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From: cproto@cs.curtin.edu.au (Computer Protocol)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: NetBSD 0.9 & X clarification
Date: 8 Sep 93 01:07:57 GMT
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
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jmward@pooh.uccs.edu (Joel M. Ward) writes:

>	Okay, it used to be that X wouldn't work on NetBSD 0.9.  Then i saw
>some postings (which have been wiped by our newsserver) talking about .9 X
>binaries for S3s.
>	Does this mean you can get X on .9 for non-S3 based cards?  I want to
>upgrade to .9 but i need to know if X'll work.  What's the deal?

>--
>     ++Joel;

X works just fine under NetBSD-0.9 but I built it from source. I can't
say anything about the XFree86 binaries.

Regards - Tibor Sashegyi (cproto@cs.curtin.edu.au)