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Can you run X without photon? And if so, how?

Pete Eddy

2

Go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/openqnx and get XFree86 4.2. There is
also a mailing list with hints on how to setup it up (there is a small trick
with the mouse you need to know).

–
Jens
“Pete Eddy” <peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> wrote in message
news:aenecm$v0$1@inn.qnx.com…

Can you run X without photon? And if so, how?

Pete Eddy

3

Also, if you have the “Public CDROM” that was released with 6.2 you have
everything in a much nicer package format. Once you have /opt/X11R6 (either
from the package on the CD or from the openqnx tarball) you do this (as root):

setconf CS_LIBPATH /opt/X11R6/lib:getconf CS_LIBPATH
/usr/photon/bin/devi-hirun -Pr ps2 mousev ← Assumes you have a ps2
/opt/X11R6/bin/X -configure
cp /root/XF86config.new /etc/X11/XF86config
/opt/X11R6/bin/startx

chris


Jens H Jorgensen <jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> wrote:

Go to > http://sourceforge.net/projects/openqnx > and get XFree86 4.2. There is
also a mailing list with hints on how to setup it up (there is a small trick
with the mouse you need to know).

–
Jens
“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:aenecm$v0$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Can you run X without photon? And if so, how?

Pete Eddy


\

–
Chris McKillop <cdm@qnx.com> “The faster I go, the behinder I get.”
Software Engineer, QSSL – Lewis Carroll –
http://qnx.wox.org/

4

Thanks Chris, I’ll give it a try.

I want to see if Xwindows apps behaved better with out Photon. Using
DDD, and Nedit it seems that the file select boxes act a little odd. I
double click and nothing happens. So I click until the mouse starts smoking
and it finally excepts the double click. Maybe I’m missing something in the
configuration.

Does XWindows (not X of Photon) use the same graphics drivers as Photon?

Pete Eddy


“Chris McKillop” <cdm@qnx.com> wrote in message
news:aenur5$li7$1@nntp.qnx.com…

Also, if you have the “Public CDROM” that was released with 6.2 you have
everything in a much nicer package format. Once you have /opt/X11R6
(either
from the package on the CD or from the openqnx tarball) you do this (as
root):

setconf CS_LIBPATH /opt/X11R6/lib:getconf CS_LIBPATH
/usr/photon/bin/devi-hirun -Pr ps2 mousev ← Assumes you have a
ps2
/opt/X11R6/bin/X -configure
cp /root/XF86config.new /etc/X11/XF86config
/opt/X11R6/bin/startx

chris


Jens H Jorgensen <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote:
Go to > http://sourceforge.net/projects/openqnx > and get XFree86 4.2. There
is
also a mailing list with hints on how to setup it up (there is a small
trick
with the mouse you need to know).

–
Jens
“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:aenecm$v0$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Can you run X without photon? And if so, how?

Pete Eddy





\

Chris McKillop <> cdm@qnx.com> > “The faster I go, the behinder I get.”
Software Engineer, QSSL – Lewis Carroll –
http://qnx.wox.org/

5

XFree86 uses their own graphics driver set. You can refer to
http://xfree86.org/ for support for different video boards. In 4.2 they have
pretty good support for all newer video boards.

–
Jens
“Pete Eddy” <peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> wrote in message
news:aepv0r$spf$1@inn.qnx.com…

Thanks Chris, I’ll give it a try.

I want to see if Xwindows apps behaved better with out Photon. Using
DDD, and Nedit it seems that the file select boxes act a little odd. I
double click and nothing happens. So I click until the mouse starts
smoking
and it finally excepts the double click. Maybe I’m missing something in
the
configuration.

Does XWindows (not X of Photon) use the same graphics drivers as
Photon?

Pete Eddy


“Chris McKillop” <> cdm@qnx.com> > wrote in message
news:aenur5$li7$> 1@nntp.qnx.com> …
Also, if you have the “Public CDROM” that was released with 6.2 you have
everything in a much nicer package format. Once you have /opt/X11R6
(either
from the package on the CD or from the openqnx tarball) you do this (as
root):

setconf CS_LIBPATH /opt/X11R6/lib:getconf CS_LIBPATH
/usr/photon/bin/devi-hirun -Pr ps2 mousev ← Assumes you have
a
ps2
/opt/X11R6/bin/X -configure
cp /root/XF86config.new /etc/X11/XF86config
/opt/X11R6/bin/startx

chris


Jens H Jorgensen <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote:
Go to > http://sourceforge.net/projects/openqnx > and get XFree86 4.2.
There
is
also a mailing list with hints on how to setup it up (there is a small
trick
with the mouse you need to know).

