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From: teh@kepler.unh.edu (Thomas E Hurton)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Need some help with Sparc/NetBSD Installation
Date: 15 Nov 1995 17:28:10 GMT
Organization: University of New Hampshire
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Distribution: USA
Message-ID: <48d7va$kem@mozz.unh.edu>
NNTP-Posting-Host: kepler.unh.edu
Hello All,
I have a couple of basic questions:
1. I have a Sparcstation 1 and I would like to know where I
can find the most stable release of NetBSD for it. I went
to ftp.eecs.umich.edu and got a release from there (I didn't
get the snapshot version).
2. Where can I find a good version of X11R6 for it? (When I
installed the version I found on ftp.eecs.umich.edu, I found
that the libraries in /usr/lib were too old. I tried to
overcome the problem by using the usr.lib.gz from the
snapshot area. When I did that, I could only run 'startx'.
'xdm' would not work. Also, 'startx' would only work *once*.
Every invokation after that would cause an xterm to be put
on the screen, but the mouse wouldn't work)
3. Where can I find a good set of FAQ's (specifically: data
on how to configure the serial port for a modem. I tried
to do it the same way I do under SunOS - by mknod'ing a cua1
and editing /etc/remote - but tip says the device is not
configured).
Well, that's about it. All I want to know is where Sparc
people get a good, usable release of NetBSD w/X11.
Thanks in Advance,
-Tom Hurton
--
** Thomas Hurton ** "I have stared into the abyss, and the **
** Research Computing Center ** abyss has stared into me, and neither **
** University of New Hampshire ** of us liked what we saw." - B. Theodore **