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From: dwex@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (david.e.wexelblat)
Subject: Re: Xfree86 1.2 problem
Organization: AT&T
Date: Tue, 4 May 1993 23:55:44 GMT
Message-ID: <C6J14y.8AL@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
References: <1s69dg$sv1@urmel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>
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In article <1s69dg$sv1@urmel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> kuku@acds.physik.rwth-aachen.de writes:
>
> I have a working 0.1-0.2.3 kernel and I'm running XFree86 (X386) for ET4000.
> Both servers, the older (beta) one and the 1.2 server (home built in my
> X11R5 tree) leave the VGA display in a mode which is unusable. The old server
> leaves amnaesiac character patterns on the screen by which you just can guess
> what you type. The new server leaves the VGA in a differnet timing than
> before starting the X server being unusable as well.
>
> Anyone having similar problems and eventually a cure?
>
> --
> --Chris
> Christoph P. U. Kukulies
> kuku@acds.physik.rwth-aachen.de
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop.
>
Fixed in 1.3.
Caused by a stupid little "oops" that was only pointed out to us recently.
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