From: dwex@mtgzfs3.att.com (David E. Wexelblat) Subject: Re: Help with Xconfig Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 12:58:32 GMT
In article <28upkeINNfcj@rs18.hrz.th-darmstadt.de> cbvetter@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de (Chris Vetter) writes:
> Rachid wants to know:
> > Hi there,
>
> Hoi
In the future, please try to not be so authoritative when you are so wrong...
>
> > I've been trying to run X11 for a week with no success, my machine
> > is a 486DX50 clone with 8Mb RAM, 210Mb HD, a NCR 77C22E Video card
> > with 1024Kb VRAM, a NEC 4FG monitor, my mouse is a microsoft compatible one
> > linux up and runing (SLS 1.03). This is the output I have
> > each time I run startx:
>
> What CHIP has this NCR beast ? I dunno ...
Hmm. Might it be ... an NCR 77C22E? Nah.
>
> > ------------begining of output
> > Setting TCP SO_LINGER: Protocol not available
> > XFree86 Version 1.3 / X Window System
> > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000)
> > Operating System: Linux
> > Configured drivers:
> > VGA256 (256 colour SVGA):
> > et4000, et3000, pvga1, wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, gvga, ati,
> > tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga9000, clgd5420,
> > clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, cpq_avga
Hmm, and look, right here in the list - 'ncr77c22e'. What might this
imply?
> > (using VT number 7)
> >
> > Xconfig: //Xconfig
> > Mouse: type: Microsoft, device: /dev/mouse, baudrate: 1200
> > FontPath set to "/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/us
> > r/X386/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
> > NCR 77C22 Type 2, Version 3
> > VGA256: ncr77c22e (mem: 1024k numclocks: 8)
And, wonder of wonders, the server recognizes it!
> > VGA256: clocks: 25.18 28.32 40.10 65.50 45.10 50.10 0.70 75.50
> > VGA256: Mode "640x480": mode clock = 25.000, clock used = 25.180
> > VGA256: Mode "800x600": mode clock = 50.000, clock used = 50.100
> > VGA256: Mode "1024x768": mode clock = 75.000, clock used = 75.500
> > VGA256: Virtual resolution set to 1024x768
> > VGA256: SpeedUp code selection modified because chipset != et4000
> > VGA256: SpeedUp mode selected (Flags=0x30)
> > PEXExtensionInit: Couldn't open default PEX font file Roman_M
> > Cannot open mouse:
> > Invalid argument
>
> a) obviously this NCR video card has no et4000 ;)
> comment everything OUT in file /usr/X386/lib/X11/Xconfig that belongs to
> vga256, comment IN what belongs to vga2.
> Then cd /usr/bin/X11; rm X; ln -s XF86_Mono X
What does ET4000 have to do with anything? NCR chipsets are fully supported
by the XF86_SVGA server.
>
> b) your mouse device is wrong.
> edit Xconfig with the correct one. I dunno, what YOU have. *I* use a
> Logitech Pilot, which will be
> Microsoft "/dev/ttyS0"
THIS is the only correct statement in this posting. For whatever reason,
the mouse can't be accessed. Since I don't run Linux, I can't help with
this.
>
> c) Never mind Roman_M
c) Either install the PEX part of the distribution or relink the server
with PEX excluded (using the Link Kit). Then beat up the SLS distributer
for only including half of the package.
It is essentially harmless, though.
>
> > Fatal server error:
> > failed to initialize core devices
> > xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unexpected signal 13
> > ------------end of output
> >
> > I don't understand this clocks number \/
> > clocks: 25.18 28.32 40.10 65.50 45.10 50.10 0.70 75.50
> > ^^^^
> > it seems to be incorrect?
>
> Yep, timing error, never mind ...
> They will never be used.
Not a timing error. There just doesn't happen to be a valid clock selected
by index 0x06 on this particular board. Not at all uncommon.
>
> > My screen is always unreadble after startx, I don't know where is font file
> > Roman_M, I've also verified that the mouse is well pluged to the slot.
>
> This seems to be a bug.
> You can work around by pressing ALT-F<another console>.
> E.g. ALT-F2 if you started X on screen 1 (the bootup screen)
>
> > Any help greatly appreciated. I've posted this for a week on
> > comp.windows.x.i386unix with no reply!!
> > Thanks
> > rachid
>
> --
>
> Chris
>
>
> Don't you know, that, if you start Linux on DOS (ROTFL), it deletes all
> files with the string 'Microsoft' in it?
> - Fritz Ganter -