–
Jens
“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:aenecm$v0$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Can you run X without photon? And if so, how?

Pete Eddy





\

Chris McKillop <> cdm@qnx.com> > “The faster I go, the behinder I
get.”
Software Engineer, QSSL – Lewis Carroll –
http://qnx.wox.org/
\

6

Excellent, that means they all have source code as well!
What about Gnome, KDE? What desktop type packages have been ported to QNX?

Pete Eddy

“Jens H Jorgensen” <jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> wrote in message
news:aeq0e9$vc$1@inn.qnx.com…

XFree86 uses their own graphics driver set. You can refer to
http://xfree86.org/ > for support for different video boards. In 4.2 they
have
pretty good support for all newer video boards.

–
Jens
“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:aepv0r$spf$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Thanks Chris, I’ll give it a try.

I want to see if Xwindows apps behaved better with out Photon.
Using
DDD, and Nedit it seems that the file select boxes act a little odd. I
double click and nothing happens. So I click until the mouse starts
smoking
and it finally excepts the double click. Maybe I’m missing something in
the
configuration.

Does XWindows (not X of Photon) use the same graphics drivers as
Photon?

Pete Eddy


“Chris McKillop” <> cdm@qnx.com> > wrote in message
news:aenur5$li7$> 1@nntp.qnx.com> …
Also, if you have the “Public CDROM” that was released with 6.2 you
have
everything in a much nicer package format. Once you have /opt/X11R6
(either
from the package on the CD or from the openqnx tarball) you do this
(as
root):

setconf CS_LIBPATH /opt/X11R6/lib:getconf CS_LIBPATH
/usr/photon/bin/devi-hirun -Pr ps2 mousev ← Assumes you
have
a
ps2
/opt/X11R6/bin/X -configure
cp /root/XF86config.new /etc/X11/XF86config
/opt/X11R6/bin/startx

chris


Jens H Jorgensen <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote:
Go to > http://sourceforge.net/projects/openqnx > and get XFree86 4.2.
There
is
also a mailing list with hints on how to setup it up (there is a
small
trick
with the mouse you need to know).

–
Jens
“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:aenecm$v0$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Can you run X without photon? And if so, how?

Pete Eddy





\

Chris McKillop <> cdm@qnx.com> > “The faster I go, the behinder I
get.”
Software Engineer, QSSL – Lewis Carroll –
http://qnx.wox.org/


\

7

I am not quite sure if any desktops (KDE or Gnome) have been ported to QNX,
but there are few window managers available such as Blackbox and others -
again look at http://sourceforge.net/projects/openqnx for binaries.

–
Jens


“Pete Eddy” <peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> wrote in message
news:aeq0qf$122$1@inn.qnx.com…

Excellent, that means they all have source code as well!
What about Gnome, KDE? What desktop type packages have been ported to
QNX?

Pete Eddy

“Jens H Jorgensen” <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote in message
news:aeq0e9$vc$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
XFree86 uses their own graphics driver set. You can refer to
http://xfree86.org/ > for support for different video boards. In 4.2 they
have
pretty good support for all newer video boards.

–
Jens
“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:aepv0r$spf$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Thanks Chris, I’ll give it a try.

I want to see if Xwindows apps behaved better with out Photon.
Using
DDD, and Nedit it seems that the file select boxes act a little odd.
I
double click and nothing happens. So I click until the mouse starts
smoking
and it finally excepts the double click. Maybe I’m missing something
in
the
configuration.

Does XWindows (not X of Photon) use the same graphics drivers as
Photon?

Pete Eddy


“Chris McKillop” <> cdm@qnx.com> > wrote in message
news:aenur5$li7$> 1@nntp.qnx.com> …
Also, if you have the “Public CDROM” that was released with 6.2 you
have
everything in a much nicer package format. Once you have /opt/X11R6
(either
from the package on the CD or from the openqnx tarball) you do this
(as
root):

setconf CS_LIBPATH /opt/X11R6/lib:getconf CS_LIBPATH
/usr/photon/bin/devi-hirun -Pr ps2 mousev ← Assumes you
have
a
ps2
/opt/X11R6/bin/X -configure
cp /root/XF86config.new /etc/X11/XF86config
/opt/X11R6/bin/startx

chris


Jens H Jorgensen <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote:
Go to > http://sourceforge.net/projects/openqnx > and get XFree86 4.2.
There
is
also a mailing list with hints on how to setup it up (there is a
small
trick
with the mouse you need to know).

