Re: X11

On 04.05.02, 13:05:59, Michael Wolfson wrote:
> Howdy,
> 
> So, if I understand the situation properly, the X server has been moved out of
> the distribution and hasn't been updated since (according to the dates)
> NetBSD 1.0.  Ouch.

There's also an old HP-UX Xserver (also X11R5), which is slightly
faster than the old BSD server (which, I understand, was not even
NetBSD specific). Details or at least links to details are somewhere
in the documentation on www.netbsd.org.

On the 8bit Katamandu/Topcat boards (according to docs my board is the
Kaamandu, but according to the kernel it's a topcat, I'm not sure
which to believe, it's HP part number is A1416A) the Xhpux causes a
kernel panic when exiting. As far as I know the reasons are partly
known, but no convincing solution has yet been introduced. I have made
a very crude modification, hard-wiring the base address of the frame
buffer memory, which seems to do the trick, I use the machine as an
X-Terminal for weeks on end without crash. I will not release the
modification, since it is clearly the Wrong Thing (I do not have the
slightest idea how to do the Right Thing here), but if anyone really
needs it, I will send the modified file.

Scattered around in mailing list archives and external (to
www.netbsd.org) sites there are some bits and pieces about the
problem, for anyone willing to tackle it.

> 
> 
> Thanks,
>   -- MW



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