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From: Mark_Weaver@brown.edu
Subject: Re: Xfree 1.3 work with NetBSD 0.9?
In-Reply-To: jgb@inf.uc3m.es's message of Wed, 13 Oct 1993 13:33:33 GMT
Message-ID: <MARK_WEAVER.93Oct13234630@excelsior.cis.brown.edu>
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Organization: Brown University Department of Computer Science
References: <1993Oct10.025253.6285@serval.net.wsu.edu> <CEu8Bx.8Ln@inf.uc3m.es>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 03:46:30 GMT
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In article <CEu8Bx.8Ln@inf.uc3m.es> jgb@inf.uc3m.es writes:
> Mark Smith (msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.edu) wrote:
> 
> > Will Xfree 1.3 as posted on agate.berkeley.edu under 
> > /pub/386BSD/0.1-ports/XFree86-1.3  work on a NetBSD 0.9 system?!?  I
> > kinda would like to know before I spend 2 hours downloading the stuff.
> 
> 	As long as I know, you can use XFree-86-1.3u1, as found in agate,
> with NetBSD 0.9, and it 'almost' works. You can use the 'usual' installation 
> procedure for 386bsd (as described in XFree documentation), and after that 
> type a couple of lines:

There is a NetBSD 0.9 port of XFree86-1.3u1 on sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu
in /pub/NetBSD/ports/XFree86-1.3u1

         Mark
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