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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!foxhound.dsto.gov.au!fang.dsto.gov.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!news.adelaide.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!usc!cs.utexas.edu!convex!grefen From: grefen@convex.com (Stefan Grefen) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: NetBSD-current with XFree86-2.X ?? Date: 3 May 1994 11:51:17 GMT Organization: CONVEX Computer Corp, Richardson, TX USA Lines: 45 Message-ID: <2q5drl$5nf@convex.convex.com> References: <2q43ag$ijm@aggedor.rmit.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: hydra.convex.com In article <2q43ag$ijm@aggedor.rmit.edu.au>, Glen Pill <rxtgep@geppc.xx.rmit.edu.au> wrote: > >I've been having limited success at getting XFree86 up and running with >NetBSD-current. Firstly, I tried XFree86-2.1 and had no success, with the >X programs returning back a 'Cannot map ld.so' error. I switched back to It looks like it was compiled with a (now) bogus version of crt0.o. The mmap call for ld.so fails. I've a previous version that does work fine. The libraries are fine. In the latest version of -current a bug was introduced in I guess the memory mapping and all versions of the Xserver stopped working. I hope it is fixed already . >XFree86-2.0 as I had this running fine when I was running NetBSD-0.9. I >_thought_ I had XFree86-2.0 running, it would run binaries just fine, but >when it came to compiling anything, things would compile just fine until >the compiled program returned a 'Cannot open display' error. After the changes to 64bit filepointers you can't link the old version because the size of the stat structure is different now. I'm running binaries 2.1 old and libraries 2.1 new. Stefan > >I'm running NetBSD-current, and would prefer to get XFree86-2.1 running, >but am prepared to drop to 2.0 if I can only get that going. > >Can someone please shed some light on these bizarre problems???? > >Glen. > > >-- >Glen Pill Internet : glenp@rmit.edu.au >Tech. Officer Snail : 124 LaTrobe St, Melb. Oz. 3000 >Network Services Phone : +61 3 660 2538 >RMIT Computer Centre Fax : +61 3 663 5652 -- Stefan Grefen Convex Computer GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany grefen@convex.com Phone: +49-69-665270