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- From: kraus@rtsg.mot.com (David Kraus)
- Subject: .98 and up won't run Xfree86{mono or color}
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- Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Division
- Distribution: comp
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 20:48:43 GMT
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- Ok, I've been puzzling over this the last couple of weeks, and I'm stumped.
-
- I can run the latest Xfree86 on .97pl2 (contrary to the README) with the
- mono server and low-res just fine. But, if I boot anything over .98, the
- VGA goes into graphics mode with a mostly blank screen, and dies, leaving
- me in graphics mode...
-
- I'm currently trying a .98pl4 kernel, using the EXTENDED_VGA display in the
- makefile, and leaving out all the SCSI drivers except the Seagate.
- Otherwise, it's a default kernel. Video card is an ATI Integra (28800-5
- chipset), in case someone thinks that matters.
-
- Now, what I'm getting under the screen when the X server comes up:
-
- 07:52:29> X
- no SIOCGIFCONF
- XFree86 Version 1.1 / X Window System
- (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000)
- Configured drivers:
- VGA2 (monochrome VGA):
- et4000, et3000, pvga1, gvga, tvga8900, generic
- VGA2: generic (mem:64k (using 64k) numclocks: 2)
- VGA2: clocks: 25 28
-
- This was captured this morning. In tests with another terminal hooked to
- /dev/ttys2 and stderr/stdout redirected to it, I also saw something about
- an unexpected signal 2 and waiting for the X server to shut down.
-
- I also get the same stuff when I run it as X -pn, so it isn't just the fact
- that TCP/IP is compiled in but not set up. Or maybe it is and I don't know
- it.
-
- If anyone else has seen this behavior, and has figured out what to do about
- it, I'd appreciate some pointers. And if this was covered a few weeks back
- and I missed it, well, sorry about that, too...
-
- Thanks.
-
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