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From: watkins@garnet.idbsu.edu (Chris Watkins)
Subject: X386 - no screens found XIO: fatal IO error 32
Message-ID: <1992Sep5.071044.25106@guinness.idbsu.edu>
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Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 07:10:44 GMT
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I have recently just installed 386BSD. I love it.
But I am having a problem with the X 1.2E 1.0.1 port

I made /dev/vga

then I got
Fatal server error:
no screens found
so I looked over my Xconfig file..
I set the chipset for "pvga"
my card is a Paradise prof vga compatible card.

I have a feeling it's the video card.
But, I looked in modeDB.txt and found that someone had tried an ATI
wonder. Now I wasn't sure if the 386BSD port supported that chipset or
not, but I tried the card anyway.  same results.
Is the answer a cheap ET4000?

Thanks,
chris