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Installing Xorg
Firstly: what's up with this "modular" stuff? Can you install modular vs monolithic Xorg/XF86?
Secondly: Am I blind or isn't there a page somewhere detailing the actual installation of Xorg/XF86 on NetBSD and not just this configuration? I found http://wiki.netbsd.se/How_to_install_modular_Xorg and if I follow those instructions the build fails installing the server module: "make: don't know how to make /usr/share/tmac/andoc.tmac" "WARNING: *** Please consider adding c++ to USE_LANGUAGES in the package Makefile" (and the same for Fortran) I've tried adding C++ and Fortran in various ways: USE_LANGUAGES= c USE_LANGUAGES+=c++ USE_LANGUAGES+=fortran and USE_LANGUAGES= c c++ fortran Not sure if either are correct syntax but the build still fails. Any help would be appreciated. Also isn't there a way to update the pkgsrc tools or does this happen when you do a full update using "cvs update -dP" in /usr/pkgsrc? |
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NetBSD 4.0.1 comes with XFree86, while NetBSD 5.0_RC1 will ship with X.org.
If you don't need 3D acceleration and you are working with 4.0.1, then I don't see why you'd need to build X at all. Just install X in the normal installation. The generic 'ati' driver should work just fine. If you are building 5.0_RC1, then you can build X.org when you build world. Download xsrc from CVS and add these lines to your /etc/mk.conf: Code:
MKX11=yes X11FLAVOUR=Xorg X11_TYPE=modular
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I found it was because I missed the text processing tools package on install.
Xorg is installed now but tries to load the glx module and fails. Also I don't believe it is correctly recognizing my Radeon 4870X2 as fluxbox feels really slow. What is glx for and how do I get it? If this doesn't work I'll just get rid of Xorg and install the X sets from the disc. |
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If you get it working with one of those two drivers, you should get glx support. It will still be software glx only since there's still no 3D acceleration. Adam |
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with XFree86 installed and using the "radeon" driver it says "no devices detected" and a "radeonhd" driver doesn't seem to exist. Xfce4 will run using the vesa driver.
Does this mean XFree86 doesn't support the 4870X2? How do I know the xf86-video-radeonhd module for x.org supports 4870X2? |
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How would I upgrade to 5_RC1 using the binary sets?
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Apparently the version of XFree86 you have hasn't had support for the newer GPUs added. Xorg might, but we'd need to know what version of Xorg is available.
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Can anyone please comment on this so I may try Xorg?
Do you simply extract the binary sets to / ? Thanks |
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ftp://ftp2.us.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/...etBSD%20System
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Thanks.
I have installed 5.0_RC1 using the CD's to install all sets. I've now noticed that there is no radeonhd driver as part of the X11 install from the cd. If it try to install /usr/pkgsrc/x11/xf86-video-radeonhd it complains that I'm not using modular xorg. Does this mean I need to go the modular route? I thought the X11 install from the CD would include ALL drivers. Also what's with having X11R6 as well as X11R7 in /usr ? |
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X11_TYPE=modular to your /etc/mk.conf file.As for X11R7, that is the current version. The X11R6 directories are likely there as a left over and/or for programs expecting that directory hierarchy that haven't been updated yet. I might expect to see it gone by the time 5.0 stable is released.
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So there is no such thing as 'non-modular' Xorg on NetBSD?
I believe I tried putting X11_TYPE=modular in /etc/mk.conf but it complained for some reason about modular-xorg-server not being installed. I will try again after work and post the build log. Though why wouldn't xf86-video-radeonhd be installed already given that my X11 install was done via CD? If it is indeed modular then who chooses which modules are installed by default from the CD? |
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This was a fresh install and I believe I chose 'Full installation'.
Here is the output when trying to install /usr/pkgsrc/x11/xf86-video-radeonhd: http://rapidshare.com/files/199770219/outp.html and my mk.conf does have X11_TYPE=modular in it. Also xfce4 is working with vesa driver. I don't know if that proves I have all the X11 packages or not... Last edited by NetBSD; 18th February 2009 at 11:33 PM. |
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Alright don't ask what's happened but it's now trying to use the radeonhd driver. Unfortunately it says "RADEONHD: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:5:0:0) found"
Is this saying that the driver isn't up to date enough to recognize my 4870 X2? |
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If I set 'BusID "PCI:5:0:0" in my device section then it complains about PCI:4:0:0 but also says "Card information has invalid connector information" regarding PCI:5:0:0
Does any of this have to do with the fact it's a dual GPU card? |
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