Re: X problem on PMAGB-B

Dave McGuire <[email protected]> Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:46:06 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.mips.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 11/12/25 11:35, George Harvey wrote:
>>     Hi folks, I've installed 10.1 on a 5000-260 (zoom!) with a PMAGB-B.
>> The framebuffer works great in ROM console mode and with wscons, but
>> when X starts up, it seems to change to a sync rate that the display (a
>> DEC fixed-frequency CRT) cannot sync to.
> 
> I don't have a specific solution but I can suggest a work-round. I ran into similar symptoms a while back when trying to start X on 9.3 and 10.0_BETA on my 5000/133 with PMAGB-B. Thanks to some suggestions on this list, what worked for me was to install the full X11R6 sets from 7.2, those worked with the generic 10.0_BETA kernel and I was able to start an X desktop.

   Thank you George, I will give that a shot.  I've just pulled down the 
X sets from 7.2.

   I wonder what happened to the X support in the later releases?

          Thanks,
          -Dave

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