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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..

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Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
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