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Archive-name: auto/comp.unix.bsd/X386-2E-1-0-for-386bsd-0-1



Patches and binaries for X11R5 patch level 13 and X386-1.2E version
1.0.1 are available by anon ftp from agate.berkeley.edu and
banjo.concert.net in /pub/386BSD/0.1-ports/X386 and from
nova.cc.purdue.edu in /pub/386bsd/submissions.  The file
386BSD.X386-1.2E.diff contains contex diffs against X386-1.2E-1.0.1
and 386BSD.X386-1.2E.bin.tar.Z contains the binaries for 386BSD.

The binaries are 61Mb when extracted.  See the file INSTALL for
further info. Files in usr/lib/X11/etc contain information on how to
construct a required Xconfig file for your graphics card and monitor.

In order to run the server, you will need either the supplied patched
GENERICISA kernel binary or you will need to patch two kernel source
files: pccons.c and locore.s.  Since these patches are unofficial, we
suggest you copy them to /sys/compile/..., where the kernel is
compiled and patch them there.  The patch for /usr/include/stdlib.h is
not needed unless you are rebuilding X from sources.

The X server uses both Glenn Lai's `SpeedUp' optimizations for ET4000
based SVGA and Jim Tsillas' generic `fX386' optimizations.
Unfortunately, this release does not support the TRIDENT chipset,
although a working port would be very welcome.  The server binary was
created with PEX support and compiled with both -O and -g, so although
it is optimized for speed you can still get detailed debugging info if
needed.  Use `strip' on /usr/bin/X11/X386 if you aren't interested in
debugging.

To rebuild the binaries you will need 175Mb of disk, mit X11R5, fixes
1-13 and X386-1.2E-1.0.1 and these patches.  On export.lcs.mit.edu the
files are: /pub/R5/mit-*/mit-*, /pub/R5/fixes/fix-01 through 13, and
/contrib/X386-1.2E/X386-1.2E-1.0.1.diff.  Apply mit's fixes, then
X386-1.2E-1.0.1, then these for 386BSD.  The files mit/RELNOTES.TXT
and mit/server/ddx/x386/README.X386-1.2E contain information on how to
configure and build the distribution.

Many thanks to David Dawes and David Wexelblat of the X386-1.2E group
for their support and encouragement!

Pace Willison deserves much credit for providing the port of x11r5 to
386BSD.  THANKS PACE !!!

Please support Bill Jolitz!  Nuf said...

Rich Murphey and Amancio Hasty