NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #26/NN_1992_26.iso/spool/comp/os/linux/15983

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From: [e-mail] (Tran)
Subject: Help needed: S3 / Alpha Server
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Organization: Tandem Computers, Cupertino.
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 18:18:29 GMT
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I have been running SLS 0.98.pl1-40 on my Farenheit 1280 card using the
MONO server and would now like to try the Alpha S3 server from
ftp.robots.ox.ac.uk.   I downloaded the source and binaries last night and
installed it on my machine.  When I ran "startx", I got just a blue background
with no cursor or anything.  The mouse did not respond.  When I tried to
rebuild the server with the source, mit/server/dix/cursor.c failed because it
sourced in /mit/server/include/dixfont.h, which sourced in a non-existent
<font.h>.  Would a knowledgeable person out there inform me as to why:

- the binary for the Alpha server failed to work in the first place and
- where I can find font.h and possibly other missing include files in order
   to successfully rebuild the server.  (By the way, I did find a copy of
   font.h and other include files in the directory /mit/server/include/old.
   I tried to compile with these but this generated in many many more
   errors.  I suspected that this is not the correct files.)

FYI, I am running on a 486-33 with a local bus Farenheit-1280 (dont know
if that makes a difference.  The MONO server seemed to work).

Regards,

Hieu T. Tran