Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 12:04:15 -0400 From: "J. Seth Henry" <jshamlet@home.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Running Linux X server in FreeBSD compatability layer Message-ID: <LLEFKJGAFGBGEGAMAMJEIEHOCAAA.jshamlet@home.com>
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I'm not sure if this will work or not, but I have an embedded system using a National Semiconductor Geode GX1 processor (and support ASIC) and a TVia 5005 integrated video ASIC. The manufacturer (GCT-Allwell) claims the system has full Linux support, but several subsystems performed poorly under Linux. (the unit in question is the STB-3036) In particular, the sound driver was scratchy and distorted (which is strange, given that the onboard sound system is fully soundblaster compatable). On the other hand, the sound works flawlessly using the soundblaster driver under FreeBSD, and except for the strange problem of FreeBSD not using DMA for the Geode's IDE controller, runs much better than RH 7.1 on the same hardware. Since I'm using NFS for the bulk of the heavy lifting (in this case, serving MP3's), the lack of DMA support isn't critical. The real downside is that I'm stuck in console mode, as I only have the precompiled linux binary. I was curious, though, if I could get around the video problem by taking advantage of the linux compatability layer. IOW, use the precompiled Linux binary to run X as a Linux process. Has anyone managed to get this to work (or even tried it)? I don't mind the space, as I already have a 10Gb hard disk in the unit that is 95% free. (I'm using about 500Mb for the install right now) Also, I still have the RedHat 7.1 install set mounted on my FreeBSD file server. Without munging the Linux compatability layer, how should I go about installing the correct files. I get the feeling just running the installer probably isn't the wisest choice, but I also don't know which files are needed, or where they would go. (though I would imagine things would look similar to the X setup on my FreeBSD server) I don't mind munging the FreeBSD install on the system in question, but I'd prefer to know if I'm on a fools errand before setting about it. Will this work, and more importantly, if it does work - will it be able to accept connections from BSD software running on the local host? Thanks in advance, Seth Henry jshamlet@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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