Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 19:57:37 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFree on sparc versus syscons Message-ID: <20031024175737.GB1912@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20031024165735.GD89792@rot13.obsecurity.org> References: <20031024142512.GA1192@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20031024165735.GD89792@rot13.obsecurity.org>
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On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 09:57:35AM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 04:25:12PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > Folks, > > > > I'm slightly puzzled on what it needs to get X on sparc64. > > > > I see that the XFree server reports that it needs > > syscons, as in: > > > > Fatal server error: > > xf86OpenConsole: No console driver found > > Supported drivers: syscons > > Check your kernel's console driver configuration and /dev entries > > > > In the kernel config files I see 'sc' is commented out in favor of > > the openfirmware console. Trying to build a kernel with 'sc' isn't much joy > > either as in: > > CVS doesn't support syscons yet. So X on src from the main CVS repo is doomed. OK. Hmm. /me wonders about the Holy Sparc Grail hiding in p4 ;-) Is there a description out there somewhere how I can drag the src out of p4? I never worked p4 and have no clue at all about it. -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte
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