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Subject: Repost : Problem starting X server
Message-ID: <1993Apr19.125109.7379@latcs1.lat.oz.au>
From: wongm@latcs2.lat.oz.au (M.C. Wong)
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 12:51:09 GMT
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Hi,
I have posted this problem sometime ago, and get not too many suggestions,
but they don't seem to solve my problem, I therefor repost the problem.
This is what happen when I start up my X server:
XFree86 Version 1.2 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000)
Configured drivers:
VGA256 (256 colour SVGA):
et4000, et3000, pvga1, gvga, ati, tvga8900c, tvga9000
Mouse: type: Microsoft, device: /dev/com2, baudrate: 9600,
3 button emulation
FontPath set to "/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
VGA256: et4000 (mem: 1024k numclocks: 3)
VGA256: clocks: 75.5 50.3 25.2
VGA256: Mode "1024x768": mode clock = 75.5, clock used = 75.5
VGA256: Mode "800x600": mode clock = 50.3, clock used = 50.3
VGA256: Mode "640x480": mode clock = 25.2, clock used = 25.2
VGA256: Virtual resolution set to 1024x1024
VGA256: SpeedUp mode selected (Flags=0x3f)
xinit: Resource temporarily unavailable (errno 35): unexpected signal 3
waiting for X server to shut down ..........
xinit: X server slow to shut down, sending KILL signal.
waiting for server to die ...
xinit: Interrupted system call (errno 4): Can't kill server
So, I thought the problem might be the missing .Xresources and .xinitrc,
and I copy them from the Sun with some small changes and put them in my home
dir. However, that doesn't do me any good either.
The following are the my video system config:
GDE4000VL VESA Local Bus (Tseng Lab) ET4000 , VGA/IDE PLUS multi I/O card.
I first experimented with the dot clock as reported by X, and changd them in
Xconfig file, ie 75.7Hz (1024x768 N/I), 50.3 (800x600), 25.2 (640x480).
the result being that, the screen is blanked out, and just hangs there. It
doesn't respond to CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE, even I comment out DontZap in Xconfig.
I wonder if anyone can shed some light on this ? And, email replies
are mostly welcomed. Many thanks in advance !
BTW, can anyone tell me what does 'silo overflow' mean ? Please forgive me
for such simple question, but I really don't know what it means .
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- wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au