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From: ferg@88open.org (John Ferguson)
Subject: Re: XFree startup error
Organization: 88open Consortium Ltd., San Jose
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 20:47:15 GMT
Message-ID: <1993Apr20.204715.7787@88open.org>
References: <1993Apr16.162302.9531@88open.org>
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In article <1993Apr16.162302.9531@88open.org>, I wrotes
> When I try to start X, it fails with a message about KBDFORCEASCII ioctl
> inappropriate for device.
>
> [...]
> | Hardware: |
> | 386DX2-66 256K 8MB Adaptec 1542B' |
> | Quantum 240MB SCSI Drive Archive Viper 2150 tape drive |
> | Oak 1MB SVGA Card 3-button mouse on COM1 |
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT GET A CARD WITH OAK CHIPS! It turns out Oak
Technology uses their own proprietary chipset which is unsupported in
XFree86. Be sure to check any board you buy -- I have seen at least two
other Brand-X SVGA cards using these chips.
> [...]
As soon as I replaced the Oak with a Tseng, I was up and running. The
followups and replies (thanks) indicated that X had tried to start, then
exited without doing anything. Since xinit failed to print out any dotclock
values, I realized the initialization of the display card was failing. I had
previously assumed (incorrectly) the KBDFORCEASCII message was related to my
problem.
ferg
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