–
Jens
“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:aenecm$v0$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Can you run X without photon? And if so, how?

Pete Eddy





\

Chris McKillop <> cdm@qnx.com> > “The faster I go, the behinder I
get.”
Software Engineer, QSSL – Lewis Carroll –
http://qnx.wox.org/




\

8

I have the X server starting up, and I added blackbox to my .xinitrc. But
it just brings up the server without any window manager.
I looked at /opt/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc and I thought that it should
have started something when I didn’t have a local one.
What is the sequence of events once I run startx. Is there a way to get out
of the X server once it starts. I thought on other systems ctrl-alt-
key got me back to the command line but that doen’t seem to do anything
under QNX.

Pete Eddy


“Jens H Jorgensen” <jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> wrote in message
news:aeq2p6$2du$1@inn.qnx.com…

I am not quite sure if any desktops (KDE or Gnome) have been ported to
QNX,
but there are few window managers available such as Blackbox and others -
again look at > http://sourceforge.net/projects/openqnx > for binaries.

–
Jens


“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:aeq0qf$122$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Excellent, that means they all have source code as well!
What about Gnome, KDE? What desktop type packages have been ported to
QNX?

Pete Eddy

“Jens H Jorgensen” <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote in message
news:aeq0e9$vc$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
XFree86 uses their own graphics driver set. You can refer to
http://xfree86.org/ > for support for different video boards. In 4.2
they
have
pretty good support for all newer video boards.

–
Jens
“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:aepv0r$spf$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Thanks Chris, I’ll give it a try.

I want to see if Xwindows apps behaved better with out Photon.
Using
DDD, and Nedit it seems that the file select boxes act a little odd.
I
double click and nothing happens. So I click until the mouse starts
smoking
and it finally excepts the double click. Maybe I’m missing
something
in
the
configuration.

Does XWindows (not X of Photon) use the same graphics drivers as
Photon?

Pete Eddy


“Chris McKillop” <> cdm@qnx.com> > wrote in message
news:aenur5$li7$> 1@nntp.qnx.com> …
Also, if you have the “Public CDROM” that was released with 6.2
you
have
everything in a much nicer package format. Once you have
/opt/X11R6
(either
from the package on the CD or from the openqnx tarball) you do
this
(as
root):

setconf CS_LIBPATH /opt/X11R6/lib:getconf CS_LIBPATH
/usr/photon/bin/devi-hirun -Pr ps2 mousev ← Assumes you
have
a
ps2
/opt/X11R6/bin/X -configure
cp /root/XF86config.new /etc/X11/XF86config
/opt/X11R6/bin/startx

chris


Jens H Jorgensen <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote:
Go to > http://sourceforge.net/projects/openqnx > and get XFree86
4.2.
There
is
also a mailing list with hints on how to setup it up (there is a
small
trick
with the mouse you need to know).

–
Jens
“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:aenecm$v0$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Can you run X without photon? And if so, how?

Pete Eddy





\

Chris McKillop <> cdm@qnx.com> > “The faster I go, the behinder
I
get.”
Software Engineer, QSSL – Lewis Carroll –
http://qnx.wox.org/






\

9

For getting back to the command prompt: ctrl-alt-back space works under QNX.

Check that you machine name resolves correctly - i.e. if you are “localhost”
then make sure that there is a 127.1 for localhost in your /etc/hosts.

Jens

“Pete Eddy” <peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> wrote in message
news:af7d4t$98k$1@inn.qnx.com…

I have the X server starting up, and I added blackbox to my .xinitrc. But
it just brings up the server without any window manager.
I looked at /opt/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc and I thought that it should
have started something when I didn’t have a local one.
What is the sequence of events once I run startx. Is there a way to get
out
of the X server once it starts. I thought on other systems ctrl-alt-<Fx
key got me back to the command line but that doen’t seem to do anything
under QNX.

Pete Eddy


“Jens H Jorgensen” <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote in message
news:aeq2p6$2du$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I am not quite sure if any desktops (KDE or Gnome) have been ported to
QNX,
but there are few window managers available such as Blackbox and
others -
again look at > http://sourceforge.net/projects/openqnx > for binaries.

