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From: liu@cs.sfu.ca (Lixin Liu)
Subject: X386 under 386BSD does not work
Message-ID: <1992Aug27.200328.7037@cs.sfu.ca>
Keywords: X386, 386BSD
Organization: CSS, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 20:03:28 GMT
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Hi, everyone:

After a few days of trying, I can not get X386 working on my 486 machine.
Start with "xinit", I only got into graphics mode twice during the last a
few days and then the system hangs. But most of time, after the console
displays the following message: 

X386  1.2E  1.0.1  /  X  Window  System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000)

the system hangs without going into the graphics mode and dump a "core.X386".
So, what am I missing?

Here is my configuration:

Hardware:
GA-486US Local Bus motherboard, 64KB Cache, CPU: Intel 486-33
8MB 60ns RAM
Quantam LPS240AT IDE Drive, 30MB for DOS
GA-200 Local Bus VGA card with 1MB memory (ET4000 based)
NEC 5FG monitor
Legend mouse in com1

Kernal: 0.1.26 (Comes with X386 binary)

Xconfig file:

RGBPath		"/usr/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"

Keyboard
  AutoRepeat 500 5
  ServerNumLock

Mousesystems	"/dev/com1"
  BaudRate	1200

vga256
  Chipset	"et4000"
  Vendor	"legend"
  Clocks	 50 57 65 72 80 90 101 127
  Virtual	1152 900
  ViewPort      0 0
  Modes	        "1024x768" "640x480"

ModeDB
#	      clock  	horzontal timing      vertical timing
 "640x480"      50     640  672  768  850    480  550  650  650
 "1024x768"     72    1024 1032 1264 1272    768  786  791  810
 "1152x900"     80    1152 1160 1376 1416    900  900  940  948
 "1152x900"     80    1152 1184 1264 1408    900  905  908  936
                80    1152 1164 1244 1408    900  900  903  936


Thanks for your help!

Lixin
-- 
    mail:  Lixin Liu,   Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
           Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., CANADA  V5A 1S6
  e-mail:  liu@cs.sfu.ca   OR   liu@sfu.ca
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