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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!crcnis1.unl.edu!wupost!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!mcshub!todd From: todd@flex.eng.mcmaster.ca (Todd Pfaff) Subject: Re: does XFree86-1.3 and/or codrv actually work? Message-ID: <1993Jun29.031849.4060@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca> Sender: usenet@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca Nntp-Posting-Host: flex1.eng.mcmaster.ca Organization: McMaster University References: <1993Jun28.072719.16216@qualcomm.com> <1993Jun28.102903.12571@gmd.de> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1993 03:18:49 GMT Lines: 38 In article <1993Jun28.102903.12571@gmd.de> veit@mururoa.gmd.de (Holger Veit) writes: >In article <1993Jun28.072719.16216@qualcomm.com>, karn@servo.qualcomm.com (Phil Karn) writes: >|> >|> This weekend I installed patchkit 0.2.4 and upgraded to XFree86-1.3 >|> with codrv. >|> >|> Big mistake. > >I have XFree86-1.3 running with pk-0.2.4 and the codrv version from the pk >without problems, and I believe that at least the XFree86-1.3/pccons >config has been tested as well during the long alpha/beta phase of pk-0.2.4. >Maybe the system you have is no longer exactly 386bsd-0.1-srcdist+patchkit, >but was modified by several other patches. I tried using codrv after installing pk-0.2.4. It worked fine until I started X. All I got from X was a blank black screen and then the server aborts and doesn't restore text mode. I was able to reboot at this point although I couldn't see what I was typing. I have redirected the output of startx to a file and there are no error messages. I've got XFree86-1.3 installed but I'm using the XBSD8514-0.1 server which I was using with XFree86-1.2. This works fine with pk-0.2.4 and pccons. Should I obtain (or build) an updated 8514 server for XFree86-1.3? I reverted to pccons (MAKEDEV pc0, edit /etc/ttys to change console to vga) and then I had a problem root logins on the console. Basically, login was telling me that root logins were not allowed on ttyv0. I overcame this problem by adding ttyv0-3 to /etc/ttys with the secure keyword. But why did this problem suddenly appear? Is this a result of pk-0.2.4? Anyway, XFree86-1.3 is running fine now with pccons but I'd like to get it going with codrv. -- -- Todd Pfaff \ Internet: todd@flex.eng.mcmaster.ca Dept. of Mechanical Engineering \ Voice: (416) 525-9140 x2902 McMaster University \ FAX: (416) 572-7944