–
Jens


“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:aeq0qf$122$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Excellent, that means they all have source code as well!
What about Gnome, KDE? What desktop type packages have been ported to
QNX?

Pete Eddy

“Jens H Jorgensen” <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote in message
news:aeq0e9$vc$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
XFree86 uses their own graphics driver set. You can refer to
http://xfree86.org/ > for support for different video boards. In 4.2
they
have
pretty good support for all newer video boards.

–
Jens
“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:aepv0r$spf$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Thanks Chris, I’ll give it a try.

I want to see if Xwindows apps behaved better with out Photon.
Using
DDD, and Nedit it seems that the file select boxes act a little
odd.
I
double click and nothing happens. So I click until the mouse
starts
smoking
and it finally excepts the double click. Maybe I’m missing
something
in
the
configuration.

Does XWindows (not X of Photon) use the same graphics drivers
as
Photon?

Pete Eddy


“Chris McKillop” <> cdm@qnx.com> > wrote in message
news:aenur5$li7$> 1@nntp.qnx.com> …
Also, if you have the “Public CDROM” that was released with 6.2
you
have
everything in a much nicer package format. Once you have
/opt/X11R6
(either
from the package on the CD or from the openqnx tarball) you do
this
(as
root):

setconf CS_LIBPATH /opt/X11R6/lib:getconf CS_LIBPATH
/usr/photon/bin/devi-hirun -Pr ps2 mousev ← Assumes
you
have
a
ps2
/opt/X11R6/bin/X -configure
cp /root/XF86config.new /etc/X11/XF86config
/opt/X11R6/bin/startx

chris


Jens H Jorgensen <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote:
Go to > http://sourceforge.net/projects/openqnx > and get XFree86
4.2.
There
is
also a mailing list with hints on how to setup it up (there is
a
small
trick
with the mouse you need to know).

–
Jens
“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:aenecm$v0$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Can you run X without photon? And if so, how?

Pete Eddy





\

Chris McKillop <> cdm@qnx.com> > “The faster I go, the
behinder
I
get.”
Software Engineer, QSSL – Lewis Carroll –
http://qnx.wox.org/








\

10

That’s in the default hosts file.
What did you do to configure it?

Pete

“Jens H Jorgensen” <jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> wrote in message
news:af7l0c$ejb$1@inn.qnx.com…

For getting back to the command prompt: ctrl-alt-back space works under
QNX.

Check that you machine name resolves correctly - i.e. if you are
“localhost”
then make sure that there is a 127.1 for localhost in your /etc/hosts.

Jens

“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:af7d4t$98k$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I have the X server starting up, and I added blackbox to my .xinitrc.
But
it just brings up the server without any window manager.
I looked at /opt/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc and I thought that it
should
have started something when I didn’t have a local one.
What is the sequence of events once I run startx. Is there a way to get
out
of the X server once it starts. I thought on other systems
ctrl-alt-<Fx
key got me back to the command line but that doen’t seem to do anything
under QNX.

Pete Eddy


“Jens H Jorgensen” <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote in message
news:aeq2p6$2du$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I am not quite sure if any desktops (KDE or Gnome) have been ported to
QNX,
but there are few window managers available such as Blackbox and
others -
again look at > http://sourceforge.net/projects/openqnx > for binaries.

–
Jens


“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:aeq0qf$122$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Excellent, that means they all have source code as well!
What about Gnome, KDE? What desktop type packages have been ported
to
QNX?

Pete Eddy

“Jens H Jorgensen” <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote in message
news:aeq0e9$vc$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
XFree86 uses their own graphics driver set. You can refer to
http://xfree86.org/ > for support for different video boards. In 4.2
they
have
pretty good support for all newer video boards.

–
Jens
“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:aepv0r$spf$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Thanks Chris, I’ll give it a try.

I want to see if Xwindows apps behaved better with out
Photon.
Using
DDD, and Nedit it seems that the file select boxes act a little
odd.
I
double click and nothing happens. So I click until the mouse
starts
smoking
and it finally excepts the double click. Maybe I’m missing
something
in
the
configuration.

Does XWindows (not X of Photon) use the same graphics
drivers
as
Photon?

