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authorJoel Sing <jsing@cvs.openbsd.org>2008-01-06 06:27:00 +0000
committerJoel Sing <jsing@cvs.openbsd.org>2008-01-06 06:27:00 +0000
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Update the README and supply a suitable xorg.conf, now that we have X
working on OpenBSD/sgi. ok matthieu@
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Post-installation instructions for X.Org on OpenBSD/sgi
-------------------------------------------------------
-There is no X server for sgi. Only userland X.
+OpenBSD 4.3 and later use the X.Org X server on sgi.
+
+Currently, the X server is only supported on SGI O2 workstations with a gbe(4)
+frame buffer. The wsfb driver provides an unaccelerated frame buffer for use
+with the X server.
+
+The default /etc/X11/xorg.conf which is installed, provides a ready-to-run
+configuration. Due to the current lack of dynamic object lazy binding on
+OpenBSD/sgi, the `shadow' and `fb' modules need to be force loaded. This can be
+achieved by ensuring that the following is included in the xorg.conf file:
+
+ Section "Module"
+ Load "shadow"
+ Load "fb"
+ EndSection
+
+To start xdm, the X display manager, activate the xdm_flags option in
+/etc/rc.conf. You will need to disable the console getty in /etc/ttys.
+
+Alternatively, you can log in at the console and run `startx'.
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-$OpenBSD: README.sgi,v 1.1 2006/11/27 11:25:45 matthieu Exp $
+$OpenBSD: README.sgi,v 1.2 2008/01/06 06:26:59 jsing Exp $