From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 27 10:40:10 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EB2B16A4BF for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 10:40:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from pils.netcom.duke.edu (pils.netcom.duke.edu [152.3.2.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE42543FD7 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 10:40:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@netcom.duke.edu) Received: from localhost (brian@localhost) by pils.netcom.duke.edu (8.12.9/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h9RIe5R3024019; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 13:40:05 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 13:40:05 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Johnson To: Will Andrews In-Reply-To: <20031027163751.GD14780@procyon.firepipe.net> Message-ID: References: <20031027163751.GD14780@procyon.firepipe.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: FreeBSD/Sparc64 Mailing List Subject: Re: Getting X on an Ultra 10 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 18:40:10 -0000 On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Will Andrews wrote: Thanks for the quick reply, Will! > The mailing list archives for sparc64@ have the answer. In fact > this very question was asked a few days ago. Thanks. When I looked at the archives, I just did a search on the error message I was seeing. Unfortunately, it turned up empty. After you mentioned this, I did go back and browse the posts from a few days ago and found the discussion you alluded to. > Yes.. the issue is that syscons isn't supported and without it > XFree86 will not work properly. Even in 5.1-CURRENT this hasn't > been resolved. Also I believe there are some bugs with the > creator video driver. > > Jake has some patches that he said he was going to commit to > -current soon, so maybe 5.2 will support your U10. Again, thanks for taking the time to summarize. I'm glad it's a known problem and not something on my end. I guess I'll throw Solaris-something back on it and take a look at FreeBSD again when 5.2 is released. With an approximate release cycle of 6 months, I guess I might be seeing you again in Jan :) Brian