Pete Eddy


“Chris McKillop” <> cdm@qnx.com> > wrote in message
news:aenur5$li7$> 1@nntp.qnx.com> …
Also, if you have the “Public CDROM” that was released with
6.2
you
have
everything in a much nicer package format. Once you have
/opt/X11R6
(either
from the package on the CD or from the openqnx tarball) you do
this
(as
root):

setconf CS_LIBPATH /opt/X11R6/lib:getconf CS_LIBPATH
/usr/photon/bin/devi-hirun -Pr ps2 mousev ← Assumes
you
have
a
ps2
/opt/X11R6/bin/X -configure
cp /root/XF86config.new /etc/X11/XF86config
/opt/X11R6/bin/startx

chris


Jens H Jorgensen <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote:
Go to > http://sourceforge.net/projects/openqnx > and get
XFree86
4.2.
There
is
also a mailing list with hints on how to setup it up (there
is
a
small
trick
with the mouse you need to know).

–
Jens
“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:aenecm$v0$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Can you run X without photon? And if so, how?

Pete Eddy





\

Chris McKillop <> cdm@qnx.com> > “The faster I go, the
behinder
I
get.”
Software Engineer, QSSL – Lewis
Carroll –
http://qnx.wox.org/










\

11

The easiest way to configure your machine name is through the network setup
in Photon. Otherwise you can also manually change it in /etc/net.cfg.

/etc/hosts I edit manually with something like vi or jed.

You can also check everything with ping - for instance

ping localhost

–
Jens

“Pete Eddy” <peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> wrote in message
news:af7tvb$ku2$1@inn.qnx.com…

That’s in the default hosts file.
What did you do to configure it?

Pete

“Jens H Jorgensen” <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote in message
news:af7l0c$ejb$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
For getting back to the command prompt: ctrl-alt-back space works under
QNX.

Check that you machine name resolves correctly - i.e. if you are
“localhost”
then make sure that there is a 127.1 for localhost in your /etc/hosts.

Jens

“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:af7d4t$98k$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I have the X server starting up, and I added blackbox to my .xinitrc.
But
it just brings up the server without any window manager.
I looked at /opt/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc and I thought that it
should
have started something when I didn’t have a local one.
What is the sequence of events once I run startx. Is there a way to
get
out
of the X server once it starts. I thought on other systems
ctrl-alt-<Fx
key got me back to the command line but that doen’t seem to do
anything
under QNX.

Pete Eddy


“Jens H Jorgensen” <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote in message
news:aeq2p6$2du$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I am not quite sure if any desktops (KDE or Gnome) have been ported
to
QNX,
but there are few window managers available such as Blackbox and
others -
again look at > http://sourceforge.net/projects/openqnx > for binaries.

–
Jens


“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:aeq0qf$122$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Excellent, that means they all have source code as well!
What about Gnome, KDE? What desktop type packages have been
ported
to
QNX?

Pete Eddy

“Jens H Jorgensen” <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote in message
news:aeq0e9$vc$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
XFree86 uses their own graphics driver set. You can refer to
http://xfree86.org/ > for support for different video boards. In
4.2
they
have
pretty good support for all newer video boards.

–
Jens
“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:aepv0r$spf$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Thanks Chris, I’ll give it a try.

I want to see if Xwindows apps behaved better with out
Photon.
Using
DDD, and Nedit it seems that the file select boxes act a
little
odd.
I
double click and nothing happens. So I click until the mouse
starts
smoking
and it finally excepts the double click. Maybe I’m missing
something
in
the
configuration.

Does XWindows (not X of Photon) use the same graphics
drivers
as
Photon?

Pete Eddy


“Chris McKillop” <> cdm@qnx.com> > wrote in message
news:aenur5$li7$> 1@nntp.qnx.com> …
Also, if you have the “Public CDROM” that was released with
6.2
you
have
everything in a much nicer package format. Once you have
/opt/X11R6
(either
from the package on the CD or from the openqnx tarball) you
do
this
(as
root):

setconf CS_LIBPATH /opt/X11R6/lib:getconf CS_LIBPATH
/usr/photon/bin/devi-hirun -Pr ps2 mousev ←
Assumes
you
have
a
ps2
/opt/X11R6/bin/X -configure
cp /root/XF86config.new /etc/X11/XF86config
/opt/X11R6/bin/startx

chris


Jens H Jorgensen <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote:
Go to > http://sourceforge.net/projects/openqnx > and get
XFree86
4.2.
There
is
also a mailing list with hints on how to setup it up
(there
is
a
small
trick
with the mouse you need to know).

