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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!decwrl!csus.edu!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: FAQ questions: X386. Message-ID: <1992Sep30.073852.15094@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) References: <2AC68B02.12922@ics.uci.edu> <1992Sep28.164224.22530@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <2AC73B5E.15562@ics.uci.edu> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 07:38:52 GMT Lines: 56 In article <2AC73B5E.15562@ics.uci.edu> bvickers@ics.uci.edu (Brett J. Vickers) writes: >I wrote: >>>1. What are the minor and major device numbers for /dev/vga? >>>2. Where can I find the patches for pccons and locore? >>>3. Why is the installation information for X386 on 386BSD so >>> damn terrible? > >terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes: >>I disagree. The buglist, the patches, and the topics you note here should >>be in the FAQ (although it is getting musty and will be updated soon). > >Terry, I did not mean to imply that your 386BSD FAQ was not good. On >the contrary, it's wonderful. Only one minor complaint about it >though: there was only one section describing X386. I think it would >be nice if some knowledgeable person would put together a 386BSD/X386 >FAQ that dwells solely on installation and troubleshooting issues for X. > >>A possible exception is the /dev/vga numbers, which would not be a problem >>if you run the install program provided with the current X distribution. > >My main problem appears to be that I have installed the X386 that was >in agate.berkeley.edu:/pub/386BSD/0.1-ports/X386/X386-1.2E.bin.tar.Z-split. >Unfortunately, that version did not come with any nice install scripts. >As soon as I get time, I will take Amancio's advice and get the version >in agate.berkeley.edu:/pub/incoming/X386. > >>This is an exception because it truly is frequently asked, but it is only a >>possible exception because, like 2 and 3, it is on the XFree86 FAQ which >>is occasionally posted here (I believe by Amacio Hasty). > >Ah, so there is such a FAQ. Could this FAQ be made available on anon ftp >sites, or possibly be posted more regularly? I made sure to look for >such a FAQ before I asked my earlier questions, but I didn't find it. > >Brett >-- >Brett J. Vickers "Don't go around saying the world owes you >bvickers@ics.uci.edu a living. The world owes you nothing. > It was here first." - Mark Twain There is a reason why there are two separate releases of X386. >From an X11R5 besides the xconsole problem, all the questions/problems with X386 have been answered with the release in agate.berkeley.edu:/pub/incoming/X386. The /pub/incoming/X386 release is waiting for kernel changes. Please, don't ask me for what kernel changes! I know that is sounds strange... For questions such as the now famous "/dev/vga", please read the readme file in /pub/incoming/X386. If you are experiencieng problems with your mouse behavior such as in microsoft mode, just get the release on /pub/incoming/X386. We will prepared a FAQ before the week is over and I will be more than happy to send it to Terry. Hope this helps,