XFree86 4.x config for IA-1? (modified 0 times) bballctaulbee
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- way to go! i *love* NetBSD, especially on my IBM Z50...

- are you trying any modelines (which IIRC, can still be used w/XFree86 4.+)?

12-13-2001 21:08:14

New MessageRE:XFree86 4.x config for IA-1? (modified 0 times) Kurlon
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Mind posting a brief walkthrough on what you did to get it booting NetBSD via the network, I'm trying to get FreeBSD netbooting on a test machine (Waiting for my IA-1 to arrive) and am running up against a nasty limitation in that it FreeBSD won't bring up USB devices till after the kernel's loaded and you run usbd. If you got by this with NetBSD I may be able to use the same trick for FreeBSD.
12-13-2001 22:41:31

New MessageRE:XFree86 4.x config for IA-1? (modified 0 times) codeman
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should be the same as the iopener .. look here --> http://www.linux-hacker.net/imod/XF86Config
check for cr-lf in that file..
ken segler
aka codeman
www.linux-hacker.net
www.warranty-voiders.com
12-13-2001 22:57:04

New MessageRE:XFree86 4.x config for IA-1? (modified 0 times) seebs
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I got it working - my problem was that it won't go in 24-bit color, at least not with this particular version of XF86 (4.1.0).

As to "how did I get NetBSD on it", I'll be posting that on port-i386, as well as on http://www.seebs.net/hack/ or something near it.

12-14-2001 23:38:54

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