–
Jens
“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:aenecm$v0$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Can you run X without photon? And if so, how?

Pete Eddy





\

Chris McKillop <> cdm@qnx.com> > “The faster I go, the
behinder
I
get.”
Software Engineer, QSSL – Lewis
Carroll –
http://qnx.wox.org/












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The networking IS working. I wanted to know what you did to configure
Xwindows on QNX.
What do you have to change from the default configuration that comes with
XFree86?

Pete Eddy

“Jens H Jorgensen” <jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> wrote in message
news:af7up3$lgu$1@inn.qnx.com…

The easiest way to configure your machine name is through the network
setup
in Photon. Otherwise you can also manually change it in /etc/net.cfg.

/etc/hosts I edit manually with something like vi or jed.

You can also check everything with ping - for instance

ping localhost

–
Jens

“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:af7tvb$ku2$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
That’s in the default hosts file.
What did you do to configure it?

Pete

“Jens H Jorgensen” <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote in message
news:af7l0c$ejb$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
For getting back to the command prompt: ctrl-alt-back space works
under
QNX.

Check that you machine name resolves correctly - i.e. if you are
“localhost”
then make sure that there is a 127.1 for localhost in your /etc/hosts.

Jens

“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:af7d4t$98k$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I have the X server starting up, and I added blackbox to my
…xinitrc.
But
it just brings up the server without any window manager.
I looked at /opt/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc and I thought that it
should
have started something when I didn’t have a local one.
What is the sequence of events once I run startx. Is there a way to
get
out
of the X server once it starts. I thought on other systems
ctrl-alt-<Fx
key got me back to the command line but that doen’t seem to do
anything
under QNX.

Pete Eddy


“Jens H Jorgensen” <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote in message
news:aeq2p6$2du$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I am not quite sure if any desktops (KDE or Gnome) have been
ported
to
QNX,
but there are few window managers available such as Blackbox and
others -
again look at > http://sourceforge.net/projects/openqnx > for
binaries.

–
Jens


“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:aeq0qf$122$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Excellent, that means they all have source code as well!
What about Gnome, KDE? What desktop type packages have been
ported
to
QNX?

Pete Eddy

“Jens H Jorgensen” <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote in
message
news:aeq0e9$vc$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
XFree86 uses their own graphics driver set. You can refer to
http://xfree86.org/ > for support for different video boards. In
4.2
they
have
pretty good support for all newer video boards.

–
Jens
“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:aepv0r$spf$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Thanks Chris, I’ll give it a try.

I want to see if Xwindows apps behaved better with out
Photon.
Using
DDD, and Nedit it seems that the file select boxes act a
little
odd.
I
double click and nothing happens. So I click until the mouse
starts
smoking
and it finally excepts the double click. Maybe I’m missing
something
in
the
configuration.

Does XWindows (not X of Photon) use the same graphics
drivers
as
Photon?

Pete Eddy


“Chris McKillop” <> cdm@qnx.com> > wrote in message
news:aenur5$li7$> 1@nntp.qnx.com> …
Also, if you have the “Public CDROM” that was released
with
6.2
you
have
everything in a much nicer package format. Once you have
/opt/X11R6
(either
from the package on the CD or from the openqnx tarball)
you
do
this
(as
root):

setconf CS_LIBPATH /opt/X11R6/lib:getconf CS_LIBPATH
/usr/photon/bin/devi-hirun -Pr ps2 mousev ←
Assumes
you
have
a
ps2
/opt/X11R6/bin/X -configure
cp /root/XF86config.new /etc/X11/XF86config
/opt/X11R6/bin/startx

chris


Jens H Jorgensen <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote:
Go to > http://sourceforge.net/projects/openqnx > and get
XFree86
4.2.
There
is
also a mailing list with hints on how to setup it up
(there
is
a
small
trick
with the mouse you need to know).

–
Jens
“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:aenecm$v0$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Can you run X without photon? And if so, how?

Pete Eddy





\

Chris McKillop <> cdm@qnx.com> > “The faster I go, the
behinder
I
get.”
Software Engineer, QSSL – Lewis
Carroll –
http://qnx.wox.org/














\

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Oh - that was what you meant - sorry about that.

The easiest way is to run the x-server in configuration mode:

  1. Login as root
  2. Run /opt/X11R6/bin/X -configure

The above will detect the graphics card(s) on your system and create a basic
XFree configuration file. Look at sourceforge under the OpenQNX project.
Frank wrote a very nice “getting started” message in the mailing list
(http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=581842&forum_id=99).

