From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu May 30 18:52:31 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from sccrmhc01.attbi.com (sccrmhc01.attbi.com [204.127.202.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49EE437B407 for ; Thu, 30 May 2002 18:52:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from attbi.com ([12.245.142.146]) by sccrmhc01.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20020531015219.CUMK29266.sccrmhc01.attbi.com@attbi.com>; Fri, 31 May 2002 01:52:19 +0000 Message-ID: <3CF6D723.74D10174@attbi.com> Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 21:51:31 -0400 From: Al Thomas X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Gallatin Cc: "Schroeder, Aaron" , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86 & Alpha Demi-Sable References: <1F095B0753FCD411857700010333058A04EEC9B0@waexch1.qgraph.com> <15606.19751.93824.286989@moe.cs.duke.edu> <3CF68508.F8628503@attbi.com> <15606.34666.364860.476623@moe.cs.duke.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Thanks Drew, Sorry about the formatting. I am really just learning about real computing. I think I will leave this battle while I still like FreeBSD and consider the serial connection as you recommended. I want to learn about open source software and your help has let me know I am on the right path. I will send you an update when the serial connection is up and running. Thanks again, Al Thomas Andrew Gallatin wrote: > Please try to format your mail so that it is legible to others.. > (72 columns) > > Al Thomas writes: > > Drew ++ > > Thanks guys, Aaron this box is my home webserver and not a critical piece > > of machinery. > > I do not want you to invest the time it would take to configure FreeBSD on > > your alpha. > > I am thankful for any suggestions you may have and I will continue to > > attempt a solution. > > Drew, I am curious about your suggestion of a 486 for X and conserver for > > Alpha. > > If I had another PIII machine running FreeBSD with a serial cable to my > > server, > > this would allow me to operate and configure the server through the first > > machines > > xwindows gui and monitor? I know bigger companies use this arrangement > > for > > managing multiple servers but I guess I never really thought how great > > that would work for me. > > You'd use the serial console for the console part (boot management, > fsck's after crashes, etc), and you'd ssh into the machine to manage > it. > > > I have a PIII win2k machine my son uses as a game server which I intended > > to convert > > to FreeBSD. This arrangement would allow all management of the Alpha > > through the serial > > cable? Package install, Apache configuration etc all done with this > > conserver? > > This conserver would run in the PIII FreeBSD xwindows machine :). I think > > I am getting it. > > Yes, but if you've just got one machine, conserver might be overkill. > Just use your favorite terminal emulation program. > > > Drew to answer your previous question about if XFree86 ran on the Qvision > > video > > the answer is no. I also tried a Trident PCI video card, same symptom. I > > would bet the same > > failure. I do not have the knowledge to build x with symbols at this > > point. These are skills > > I hope to aquire. For now the command line is getting old :) and a > > solution I must find. > > "a solution I must find" -- Like Yoda you speak ;) > > > I looked at conserver and I see three different development trees. Which > > should I choose? > > I use conserver-com-7.1.3 > > Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message