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RiscBSD FAQ
===========
This FAQ is copyright (c) Mark Brinicombe 1995, all rights reserved.
Permission is granted to copy this document as a whole or in part provided
that this copyright message is included in all copies.
RiscBSD X Window FAQ
====================
Sections 10 and 11 of the RiscBSD FAQ make up the RiscBSD X Window FAQ.
This FAQ is copyright (c) Rob Black 1995, all rights reserved. Permission is
granted to copy this document as a whole or in part provided that this
copyright message is included in all copies.
The authors of this document provides no warranty, express or implied, as
to the accuracy of the information contained here although all the
information is supplied in good faith.
$Id: FAQ.txt,v 1.6 1996/02/08 22:43:54 mark Exp $
$Log: FAQ.txt,v $
Revision 1.6 1996/02/08 22:43:54 mark
Question 3.2 updated.
Question 3.3 updated.
Question 3.4 extended to cover latest information
Added question 6.5 "What is the long term multiprocessor goal"
Spelling correction to question 8.1
Revision 1.5 1996/02/05 05:14:40 mark
Updated question 2.9
Updated question 3.2
Updated question 3.3
Updated question 4.2
Added question 4.5 "How do I configure a custon kernel"
Updated question 5.7
Extended question 8.1 to add send-pr info
Updated question 8.4
Updaed swap size recommendation in question 10.1
Revision 1.4 1996/02/02 05:23:01 mark
Misc changes
Revision 1.3 1996/01/30 22:57:07 mark
Answer to question 3.2 updated
Question 3.3 renumbered to 3.4
Added question 3.3 "What sizes are the current packages"
Question 5.2 updated
Question 5.3 updated
Question 5.4 spelling updated
Question 5.5 updated
Question 6.4 updated
Question 7.2 updated
Revision 1.2 1996/01/29 03:25:23 mark
Added Section 9 "How do I do ..."
Added Question 9.1 "How do I add users to my system"
Modified question 2.4
Modified question 3.3
Revision 1.1 1996/01/28 22:46:46 mark
Initial revision
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Contents:
1. Basics of RiscBSD
Q 1.1: What is RiscBSD
Q 1.2: What type of machine is supported
Q 1.3: What are the hardware requirements
Q 1.4: What is the state of the A7000 port
2. Availability and Information
Q 2.1: When is the beta release going to be available
Q 2.2: How is RiscBSD available
Q 2.3: Is there an FTP site for RiscBSD
Q 2.4: Are there any FTP mirrors
Q 2.5: How much does the CDROM cost
Q 2.6: Where can I get more information on RiscBSD
Q 2.7: Are there any mailing lists
Q 2.8: How do I contact the kernel team?
Q 2.9: Where do I get the sources
3. The RiscBSD distribution
Q 3.1: I have the Alpha-2 release: will I need to reinstall everything?
Q 3.2: What packages are currently available?
Q 3.3: What sizes are the current packages
Q 3.4: Why are you still using GCC 2.6.3?
4. Kernel matters
Q 4.1: Why is floating point so slow?
Q 4.2: Is there a new FPE?
Q 4.3: How big is the kernel
Q 4.4: What processors does the kernel support
Q 4.5: How do I configure a custom kernel ?
5. Device drivers
Q 5.1: What device drivers are available for standard RPC hardwareSoftware
Q 5.2: What SCSI cards are supported
Q 5.3: What ethernet cards are supported
Q 5.4: Will there be 16bit sound support?
Q 5.5: Are there any other drivers under development/planned
Q 5.6: Are there any cards which are unlikely to be supported in the near
future?
Q 5.7: What about ATAPI CDROM support ?
6. Multiprocessor card (Simtec Hydra)
Q 6.1: What is the current status of multiprocessor card support?
Q 6.2: Will the card be used for running custom accelerators or full MP?
Q 6.3: Will it be possible to run RiscBSD on a slave processor in a RiscOS
window?
Q 6.4: Can the 486 card be used from within RiscBSD?
Q 6.5: What is the long term multiprocessor goal
7. Ported Software
Q 7.1: What software is available?
Q 7.2: Can I compile C++ under RiscBSD?
Q 7.3: What networking software is available?
Q 7.4: Is MudOS available?
8. Bugs and Errors
Q 8.1: Who do I report bugs to?
Q 8.2: savecore reports an error during multiuser startup.