–
Jens

“Pete Eddy” <peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> wrote in message
news:af9oho$2ik$1@inn.qnx.com…

The networking IS working. I wanted to know what you did to configure
Xwindows on QNX.
What do you have to change from the default configuration that comes with
XFree86?

Pete Eddy

“Jens H Jorgensen” <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote in message
news:af7up3$lgu$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
The easiest way to configure your machine name is through the network
setup
in Photon. Otherwise you can also manually change it in /etc/net.cfg.

/etc/hosts I edit manually with something like vi or jed.

You can also check everything with ping - for instance

ping localhost

–
Jens

“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:af7tvb$ku2$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
That’s in the default hosts file.
What did you do to configure it?

Pete

“Jens H Jorgensen” <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote in message
news:af7l0c$ejb$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
For getting back to the command prompt: ctrl-alt-back space works
under
QNX.

Check that you machine name resolves correctly - i.e. if you are
“localhost”
then make sure that there is a 127.1 for localhost in your
/etc/hosts.

Jens

“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:af7d4t$98k$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I have the X server starting up, and I added blackbox to my
.xinitrc.
But
it just brings up the server without any window manager.
I looked at /opt/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc and I thought that it
should
have started something when I didn’t have a local one.
What is the sequence of events once I run startx. Is there a way
to
get
out
of the X server once it starts. I thought on other systems
ctrl-alt-<Fx
key got me back to the command line but that doen’t seem to do
anything
under QNX.

Pete Eddy


“Jens H Jorgensen” <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote in message
news:aeq2p6$2du$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I am not quite sure if any desktops (KDE or Gnome) have been
ported
to
QNX,
but there are few window managers available such as Blackbox and
others -
again look at > http://sourceforge.net/projects/openqnx > for
binaries.

–
Jens


“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:aeq0qf$122$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Excellent, that means they all have source code as well!
What about Gnome, KDE? What desktop type packages have been
ported
to
QNX?

Pete Eddy

“Jens H Jorgensen” <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote in
message
news:aeq0e9$vc$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
XFree86 uses their own graphics driver set. You can refer to
http://xfree86.org/ > for support for different video boards.
In
4.2
they
have
pretty good support for all newer video boards.

–
Jens
“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:aepv0r$spf$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Thanks Chris, I’ll give it a try.

I want to see if Xwindows apps behaved better with out
Photon.
Using
DDD, and Nedit it seems that the file select boxes act a
little
odd.
I
double click and nothing happens. So I click until the
mouse
starts
smoking
and it finally excepts the double click. Maybe I’m
missing
something
in
the
configuration.

Does XWindows (not X of Photon) use the same graphics
drivers
as
Photon?

Pete Eddy


“Chris McKillop” <> cdm@qnx.com> > wrote in message
news:aenur5$li7$> 1@nntp.qnx.com> …
Also, if you have the “Public CDROM” that was released
with
6.2
you
have
everything in a much nicer package format. Once you
have
/opt/X11R6
(either
from the package on the CD or from the openqnx tarball)
you
do
this
(as
root):

setconf CS_LIBPATH /opt/X11R6/lib:getconf CS_LIBPATH
/usr/photon/bin/devi-hirun -Pr ps2 mousev ←
Assumes
you
have
a
ps2
/opt/X11R6/bin/X -configure
cp /root/XF86config.new /etc/X11/XF86config
/opt/X11R6/bin/startx

chris


Jens H Jorgensen <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote:
Go to > http://sourceforge.net/projects/openqnx > and get
XFree86
4.2.
There
is
also a mailing list with hints on how to setup it up
(there
is
a
small
trick
with the mouse you need to know).

–
Jens
“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:aenecm$v0$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Can you run X without photon? And if so, how?

Pete Eddy





\

Chris McKillop <> cdm@qnx.com> > “The faster I go, the
behinder
I
get.”
Software Engineer, QSSL – Lewis
Carroll –
http://qnx.wox.org/
















\

14

I did every thing that was talked about there.
The Xserver is starting up,
I can wiggle the mouse,
BUT the Window Manager which is in xintrc
file isn’t running, clicking the mouse does nothing!
How do I get debug the fact that the window manager is
not running???

Pete

“Jens H Jorgensen” <jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> wrote in message
news:af9ppu$3nj$1@inn.qnx.com…

Oh - that was what you meant - sorry about that.

