Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 08:37:51 -0800 From: Will Andrews <will@csociety.org> To: Brian Johnson <brian@netcom.duke.edu> Cc: FreeBSD/Sparc64 Mailing List <freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Getting X on an Ultra 10 Message-ID: <20031027163751.GD14780@procyon.firepipe.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.50.0310271103370.8310-100000@pils.netcom.duke.edu> References: <Pine.GSO.4.50.0310271103370.8310-100000@pils.netcom.duke.edu>
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On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 11:22:20AM -0500, Brian Johnson wrote: > My name is Brian Johnson and I'm new to both FreeBSD and this list. I > hope I'm in the right place. You are. > Before I begin, I'd like to say I've tried my best to find the answer on > my own, with no luck. If I'm asking something already answered, my > apologies. The mailing list archives for sparc64@ have the answer. In fact this very question was asked a few days ago. > The hardware I'm trying this on is a stock Ultra 10. I downloaded the > miniinstall disk for FreeBSD 5.1 and tried to install. Once I figured out > how to navigate the menus, I selected a "Standard" install. On the next > page, I selected all of the distributions (choices 2-9, IIRC). On the > next screen I told it to do an FTP install. It does its thing for a > while. Then, I begin seeing error messages. I believe the exact message > was "Package XFree86-FontServer not found in INDEX". There were two or > three more XFree86 messages like that one. Then I got another one that > said "Package wrapper not found in INDEX". I clicked OK and let the > install continue. 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. Regards, -- wca
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