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From: moos@kirk.fmi.uni-passau.de (Darius Moos)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: PLEASE HELP ! Problem with XFree-2.0 and FreeBSD-1.0EPS
Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Date: 4 Nov 1993 18:06:44 GMT
Organization: University of Passau, Germany
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PLEASE HELP. PLEASE HELP. PLEASE HELP. PLEASE HELP. PLEASE HELP. PLEASE HELP.

Hi,

I'm running FreeBSD-1.0-EPSILON on an i486-DX/2-66 with the OEM-version of the
ATI-Ultra-Pro-VLB (2MB VRAM). A few days ago i installed the binaries of
XFree-2.0, made the right link (X pointing on XF86_Mach32) and configured the
Xconfig (chipset = "mach32", videoram 2048, put in the right clocks- and ModeDB-
lines). After starting X with 'startx' everything's well, and when i'm leaving
X-Windows by typing 'exit' or <CTRL>-d in the Login-Window, X is killed and
disappeares but the console is still locked in the following way:
 The screen shows all the characters that were typed in before starting X.
 So this is no error and everything i'm typing on the keyboard, appears also on
 the screen, but the machine doesn't react anymore to the commands and there is
 also no prompt waiting for input.
OK, so far for the behaviour of the machine. Now my questions:
 1. Are there any people with the same problem ?
 2. What makes the problem occure (FreeBSD or XFree-2.0) ?
 3. How can i fix it ?
Any help and ideas are appreciated.

Please Email to: moos@kirk.fmi.uni-passau.de

Many thanks in advance, Darius.