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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA757 ; Sun, 07 Feb 93 09:01:20 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!gatech!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!uw-beaver!newsfeed.rice.edu!rice!news.Rice.edu!rich From: rich@Rice.edu (Richard Murphey) Subject: Re: Does XFree86 work with patchkit 0.2? In-Reply-To: msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.edu's message of Sat, 6 Feb 93 05:45:11 GMT Message-ID: <RICH.93Feb6100203@omicron.Rice.edu> Sender: news@rice.edu (News) Reply-To: Rich@Rice.edu Organization: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University References: <51995@seismo.CSS.GOV> <1993Feb6.054511.22134@serval.net.wsu.edu> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1993 16:02:03 GMT Lines: 45 In article <1993Feb6.054511.22134@serval.net.wsu.edu> msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.edu (Dragon Lord) writes: In article <51995@seismo.CSS.GOV> black@seismo.CSS.GOV (Mike Black) writes: >I`m getting ready to try and bring up XFree86 and was wondering if I >need to run the XFree patched kernel or if the 0.02 kernel works >with it?? I figured it'd be easier to ask than spin my wheels >testing. The FAQ`s don't seem to address this. >Mike... >-- Yes it does, I'm running it now. BUT! Underscore BUT! Install the patchkit FIRST then install XFree. After installation DO NOT at all costs DO NOT install the included patchkit found at /usr/X386/lib/X11/etc/"patchkit". These are duplicates of patches in the kit and if installed twice will seriously HOSE your system. I mistakenly did and ran into infinate panic reboot loop. Good point. /usr/lib/X11/etc/README.386BSD is explicit about this. The current revision of the relevant section is: XFree86's kernel patches are identical to those in Terry Lambert's patchkit versions 0.1 and 0.2 because they were contributed to the patchkit. So use one or the other not both. If you apply patches 28-31 from either patchkit, don't apply the XFree86 kernel patches. In fact, the patch kit is easeier to use, so you might want to consider it first. Also, you *must* add `option XSERVER' to your kernel configuration file when you rebuild the kernel. `option UCONSOLE' is required as well with XFree86's kernel patches and patchkit 0.1 but is not needed with version 0.2 of the patchkit. You should be able to install the patchkit before or after installing XFree86. They are independent source trees. So, install the patchkit (0.2) and install XFree86. MINIMUM disk drive is a 200Meg. I'm running a Maxtor 7213 (203 Meg) and I have MAYBE 20 meg free after bin01, etc01, src01 and Xfree86 installation. But I love it! Mark The complete XFree86 binary distribution takes just under 28Mb itself. Rich