Q 8.3: What does proc size mismatch error mean ?
Q 8.4: Global constructors in c++ code are not working
9. How do I do ....
Q 9.1: How do I add users the my system ?
10. The X Window System
Q 10.1: What is the minimum specification of machine to run X?
Q 10.2: What is the current state of X?
Q 10.3: Who do I report bugs to?
Q 10.4: What are the known problems and features of X under RiscBSD?
Q 10.5: Where is libXpm / xpm.h ?
Q 10.6: Is Motif available?
Q 10.7: Are programs compiled with Motif available?
Q 10.8: How do I set up xdm?
11. Troubleshooting X
Q 11.1: I get error messages about missing devices.
Q 11.2: Everything works if I'm root, but not otherwise.
Q 11.3: X is really slow to start up and so are some X apps.
Q 11.4: I get error messages about invalid keycodes.
Subject: 1. Basics of RiscBSD
Q 1.1: What is RiscBSD
A: RiscBSD is a port of NetBSD to the arm6+ family or processors running in
32bit data, 32bit address mode. The official NetBSD port name is NetBSD/arm32
RiscBSD is not just NetBSD/arm32 but builds on it adding packages like
X11R6 and hosts of other software to form a much more complete system.
Q 1.2: What type of machine is supported
A: A RiscPC 600 or RiscPC700. Currently a bit of work is still needed before
it can be run on the A7000 or other ARM7500 platforms. Currently VRAM is also
needed.
Q 1.3: What are the hardware requirements
A: The latest release of RiscBSD including X11R6 requires a ARM6+ RISCPC
with a minimum of 1MB VRAM, 8MB DRAM and 400MB if disk space.
This answer is rather short and not very informative. I will extend it
shortly.
Q 1.4: What is the state of the A7000 port
A: RiscBSD is almost ready to run on a A7000. The only part of the kernel
that does not support the A7000 is the video memory and VIDC code. The
kernel bootstrap needs to be extended (half done already) to reserved
a chunk of DRAM for video memory on non-VRAM machine. In these cases
the VIDC20 must be programmed slightly differently to deal with DRAM
instead of VRAM.
Subject: 2. Availability
Q 2.1: When is the beta release going to be available
A: Now. The beta release is on the ftp site. Currently there may be a few
sets that were present in the alpha2 that are not in the beta yet. These
will be added as they are updated.
Q 2.2: How is RiscBSD available?
A: Currently RiscBSD is available in binary form by FTP. Some source code
may also be found on the ftp site but the core binary and kernel source code
can be found on any NetBSD mirror site. In addition a CDROM release is
RiscBSD is also being prepared.
Q 2.3: Is there an FTP site for RiscBSD
A: The official release site for RiscBSD is ftp.ph.kcl.ac.uk:/pub/acorn/RiscBSD
This site will contain the latest release of RiscBSD along with user
contributed software and various upgrades.
Q 2.4: Are there any FTP mirrors
A: Currently the only mirror site is mortimer.cc.ic.ac.uk:/pub/
A mirror has been set up in Australia and it's address will be added to
this FAQ as soon as permission has been obtained from the mirror maintainer.
Q 2.5: How much does the CDROM cost?
A: It costs 25UKP + VAT on CDROM from Plingboot (no credit cards).
Q 2.6: Where can I get more information on RiscBSD
A: Information on RiscBSD can be obtained from the official RiscBSD WWW site
http://www.ph.kcl.ac.uk/~amb/riscbsd/
Q 2.7: Are there any mailing lists
A: Yes. Currently there is a mailing list of RiscBSD users. Due to the
increasing size of this list, in the early in 96 a rfd will be circulating
proposing a riscbsd usenet group.
Q 2.8: How do I contact the kernel team?
A: The kernel team can be contacted either individually by email or by
sending an email kernel team mailing core-riscbsd@tools.de
Alternatively there are email forms on the WWW pages.
Q 2.9: Where do I get the sources
A: The sources to the kernel and the core binaries can be obtained from any
NetBSD mirror site. Failing that they can be obtained from the master NetBSD
FTP site at ftp.netbsd.org. Mirrors of this site can be found at
ftp.demon.co.uk and src.doc.ic.ac.uk
Other sources may be found on the RiscBSD FTP site in the directory
/pub/acorn/RiscBSD/so