Re: The time has come ...

[Christian Meder <meder@isr.uni-stuttgart.de>]

On Fri, Nov 20, 1998 at 05:23:58PM +0000, Jules Bean wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Christian Meder wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Nov 20, 1998 at 04:51:32PM +0000, Jules Bean wrote:
> > > --On Thu, Nov 19, 1998 4:25 pm +0100 "Christian Meder"
> > > <meder@isr.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote: 
> > > 
> > > > On Thu, Nov 19, 1998 at 10:13:40AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote:
> > > >> Also, I compiled the xfree86 packages under the new libc6 2.0.100. I had
> > > >> to hack around some with a few things so I'm not gonna upload them to
> > > >> Incoming, but I will make them available in my home directory on master
> > > >> sometime today for those that want X.
> > > > 
> > > > I'll upload new xfree packages which are based on -8 in an hour or so ...
> > > > They look pretty stable. I'll forward the patch to the BTS.
> > > > Sorry to bypass you, Anders, but I needed a xlib6 (libc5 compat package)
> > > for
> > > > lesstif compilation urgently.
> > > 
> > > Hmm.
> > > 
> > > They're broken here.
> > > 
> > > xdm causes the kernel to halt (back to PROM prompt - 'program terminated').
> > > 
> > > startx as a user doesn't work (apparently because /dev/fb doesn't exist).
> > > 
> > > startx as root causes the kernel to halt as above.
> > > 
> > > On one occasion when it halted, I saw the message 'modprobe - unable to
> > > locate fb' or something like that.
> > 
> > Hmmm ....
> > 
> > Which kernel are you using ?
> 
> The version of 2.1.125 you uploaded.

Could you try again with 2.0.35 ? It looks like a kernel bug to me.

> 
> > 
> > The only problem which I see on a 2.0.35 is that startx doesn't work as a 
> > user (like you said above). I don't see any crashes.
> 
> I can even tell you why that is.  It's because you don't have permissions
> for /dev/fb* .Try running constype as a normal user, and then try as
> root.

Was it possible with the old X packages to startx as normal user ?
 
> 
> Also, there doesn't seem to be a symlink from /dev/fb to /dev/fb0 on my
> machine, which maybe there should be.

The symlink isn't necessary. It's using /dev/fb0.

Greetings,


				Christian

-- 
Christian Meder, email: meder@isr.uni-stuttgart.de
 
What's the railroad to me ?
I never go to see
Where it ends.
It fills a few hollows,
And makes banks for the swallows, 
It sets the sand a-blowing,
And the blackberries a-growing.
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