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Old 28th May 2008
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Hi.
I've just done my first semi successful install of NetBSD escept for a few problems. I was sent here to ask for help and to learn.

setenv doesn't work nor does it exist in the release I have installed.
ati radeon graphics card not recognized
How do I change from XFree to Xorg?
Resolution is stuck at 1024x768.
I used the amd64 port, should I use the x86_64 instead?
sound is choppy.
Any and all help is appreciated.
Thanks.
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Old 28th May 2008
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You have made it very difficult for anyone to help you here as you've provided no details of your system

Perhaps you should start by reading the netbsd documentation, you will find the answer to most of your questions there
http://www.netbsd.org/docs/

Also read this
http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=596
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Old 28th May 2008
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setenv doesn't work nor does it exist in the release I have installed.
See env(1). Likewise, see the manpage for whatever shell you are using. Outside of the C shell, most shells also support:

$ export variable=value
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How do I change from XFree to Xorg?
As mentioned in response to your original post on BSDForums, see:

http://wiki.netbsd.se/How_to_install_modular_Xorg
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I used the amd64 port, should I use the x86_64 instead?
Without knowing anything about your hardware, it is difficult to recommend anything.
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sound is choppy.
Again, not knowing anything about your hardware, it is difficult to comment, however you may gain information by reading Chapter 11 of The NetBSD Guide:

http://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-audio.html
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Hi.
I've just done my first semi successful install of NetBSD escept for a few problems. I was sent here to ask for help and to learn.

setenv doesn't work nor does it exist in the release I have installed.
csh(1) was a default user shell until NetBSD 4.0, now it's ksh(1) so you use export instead. To check use:
$ echo $SHELL
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Old 29th May 2008
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Hello,

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setenv doesn't work nor does it exist in the release I have installed.
Depends on the shell you are using.


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ati radeon graphics card not recognized
As far as I know, there is no official driver for ATI cards on any *BSD system. You're stuck with whatever generic driver the X installation ships with.


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How do I change from XFree to Xorg?
As ocicat kindly posted: http://wiki.netbsd.se/How_to_install_modular_Xorg


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Resolution is stuck at 1024x768.
You can change the default resolution in the X configuration file. You can also change them on the fly with CTRL-ALT-+ and CTRL-ALT--.


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I used the amd64 port, should I use the x86_64 instead?
Depends on what hardware you are running? If you are using an AMD 64 processor, then you can use either the amd64 or the i386 ports.

By the way, NetBSD refers to the x86_64 architecture as amd64 in their ports list.


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sound is choppy.
Way too little information to go on. Try reading the Audio documentation from the NetBSD Guide and see if it answers your question. http://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-audio.html
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ati radeon graphics card not recognized
What card you have?

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Resolution is stuck at 1024x768.
Because you are using VESA driver for your graphics.

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I used the amd64 port, should I use the x86_64 instead?
Names amd64 and x86_64 mean the same thing, its just diffrent naming convention.
i386 + amd64 or x86_32 + x86_64.

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sound is choppy.
Use OSS from here: http://opensound.com/netbsd.html
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Old 30th May 2008
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SBLive emu10k1 card (comes up as platinum under alsaconf)
ati radeon integrated 280, not sure- I'll add that when I boot with knoppix again
compaq presario sr1710nx computer - asus A8AE-LE
AMD fast anywhere (dc0 type NIC) ethernet card
the only modification to it was the sound blaster card and the dc0 NIC added.

I've ran this with AMD64 portebian, FreeBSD
x86_64: Fedora, OpenBSD- terminal only
i386: SuSE
128M alloted to graphics
1768M RAM pc3200.
compaq 7550 monitor 50-140 vertical 30-86 horizontal max resolution 1600x1200
I've used Xen and virtual box along with kqemu on here PAE is on the chip.


Added: Ati radeon RS 480 200G series integrated chip

Last edited by Mr-Biscuit; 30th May 2008 at 04:53 PM. Reason: clarity
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