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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:5255 comp.os.386bsd.misc:1071 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!hamblin.math.byu.edu!news.byu.edu!cwis.isu.edu!fcom.cc.utah.edu!mslab2.med.utah.edu!jack From: jack@medstat.med.utah.edu (Jack Jones) Subject: XFree86 fails to initialize core devices Message-ID: <1993Sep21.194457.10899@fcom.cc.utah.edu> Sender: news@fcom.cc.utah.edu Reply-To: jack@medstat.med.utah.edu Organization: Univ. of Utah Med. School Comp. Ctr. Date: Tue, 21 Sep 93 19:44:57 GMT Lines: 20 Please Help, I just installed FreeBSD on a 386dx with 8m ram. After installing that I installed the newest version of XFree86 (1.3u1). I executed the x386install script which seemed to work, except the 'if grep -s pcprobe /386bsd' line spews garbage all over the screen. Then I 'xinit >& xinit.out' and the server tries to start but dies. The error is: Cannot open mouse: Device not configured Fatal server error: failed to initialize core devices XIO: ... In my Xconfig file I have 'microsoft "/dev/com1"'. I've also tried a logitech mouse with the same error. So I run x386install again and it configures com1. I run x386install a third time and it says com1 is configured correctly. So I do the xinit and get the same problem. What's going on? -Thank you in advance -Jack Jones jack@medstat.med.utah.edu