this is XFree86 version 3.3 compiled for OpenBSD on the arc the following x server is part of this distribution: * XF86_S3 - supports S3 chipset based graphics cards on OpenBSD/arc machines there is one tar.gz file which contains all the files of the XFree86 including the above mentioned xserver: X11R6.tar.gz to install them simple get root and change to the /usr directory su - cd /usr then unpack it using tar xvpzf some_path/X11R6.tar.gz * add /usr/X11R6/lib to the directories searched by ldconfig and rerun ldconfig echo /usr/X11R6/lib >> /etc/ld.so.conf ldconfig * on arc machines you will need to create a symlink to the appropriate mouse device depending on the type of mouse. for PS/2 mouse (pica): cd /dev ln -sf pms1 mouse or for serial port mouse: cd /dev ln -sf tty01 mouse # (usually tty01 which is the 9 pin port) it is also possible to select this when running xf86config on arc. * on arc systems you will need to run xf86config to create an /etc/XF86Config file or if you feel lucky, try one of the files in xf86config-examples. running xf86config is rather self explanatory and should not casue you any trouble if you have the information about your graphics board ready. * if you plan to start xdm from the rc.local file remember to disable the getty on the console port XFree86 version 3.3 in this distribution was built by per fogelstrom (pefo@OpenBSD.org) and the pmax X11R5pl26 x servers were built by thomas graichen (graichen@OpenBSD.org) ... please contact them if you have any mips specific problems running x (per for OpenBSD/arc and OpenBSD/wgrisc and thomas for OpenBSD/pmax)