Return to BSD News archive
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!caen!hellgate.utah.edu!fcom.cc.utah.edu!cs.weber.edu!terry
From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
Subject: Re: X386 gives a bus error in ET4000EnterLeave()
Message-ID: <1992Oct5.163823.27013@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
Sender: news@fcom.cc.utah.edu
Organization: Weber State University (Ogden, UT)
References: <48243@shamash.cdc.com> <veit.718277451@du9ds3> <48284@shamash.cdc.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 92 16:38:23 GMT
Lines: 31
In article <48284@shamash.cdc.com> pbd@runyon.cim.cdc.com (Paul Dokas) writes:
>|>
>|> This problem at inb/outb occurs when the xserver does not run in the
>|> protection ring 0. The kernel patches to pccons accomplish that in the
>|> CONSOLE_X_MODE_ON/OFF ioctl's. If they are not present, you get this
>|> fault. Also the xserver must be setuid root.
>|> BTW, a simple stupid question: you may have done the XSERVER patches, but
>|> did you rebuild the kernel with the XSERVER option in your config file,
>|> and did you do a make depend?
>
>Yes and yes (XSERVER is in config file and I did a make depend and make).
>
>I'm going to try a clean pccons.c and locore.s There might be problems in
>the installed patches.
The patch kit contains all of the most recent patches for X, as well as
enough stability patches/memory management patches that you probably want
it for X.
Terry Lambert
terry@icarus.weber.edu
terry_lambert@novell.com
---
Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.
--
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"I have an 8 user poetic license" - me
Get the 386bsd FAQ from agate.berkeley.edu:/pub/386BSD/386bsd-0.1/unofficial
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------