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From: suzmasa@sm.sony.co.jp (Masahiko Suzuki)
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Subject: Re: X386 keeps Rebooting ! Help !
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Hello,

In article <1lonuj$ce@tricky.wft.stack.urc.tue.nl> jim@wft.stack.urc.tue.nl (Jim Rump) writes:

 |I editted the "Xconfig" file such that it only includes the simplest
 |mode ("640x480"), which has entries with clock frequencies 25 and 31 KHZ.
 |I type "xinit". The screen does something weard, en then it returns to
 |the normal shell display. Only the prompt isn't there and it *reboots*
 |itself.

 Have you solved this problem? I had a same problem, but finally solved
it. I installed XFree86-1.1 as follows:

	Patch patchkit-0.1

	Edit kernel configuration file ("GENERICISA"), and add 2 lines:
		option XSERVER
		option UCONSOLE (I use "pccons" console driver.)
		(Don't add them in Makefile.386bsd.)

	Recompile kernel

	Extract XFree86 distribution package

	Execute /usr/X386/lib/X11/etc/x386install

	Reboot

	Type "xinit" !!	

 If you recompile the kernel correctly, you can successfully install XFree86.

I hope this helps you.

--
Masahiko Suzuki		Sony Corp. Tokyo, Japan.
suzmasa@sm.sony.co.jp