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From: dawes@physics.su.oz.au (David Dawes)
Subject: Re: FreeBSD-1.1.5.1(R) with X11
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References: <774716327.AA00069@f74.n700.z6.ftn.air.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 03:52:04 GMT
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In article <774716327.AA00069@f74.n700.z6.ftn.air.org>,
Clarence Chu <Clarence.Chu@f132.n700.z6.ftn.air.org> wrote:
>TO: chuckr
>>I assume you are talking about XFree86 3.0, that is bundled
>>with X11R6?
>>That one is buggy, and for developers only. You have to wait
>>until
>>XFree86 3.1 is released for X11R6, if you're using Xfree86.
>>The best
>>stable version to use with FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 is XFree86 2.1.1,
>>and it's
>>very nice, but still based on X11R5. The real next release
>>version's
>>gonna be 3.1.
Why argue about who can/should use XFree86 3.0? The position from the
XFree86 group is that is it not supported by us in the way a normal
release would be, and it is not as complete as we would like a normal
release to be. If you do use it and find bugs, let us (and the X
Consortium) know about them. You can report bugs to the XFree86 group
by sending them to XFree86@XFree86.org.
>i'm a developer, ain't i?
>X11R6 have been running fine on FreeBSD-1.1(R) for about two months.
>i've been able to run X(11R6) now on FreeBSD-1.1.5.1(R) now by
>obtaining
>sys.* from under .../tarballs/srcdist. there's still
>some problem in first starting X, a SIGSEGV was recieved. but
>subsequent X
>runs fine.
Try turning off NumLock before starting the server the first time.
That is the cause of the bug. The reason it suddenly shows up with
1.1.5.1 is that syscons is now the default console driver, and it now
has NumLock on by default at boot time. The bug leading to the SIGSEGV
is *NOT* in syscons or FreeBSD though. It is in the X server, and will
be fixed in XFree86 3.1.
David
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