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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!metro!news From: dawes@physics.su.OZ.AU (David Dawes) Subject: Re: Help with X386 and xmd!!!! Message-ID: <1992Sep8.070147.17841@ucc.su.OZ.AU> Sender: news@ucc.su.OZ.AU Nntp-Posting-Host: physics.su.oz.au Organization: School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia References: <1992Sep6.115915.3934@desire.wright.edu> <1992Sep7.232511.6638@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 07:01:47 GMT Lines: 53 In article <1992Sep7.232511.6638@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> tgt@neon.ecn.purdue.edu (Conan the Librarian) writes: >In article <1992Sep6.115915.3934@desire.wright.edu> cse0935@desire.wright.edu writes: >>I'm in some dire need of help with X386. Any help would be much appreciated. >>Here is my xdm-errors file..... >> >>X386 Version 1.2E 1.0.1 / X Window System >>(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000) >>error (pid 90): IO Error in XOpenDisplay >>error (pid 88): Display :0 cannot be opened >>X386 Version 1.2E 1.0.1 / X Window System >>(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000) >>error (pid 93): IO Error in XOpenDisplay >>error (pid 88): Display :0 cannot be opened >>X386 Version 1.2E 1.0.1 / X Window System >>(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000) >>error (pid 95): IO Error in XOpenDisplay >>error (pid 88): Display :0 cannot be opened >>X386 Version 1.2E 1.0.1 / X Window System >>(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000) >>error (pid 98): IO Error in XOpenDisplay >>error (pid 88): Display :0 cannot be opened >>error (pid 88): Display :0 is being disabled >> > (stuff deleted) > >DITTO!! I am also getting the above messages in the xdm-errors >file. I am trying to startup in 640x480 mode (I have an ATI Graphics >Ultra card) so I have commented out the Chipset, Vendor, etc. >lines of the Xconfig file. "Modes" is left defined as 640x480. > >As soon as xinit starts (at the end of the startx script) my >screen blanks, I get the Version info, and then nothing! I >can get characters to echo on the screen, but I get no >usable response and am unable to recover without rebooting. The current version doesn't support the ATI chipset. The next release will have support for the ATI SVGA chipset (but not 8514/A). I Contrary to what someone else posted, the current X386 will not drive a generic VGA card in 640x480 (or any other resolution). The next release (XFree86 1.1) will also have support for the Trident 8900C chipset, and will include a monochrome server that should run on most generic VGA cards. Support for 386BSD is also greatly improved. This version is in beta-test at the moment, and will probably be released at the end of the month. David -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ David Dawes (dawes@physics.su.oz.au) DoD#210 | Phone: +61 2 692 2639 School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia | Fax: +61 2 660 2903 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------