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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!darwin.sura.net!jvnc.net!nuscc!ntuix!v9001!az7141633 From: az7141633@v9001 (AZ7141633) Subject: [XFree86] Help needed badly Message-ID: <20NOV199220254593@v9001> News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41 Keywords: Help, XFree86, 386BSD Sender: news@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: v9001.ntu.ac.sg Organization: Nanyang Technological University - Singapore Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 12:25:00 GMT Lines: 49 I am facing the same problem as what both Thanh Luu and S.X. Xue faced; but I could not find any replies to their queries in comp.unix.bsd. I would appreciate if anyone could help us get started with XFree86 and 386BSD. Thanks in advance. Sok Internet addr: az7141633@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg With Love from Nanyang Technological Univ of Singapore >X-NEWS: ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg comp.unix.bsd: 7901 >From: tpl20@pswd.amdahl.com (Thanh Luu) >Subject: Problem starting up X >Date: 13 Nov 92 17:46:56 GMT > >I installed XFree86 and the kernel patch. When I tried to bring up X, using >xinit, I got the following message: > > XIO: fatal IO error 32 (broken pipe) on X server ":0.0" > after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining > The connection was probably broken by a server shutdown or KillClient > >What did I miss to do? Thanks in advance. >X-NEWS: ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg comp.unix.bsd: 7953 >From: sxx4519@ultb.isc.rit.edu (S.X. Xue) >Subject: Starter needs help! >Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 08:20:39 GMT > >I recently installed a copy XFree86 on my newly installed 386BSD. I am >experiencing many problems. Hope experts out there would help me out. > >OS: > 386BSD binary distribution from agate.berkeley.edu > No source distribution, no etc dirstribution > Updated kernel for XFree86 > XFree86 bininary distribution from the same ftp host > X server is set to X386mono (trying to start generic VGA mode) > >Problems: > Printer driver missing (/dev/lp) > C compiler does not work with floating point numbers > -- all numbers are rounded off to intgers > Mtools does not work, > message-- init: open: No such a file or dirctory > X server will not start, > message-- Fatal I/O error 32. Broken pipe on X server...