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- From: dawes@physics.su.OZ.AU (David Dawes)
- Subject: Re: Help with X386 and xmd!!!!
- Message-ID: <1992Sep8.070147.17841@ucc.su.OZ.AU>
- Sender: news@ucc.su.OZ.AU
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- Organization: School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia
- References: <1992Sep6.115915.3934@desire.wright.edu> <1992Sep7.232511.6638@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 07:01:47 GMT
- Lines: 53
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- In article <1992Sep7.232511.6638@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> tgt@neon.ecn.purdue.edu (Conan the Librarian) writes:
- >In article <1992Sep6.115915.3934@desire.wright.edu> cse0935@desire.wright.edu writes:
- >>I'm in some dire need of help with X386. Any help would be much appreciated.
- >>Here is my xdm-errors file.....
- >>
- >>X386 Version 1.2E 1.0.1 / X Window System
- >>(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000)
- >>error (pid 90): IO Error in XOpenDisplay
- >>error (pid 88): Display :0 cannot be opened
- >>X386 Version 1.2E 1.0.1 / X Window System
- >>(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000)
- >>error (pid 93): IO Error in XOpenDisplay
- >>error (pid 88): Display :0 cannot be opened
- >>X386 Version 1.2E 1.0.1 / X Window System
- >>(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000)
- >>error (pid 95): IO Error in XOpenDisplay
- >>error (pid 88): Display :0 cannot be opened
- >>X386 Version 1.2E 1.0.1 / X Window System
- >>(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000)
- >>error (pid 98): IO Error in XOpenDisplay
- >>error (pid 88): Display :0 cannot be opened
- >>error (pid 88): Display :0 is being disabled
- >>
- > (stuff deleted)
- >
- >DITTO!! I am also getting the above messages in the xdm-errors
- >file. I am trying to startup in 640x480 mode (I have an ATI Graphics
- >Ultra card) so I have commented out the Chipset, Vendor, etc.
- >lines of the Xconfig file. "Modes" is left defined as 640x480.
- >
- >As soon as xinit starts (at the end of the startx script) my
- >screen blanks, I get the Version info, and then nothing! I
- >can get characters to echo on the screen, but I get no
- >usable response and am unable to recover without rebooting.
-
- The current version doesn't support the ATI chipset. The next release
- will have support for the ATI SVGA chipset (but not 8514/A). I
-
- Contrary to what someone else posted, the current X386 will not drive
- a generic VGA card in 640x480 (or any other resolution).
-
- The next release (XFree86 1.1) will also have support for the Trident
- 8900C chipset, and will include a monochrome server that should run on
- most generic VGA cards. Support for 386BSD is also greatly improved.
- This version is in beta-test at the moment, and will probably be released
- at the end of the month.
-
- David
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