Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:07:13 -0700 From: Richard Loken <richardlo@admin.athabascau.ca> To: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No X server on Alpha? Message-ID: <Pine.PMDF.4.44L.0801161201480.1099-100000@local.admin.athabascau.ca> In-Reply-To: <20080116162809.GA4323@mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk>
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On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > Does anyone know why xorg-server is marked not for alpha? > > no, but gcc42 is also marked not for alpha, but builds fine on my ds10l. > > Perhaps you could comment this line and give it a try. I agree, force the port to install. And, by the way, most alphas run with serial terminals but not all. I am running X on my PC164 and it works just fine but my card choices were limited and I found I needed an SVGA card with LOTS of on board memory to do what could be done with any junky S3 card when running Linux on Intel. -- Richard Loken VE6BSV, Systems Programmer - VMS : "Anybody can be a father Athabasca University : but you have to earn Athabasca, Alberta Canada : the title of 'daddy'" ** richardlo@admin.athabascau.ca ** : - Lynn Johnston
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