Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 22:39:38 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net> Cc: William Woods <wwoods@cybcon.com>, FreeBSD Alpha <freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Compiling XFree on an alpha.. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904302237570.59263-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.10.9904301610020.22021-100000@fly.HiWAAY.net>
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On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Steve Price wrote: > On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, William Woods wrote: > > # OK, I applied this patch and now when I go to compile, I dont get the option > # to compile any VGA servers?? It starts right out asking: > # > # Do you want to build the Mono server [YES] > # " " " " S3 Server [YES] > # " " " " S3V Server [YES] > # " " " " Mach16 Server [YES] > # " " " " P9000 server [YES] > # " " " " I128 server [YES] > # " " " " GLINT Server [YES] > # " " " " TGA Server [YES] > # > # default server to instal. [none] > # > # ------------------------------------------ > # > # I answeder No to everything except what server to install, and I put SVGA in > # there. > # > # Well, It compiled and installed everything...sorta...I have no Xsetup, > # Xconfigurator.... > > :) You've run into the catch-22 of building parts of X. In > order to get Xsetup and friends you need tcl/tk and in order > to get them you need X which won't... you get the idea. If > you build X again after installing any version of tcl/tk you > will get the missing files. Or you can munge around in the > X source and find the right bits to recompile. Even after that you have the larger problem of XF86_VGA16 not being supported on the alpha since it is packed full of i386 assembler :-(. I wimped out and copied a config file from an i386 box.. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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