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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!hasty
From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr)
Subject: Re: X386 gives a bus error in ET4000EnterLeave()
Message-ID: <1992Oct3.224447.12449@netcom.com>
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
References: <48243@shamash.cdc.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 22:44:47 GMT
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In article <48243@shamash.cdc.com> pbd@runyon.cim.cdc.com (Paul Dokas) writes:
>I've completely rebuilt X11R5 from the original (patched) MIT source
>and now I'm trying to run it, but typing "X386 :0" results in:
>
>       X386 Version 1.2E 1.0.1  / X Window System
>       (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000)
>       Bus error
>
	Two reasons this may happen:
	(1) you have not switch to X mode in x386Init.c
	(2) your kernl was not patched for X support in pccons.c
	If you are interested in the way that did, you
	can look in agate.berkeley.edu:/pub/incoming/X386, at
	patches for X and 386bsd.

	If you have further problems, just e-mail to me.

	Enjoy,
	Amancio Hasty

>:-(
>
>My SVGA card is a et4000 card (Diamond SpeedStar Plus) in a generic
>386.  I've tried several different Xconfig's, but there seems to be
>little difference:
>
> .
> .
> .
>#
># The graphics drivers
>#
>vga256
>  chipset "et4000"
>  videoram 1024
>  viewport 0 0
>  virtual 1024 1024
>  clocks 25 28 65 72 79 59 64
>  modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768"
>
>ModeDB
>#Modename    clock  horzontal timing      vertical timing
> "640x480"   25     640  664  760  800    480  491  493  525
> "800x600"   36     800  824  896 1024    600  601  603  625
>             40     800  840  968 1056    600  601  605  628
> "1024x768"  65    1024 1088 1200 1328    768  783  789  818
>
>I've run X386 through gdb and found that it's dying on line 398
>of et4000/driver4.c, which is:
>
>      vgaIOBase = (inb(0x3CC) & 0x01) ? 0x3D0 : 0x3B0;
>
>(actually in the inb() which is an inline function found in ../../compiler.h)
>So it seems that I can't read/write to the needed ports. Anyone have any
>suggestions?  Am I SOL because of the Diamond card?  I thought that the
>proprietary clocks were only on the newer cards like the Stealth.
>
>BTW, I've patched and rebuilt my kernel with the XSERVER patches.  I've
>also created a /dev/vga with "mknod /dev/vga c 12 0".
>
>-- 
>#include <std.disclaimer>
>#define FULL_NAME                          "Paul Dokas"
>#define EMAIL                              "pbd@runyon.cim.cdc.com"
>/* we are realizing infinite possibilities in exchange for our soul */