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From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr)
Subject: Re: X386 under 386BSD does not work
Message-ID: <xxdn+!g.hasty@netcom.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 17:55:57 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
References: <1992Aug27.200328.7037@cs.sfu.ca>
Keywords: X386, 386BSD
Lines: 79

In article <1992Aug27.200328.7037@cs.sfu.ca> liu@cs.sfu.ca (Lixin Liu) writes:
>Hi, everyone:
>
>After a few days of trying, I can not get X386 working on my 486 machine.
>Start with "xinit", I only got into graphics mode twice during the last a
>few days and then the system hangs. But most of time, after the console
>displays the following message: 
>
>X386  1.2E  1.0.1  /  X  Window  System
>(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000)
>
>the system hangs without going into the graphics mode and dump a "core.X386".
>So, what am I missing?
>
>Here is my configuration:
>
>Hardware:
>GA-486US Local Bus motherboard, 64KB Cache, CPU: Intel 486-33
>8MB 60ns RAM
>Quantam LPS240AT IDE Drive, 30MB for DOS
>GA-200 Local Bus VGA card with 1MB memory (ET4000 based)
>NEC 5FG monitor
>Legend mouse in com1
>
>Kernal: 0.1.26 (Comes with X386 binary)
>
>Xconfig file:
>
>RGBPath		"/usr/lib/X11/rgb"
>FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
>
>Keyboard
>  AutoRepeat 500 5
>  ServerNumLock
>
>Mousesystems	"/dev/com1"
>  BaudRate	1200
>
>vga256
>  Chipset	"et4000"
>  Vendor	"legend"
>  Clocks	 50 57 65 72 80 90 101 127
>  Virtual	1152 900
>  ViewPort      0 0
>  Modes	        "1024x768" "640x480"
>
>ModeDB
>#	      clock  	horzontal timing      vertical timing
> "640x480"      50     640  672  768  850    480  550  650  650
> "1024x768"     72    1024 1032 1264 1272    768  786  791  810
> "1152x900"     80    1152 1160 1376 1416    900  900  940  948
> "1152x900"     80    1152 1184 1264 1408    900  905  908  936
>                80    1152 1164 1244 1408    900  900  903  936
>
>
>Thanks for your help!
>
>Lixin
>-- 
>    mail:  Lixin Liu,   Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
>           Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., CANADA  V5A 1S6
>  e-mail:  liu@cs.sfu.ca   OR   liu@sfu.ca
>   phone:  (604) 291-3422  (office),  (604) 294-6582 (home)


Normally, X386 generates a stack trace dump when the kernel is not
patched for X... I know that you stated that you have the patched kernel.

Also, you are the first person reporting attempting to use X in a local 
bus and they may be a difference on a local bus implementation for the
et4000.

Could you send a stack trace dump?

Amancio Hasty
p.s. (I helped port X386 to 386bsd)