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From: dave@odyssey.ucc.ie
Subject: xf86OpenConsole: VT_GETMODE failed, can anyone help ?
Message-ID: <CLxMHA.ME9@curia.ucc.ie>
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Sender: usenet@curia.ucc.ie
Organization: University College Cork, Ireland
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 1994 11:29:00 GMT


Hi, I am having problems starting the XFree86 2 server (for an S3 card)
on a DEC pc LPv 466 d2.

Specifically I get VT_GETMODE failures

can anyone point me in an approximate direction ?

thanks
dave

p.s. please post to dave@odyssey.ucc.ie, and I will post a summary