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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!plaster.csdc.toshiba.com.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!news.rmit.EDU.AU!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.com!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!nntp.coast.net!torn!ccshst05.cs.uoguelph.ca!ccshst01!mstein From: mstein@uoguelph.ca (Matthew Stein) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Inappropriate ioctl for device Date: 22 Mar 1996 07:49:43 GMT Organization: University of Guelph Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4itm2n$nk@ccshst05.cs.uoguelph.ca> References: <4itknp$t6h@ccshst05.cs.uoguelph.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: ccshst01.cs.uoguelph.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Matthew Stein (mstein@uoguelph.ca) wrote: : I've been playing with XFree86 for the past little while, but I'm still : butting my head against the same problem. When X starts things look : great. If I launch an Xterm, or anything that uses an Xterm, the server : errors ... Right after I posted that (15mins ago) I noticed "ioctl" in a NetBSD discussion. My Kernel was missing "options COMPAT_43", and the X stuff is based on the BSD 4.3 compatible io calls. Fixed. Thanks for your time. -- mat. +-Matthew Stein------------------------------email: mstein@uoguelph.ca-+ | A little CompSci...a little B.Comm... phone: 519 824-4120x77318 | | University of Guelph | | http://www.uoguelph.ca/~mstein | +--Due to cutbacks, the light at the end of the tunnel's been dimmed.--+