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author | Joel Sing <jsing@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2008-01-06 06:27:00 +0000 |
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committer | Joel Sing <jsing@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2008-01-06 06:27:00 +0000 |
commit | d120537e5cbf895670e41f7646b113141f1ae274 (patch) | |
tree | b1954d911f0de1dc068c778834686a9b0a10f2f2 /distrib/notes/README.sgi | |
parent | 9bf49896f1b9f170d86399e24482515b4ad3ac43 (diff) |
Update the README and supply a suitable xorg.conf, now that we have X
working on OpenBSD/sgi.
ok matthieu@
Diffstat (limited to 'distrib/notes/README.sgi')
-rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/README.sgi | 23 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/README.sgi b/distrib/notes/README.sgi index 00b7f63b8..b47397996 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/README.sgi +++ b/distrib/notes/README.sgi @@ -1,8 +1,27 @@ 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'. problem_blurb -$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 $ |