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From: cproto@cs.curtin.edu.au (Computer Protocol)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: NetBSD-0.9: XFree86 non-success story.
Date: 9 Sep 93 15:02:20 GMT
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
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References: <MIKE.93Sep6202832@majestix.cs.uoregon.edu>
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mike@majestix.cs.uoregon.edu (Michael John Haertel) writes:

>I rebuilt XFree86-1.3 from scratch again, this time installing
>server/ddx/x386/etc/ioctl_pc.h as /usr/include/sys/ioctl_pc.h first.
>Unlike my previous experience, the build and installation proceeded
>without trouble.  I made absolutely no modifications to the distributed
>sources.

>However, it still reboots the machine when run.  As before, it gets as
>far as switching video modes before it crashes.

Try running startx from a terminal connected to com0. The output
might give you some hint.

Regards - Tibor Sashegyi (cproto@cs.curtin.edu.au)