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- From: pejn@cc.uow.edu.au (Paul Nulsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: [386bsd] Installing X386
- Summary: What is /dev/vga?
- Keywords: 386bsd, X386, installation
- Message-ID: <1992Aug30.025058.21358@cc.uow.edu.au>
- Date: 30 Aug 92 02:50:58 GMT
- Organization: University Of Wollongong
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- This is obviously a stupid question, but I can't seem to find the answer. I
- have tried to install the X386 binaries (X386 version 1.2E 1.0.1) from
- agate.berkeley.edu. When I run startx I get an error message to the effect
- that the server can't open /dev/vga. This is presumably the device that the
- server uses to access the video hardware, but I can't find any info on what
- the device numbers need to be. Being foolhardy, I reckoned this had to be
- some form of access to the console, so I tried mknod /dev/vga c 0 0. The
- result was an instantaneous crash of the whole system. I have not been able
- to find any reference to /dev/vga in any of the information I have
- collected. Can someone please enlighten me - before I do some serious damage
- to my system?
-
- Thanks
- Paul Nulsen
-