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XFree86 4.3.0, Latest Binutils Imported In NetBSD

Posted by timothy on from the quick-on-the-draw dept.

Dan writes "Matthias Scheler has imported XFree86 4.3.0 into NetBSD current, it is only tested under NetBSD-i386 at the moment. Also, as part of updating the toolchain, Matthew Green has imported the latest GNU binutils (2.13.2.1) into NetBSD-current. The new GNU binutils adds support for hppa and x86_64, improved support for existing architectures and is known to work for almost all CPU types NetBSD currently supports. Updates of gdb and gcc will follow."

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  1. hppa architecture by dohcvtec · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The new GNU binutils adds support for hppa...
    Call me ignorant, but what exactly does this mean for hppa (officially hp700)? From perusing this page it appears that the NetBSD/hp700/hppa port is about as far along as OpenBSD/hppa. Which is to say that installation and booting must be done over the network (I think.) Since I'm not a PA-RISC hacker, just a guy with a couple of PA-RISC boxes who would like to run *BSD on them, how are things looking?

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  2. Most extreme/bizarre display setup available now? by jago25_98 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Just out of interest,

    what would be seen as the most impressive/rare/interesting XFree hardware setup could we now have with NetBSD?

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  3. Re:Most extreme/bizarre display setup available no by Burpmaster · · Score: 2, Interesting
    what would be seen as the most impressive/rare/interesting XFree hardware setup could we now have with NetBSD?
    The best thing I can come up with is buying a second keyboard and mouse (both USB), and using my GeForce 4 with dual VGA outputs for two simultaneous users. Then I can have zero-ping multiplayer gaming or set up Windows inside VMware and brag that one *BSD is twice as good as Windows! Yeah, I'm going to do this just as soon as I have FreeBSD set up on my system. I may start to feel the need for a second processor, though.
  4. Re:Most extreme/bizarre display setup available no by CoolVibe · · Score: 2, Interesting
    More interesting would be getting some display login manager (of the xdm kind) running twice on two screens, which then handle the two X screens. I've done it with Sunrays (well, the sunray server does a lot, that's probably cheating, but what the hey) and it should be possible with one machine and some XDMCP querying to the local machine per X server 'screen'.

    If you do manage to set this up, document it. I'd love to read it and mull over it :)