NetBSD for Dummies

Unlike FreeBSD or OpenBSD, it is difficult to find information on NetBSD (other than on the NetBSD website).

So here's my contribution.

1. Automatically Starting X-Windows
   • Make sure that you have an .xinitrc file in your home directory.
   • Edit rc.conf and add the following line:
     xdm=YES

2. Using wscons in Programs

   For some strange reason, I could not get an answer on how to use wscons and its related components on the various mailing lists. After some experimentation, I found out the following:

   wscons components return information in 16-byte chunks. You cannot read out information one byte at a time, like for Linux.

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