The easiest way is to run the x-server in configuration mode:

  1. Login as root
  2. Run /opt/X11R6/bin/X -configure

The above will detect the graphics card(s) on your system and create a
basic
XFree configuration file. Look at sourceforge under the OpenQNX project.
Frank wrote a very nice “getting started” message in the mailing list

(> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=581842&forum_id=99> ).

–
Jens

“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:af9oho$2ik$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
The networking IS working. I wanted to know what you did to configure
Xwindows on QNX.
What do you have to change from the default configuration that comes
with
XFree86?

Pete Eddy

“Jens H Jorgensen” <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote in message
news:af7up3$lgu$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
The easiest way to configure your machine name is through the network
setup
in Photon. Otherwise you can also manually change it in /etc/net.cfg.

/etc/hosts I edit manually with something like vi or jed.

You can also check everything with ping - for instance

ping localhost

–
Jens

“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:af7tvb$ku2$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
That’s in the default hosts file.
What did you do to configure it?

Pete

“Jens H Jorgensen” <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote in message
news:af7l0c$ejb$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
For getting back to the command prompt: ctrl-alt-back space works
under
QNX.

Check that you machine name resolves correctly - i.e. if you are
“localhost”
then make sure that there is a 127.1 for localhost in your
/etc/hosts.

Jens

“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:af7d4t$98k$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I have the X server starting up, and I added blackbox to my
.xinitrc.
But
it just brings up the server without any window manager.
I looked at /opt/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc and I thought that
it
should
have started something when I didn’t have a local one.
What is the sequence of events once I run startx. Is there a
way
to
get
out
of the X server once it starts. I thought on other systems
ctrl-alt-<Fx
key got me back to the command line but that doen’t seem to do
anything
under QNX.

Pete Eddy


“Jens H Jorgensen” <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote in
message
news:aeq2p6$2du$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I am not quite sure if any desktops (KDE or Gnome) have been
ported
to
QNX,
but there are few window managers available such as Blackbox
and
others -
again look at > http://sourceforge.net/projects/openqnx > for
binaries.

–
Jens


“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:aeq0qf$122$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Excellent, that means they all have source code as well!
What about Gnome, KDE? What desktop type packages have been
ported
to
QNX?

Pete Eddy

“Jens H Jorgensen” <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote in
message
news:aeq0e9$vc$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
XFree86 uses their own graphics driver set. You can refer
to
http://xfree86.org/ > for support for different video
boards.
In
4.2
they
have
pretty good support for all newer video boards.

–
Jens
“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:aepv0r$spf$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Thanks Chris, I’ll give it a try.

I want to see if Xwindows apps behaved better with
out
Photon.
Using
DDD, and Nedit it seems that the file select boxes act a
little
odd.
I
double click and nothing happens. So I click until the
mouse
starts
smoking
and it finally excepts the double click. Maybe I’m
missing
something
in
the
configuration.

Does XWindows (not X of Photon) use the same
graphics
drivers
as
Photon?

Pete Eddy


“Chris McKillop” <> cdm@qnx.com> > wrote in message
news:aenur5$li7$> 1@nntp.qnx.com> …
Also, if you have the “Public CDROM” that was released
with
6.2
you
have
everything in a much nicer package format. Once you
have
/opt/X11R6
(either
from the package on the CD or from the openqnx
tarball)
you
do
this
(as
root):

setconf CS_LIBPATH /opt/X11R6/lib:getconf CS_LIBPATH
/usr/photon/bin/devi-hirun -Pr ps2 mousev ←
Assumes
you
have
a
ps2
/opt/X11R6/bin/X -configure
cp /root/XF86config.new /etc/X11/XF86config
/opt/X11R6/bin/startx

chris


Jens H Jorgensen <> jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> > wrote:
Go to > http://sourceforge.net/projects/openqnx > and
get
XFree86
4.2.
There
is
also a mailing list with hints on how to setup it up
(there
is
a
small
trick
with the mouse you need to know).

–
Jens
“Pete Eddy” <> peter.w.eddy@lmco.com> > wrote in message
news:aenecm$v0$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Can you run X without photon? And if so, how?

Pete Eddy





\

Chris McKillop <> cdm@qnx.com> > “The faster I go,
the
behinder
I
get.”
Software Engineer, QSSL – Lewis
Carroll –
http://qnx.wox.org/


















\