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From: veit@mururoa.gmd.de (Holger Veit)
Subject: Re: does XFree86-1.3 and/or codrv actually work?
Message-ID: <1993Jun29.071244.3881@gmd.de>
Sender: veit@mururoa (Holger Veit)
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Organization: GMD - German National Research Center for Computer Science
References: <1993Jun28.072719.16216@qualcomm.com> <1993Jun28.102903.12571@gmd.de> <1993Jun29.031849.4060@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1993 07:12:44 GMT
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In article <1993Jun29.031849.4060@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca>, todd@flex.eng.mcmaster.ca (Todd Pfaff) writes:
|> In article <1993Jun28.102903.12571@gmd.de> veit@mururoa.gmd.de (Holger Veit) writes:
[...]
|> I tried using codrv after installing pk-0.2.4. It worked fine until I
|> started X. All I got from X was a blank black screen and then the server
|> aborts and doesn't restore text mode. I was able to reboot at this point
|> although I couldn't see what I was typing. I have redirected the output of
|> startx to a file and there are no error messages.
|>
|> I've got XFree86-1.3 installed but I'm using the XBSD8514-0.1 server which
|> I was using with XFree86-1.2. This works fine with pk-0.2.4 and pccons.
|> Should I obtain (or build) an updated 8514 server for XFree86-1.3?
Ah, this is your problem, and probably the main problem of many others.
The accelerated drivers are not yet compatible with codrv. The 8514 and S3
servers branched from the XFree86 tree some time before codrv was released.
Integration of these servers is scheduled for XFree86-2.0 (the next version,
no release date yet). So the only hardware that is compatible now is the one
which runs with the servers labelled XFree86-1.3. Sorry. I have the disk
space to compile any kind of server, but have not the hardware to test
anything other than SVGAs. I do not want to interfere in the development
process of the "official" XFree86 accel group, but if some of the second
source xserver developers are interested and would contact me (pointing me
to a stable set of sources, not diffs), I would have a look at the code and
see what to do.
There are several changes necessary to put in codrv stuff into the xserver,
it is not only a matter of some changing of the input channel (/dev/vga->/dev/kbd,
for instance). If you would like to do something in this area, or contribute
or test code, you should get into contact with the XFree86 team and subscribe
on the beta list (send a request to be added to xfree86@physics.su.oz.au;
this is not an automatic server, so be polite).
|>
|> I reverted to pccons (MAKEDEV pc0, edit /etc/ttys to change console to vga)
|> and then I had a problem root logins on the console. Basically, login was
|> telling me that root logins were not allowed on ttyv0. I overcame this
|> problem by adding ttyv0-3 to /etc/ttys with the secure keyword. But why
|> did this problem suddenly appear? Is this a result of pk-0.2.4?
I doubt so, I had the effect of non root login without 'secure' long ago.
|>
|> Anyway, XFree86-1.3 is running fine now with pccons but I'd like to get
^^^^^^^^^^^
You mean 1.2 server with 1.3 binaries and libs, yes?
|> it going with codrv.
|>
|> --
|> --
|> Todd Pfaff \ Internet: todd@flex.eng.mcmaster.ca
|> Dept. of Mechanical Engineering \ Voice: (416) 525-9140 x2902
|> McMaster University \ FAX: (416) 572-7944
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