Re: Nintendo WII (evbppc): how to install xorg ?

Hi Noe,

Thanks for pointing this out, I'll make sure the X sets are included in 
the image in the coming days.

In the meantime, you can download x*.tgz from 
https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/202410282010Z/evbppc/binary/sets/ 
and install it like this:

    # for x in x*.tgz; do tar -C / -zxvpf $x done
    # service fccache start

Then you should be able to 'startx'.

Take care,
Jared


On Mon, 28 Oct 2024, Noe Casas wrote:

> Hi Frank,
>
> Thanks for your response! Please find below my answer to your comments:
>
>> Doesn't NetBSD's default Xorg support the Wii's GPU? Did you try "startx" for a test? I know it works on my macppc and ofppc hardware.
>
> There is no X in the image I downloaded from
> https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/latest/evbppc/binary/gzimg
> , so no startx to run :(
>
>> You can always download the latest pkgsrc archive from ftp.netbsd.org, extract it to /usr, and compile yourself:
>
> I tried that, but I bumped into multiple compilation problems, that's
> when I reached out for help to know if there was an already compiled
> solution. I will try to address the compilation problems I found.
>
>> I never used pkgin. Just set the PKG_PATH environment variable and use pkg_add, which is always there.
>
> Yes, I've used pkgin successfully to install other precompiled
> packages that are available. I was referring to a way of installing X
> with precompiled binaries.
>
> On Mon, 28 Oct 2024 at 10:54, Frank Wille <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Noe Casas wrote:
>>
>>> I am running NetBSD 10.0 on a Wii. From some blog posts and forums, I
>>> understood that installing X11 should be a matter of pkgin install
>>> xorg.
>>
>> Doesn't NetBSD's default Xorg support the Wii's GPU? Did you try "startx"
>> for a test? I know it works on my macppc and ofppc hardware.
>>
>>
>>> However, that does not work and the package does not seem to be
>>> on the package repository either for any of the 10.0 versions nor for
>>> the 9.x ones.
>>
>> You can always download the latest pkgsrc archive from ftp.netbsd.org,
>> extract it to /usr, and compile yourself:
>> # cd /usr/pkgsrc/meta-pkgs/modular-xorg
>> # make package install
>>
>>
>>> How can I install X11 with pkgin?
>>
>> I never used pkgin. Just set the PKG_PATH environment variable and use
>> pkg_add, which is always there.
>>
>> Otherwise:
>> # cd /usr/pkgsrc/pkgtools/pkgin
>> # make package install
>>
>> --
>> Frank Wille
>>
>
>