From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 27 08:37:54 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 974FC16A4B3 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 08:37:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from procyon.firepipe.net (procyon.firepipe.net [198.78.66.151]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6A7A43FDD for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 08:37:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from will@csociety.org) Received: by procyon.firepipe.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8E22D210F8; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 08:37:51 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 08:37:51 -0800 From: Will Andrews To: Brian Johnson Message-ID: <20031027163751.GD14780@procyon.firepipe.net> Mail-Followup-To: Brian Johnson , FreeBSD/Sparc64 Mailing List References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i 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 16:37:54 -0000 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