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From: musik@iastate.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: X386 and lpt woes...
Message-ID: <1992Aug7.201957.2093@news.iastate.edu>
Date: 7 Aug 92 20:19:57 GMT
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Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
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Well... first off, my sincere thanks and applause to the
Jolitz's for their fine OS! I've had more fun and learned
more in the passed weeks than in any number of classes I've
taken. :)
Also, thanks to those out there writing patches for those
of us who are just learning. :) Your efforts are sincerely
appreciated.
First about X :)
I've installed everything where it belongs, edited the Xconfig, and
replaced the original kernel with the one in the biary distribution.
I run the little script mentioned in the X386.FAQ and... it
crunches away for a while and then locks, hopelessly, _never having
gone into graphics mode_. I recompiled the kernel myself, using
the pccons, locore, and stdlib patches. With that kernel, xdm
keeps trying, ad infinitum, to open the server. Last time I let
it go, it tried 750 times. *laugh*
Another curious little thing: after I install the X binaries,
whenever I reboot, it tells me:
find: ./.X11-unix No such file or directory
xdm -debug 1 > file yields something like the following:
(Much MUCH chopped out here, these two lines seemed most relevant.)
signals blocked, mask was 0x0
Display exited with OPENFAILED_DISPLAY, try 0 of 4
I've also tried running X386 directly from the command line.
I get the startup info, about X itself, and then, once again
before entering graphics mode, it locks up, accepting nothing
short of a Ctrl-Alt-Del or a swift kick to the reset button. :)
Also tried xinit, startx, etc, etc... with similar results.
Ummm... I'm trying all this as root, so that's not the problem.
Anything else I need to tell the experts out there? :)
Config:
EPS 30486-33MHz
8M RAM
212M HD (142 to BSD)
Cardinal Video Card w/1M RAM (ET4000 chipset)
(This card _is_ mentioned in the modeDB.txt file included
with the distribution. I've made the suggested changes
to the Xconfig.)
Is a .xinitrc file _needed_ to start X? Or can it start without one?
I don't have one... articles I just read mentioned what to put in one.
Will that solve my problems?
Now about lpt. :)
I 'patch'ed Eric Haug's (sorry for spelling errors :) lpt-patch.
I'm sure it works great... except for the fact that my system
knows nothing of the lpt.h header which is required.
(The patch adds #include <lpt.h> to conf.c.) I've looked for
it with 'find' to no avail, and archie doesn't know lpt.h either.
Where do I get this file? Is it right under my nose somewhere?
Thanks in advance for all your help, folx,
Damien Guay
musik@iastate.edu
P.S. Was anything more ever decided about creating a 386bsd
newsgroup? I think comp.os.386bsd was the suggestion.
Is it coming?