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From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: [386BSD] X386 reboots the system?
Keywords: X386
Message-ID: <gz5n01-.hasty@netcom.com>
Date: 20 Sep 92 20:29:58 GMT
References: <1992Sep19.165954.17800@fwi.uva.nl> <h24n#5=.hasty@netcom.com> <1992Sep20.160616.27280@fwi.uva.nl>
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In article <1992Sep20.160616.27280@fwi.uva.nl> vdlinden@fwi.uva.nl (Frank van der Linden) writes:
>Thanks to Amancio for replying so quickly. It turned out I had given
>/dev/vga the wrong major device number, it's running fine now.
>
>Nice going, Frank, and this right in front of the whole networld.
>Phew, I'm glad this is a text medium, I would not dare show my face
>here otherwise. Oh, by the way, did I tell you that I am in fact just
>using my friend's account ;)
>-- 

I don't want to discourage reporting problems
(no, I am not a masochist)

So, If you are having problems, please feel free to e-mail to me
or to post. I shall post soon a FAQ on XFree86 for 386bsd based
on questions and reported known working hardware.

Your local XFree86 developer,
Amancio Hasty