Re: ack! x has been hosed

[Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>]

On Wed, 18 Jun 1997, Rick Hawkins wrote:

> 
> dwarf wrote,
> 
> > > 
> > > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> > > giving up.
> > > xinit:  Connection refused (errno 111):  unable to connect to X server
> > > xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.
> 
> > I can help you with this last one. The base system doesn't create the
> > device tty0 with the resulting above error message. Cd to /dev and run:
> 
> 
> > 	./MAKEDEV tty0
> 
> this helped; it also got rid of the startup messages about serial ports
> . . .
> 
> 
> > And try again. Once the package have been installed, you can create a new
> > configuration file by deleting the old one in /etc/X11 and then running
> > xbase-configure. You will need xfntbase and xfnt75 installed for this to
> > work. If you have room I highly recommend installing all of the xfnt
> > packages, as many programs use fonts without declaring any dependence and
> > they will fail with font errors.

I can only assume that you are installing the 3.2 version of X (that's the
one currently in 1.3.0). There are some known problems with the font
libraries and I don't remember exactly what the fix was (something to do
with running the font config program after the installation).

The 3.3 version of these packages have that problem fixed.

> 
> I now have *absolutely* no idea why this is working.  What I found from
> diddling is:
> 
> with XF86Setup, and the SVGA server, i could get into x--at 320x200
> (240?).
> 
> with xf86config, i couldn't get a working setup sor the S3;  
> generally the fixed font error.  switch /etc/X11/Xserver didn't help,
> either; still errors from the SVGA setup with the server switched.
> 
> then i installed xserver-s3v --i have no idea what the relation between
> this and s3 is --and got an unrecognized chip errror.  so i purged that,
> and set Xserver back to svga.
> 
> voila.  X at 640x480, but the virtual screen isn't any larger.  for that
> matter, i can't even tell how many bpp this is.  if it's 24, that would
> explain things . . . 
> 
> so:
> 
> 1) how do i tell it what mode i'm in?
> 2) how do i set the default to 8?
> 3) for that matter, will the s3 chips do 1280x1024 under the vga16
> server?  All I need (care) about color for is the code hi-liting in
> emacs.
> 4) how do i figure out settings for XF86config  for screen
> settings/sizes?  I'd like 640x480,1024x728, and 800x600 on 8 bit,
> 640x480&800x600 on 16, and 640x480 on 24 .  or 640x400 on 32 if it
> forces me to 32.

My testing experience leads me to believe that the modes that get
configured depend on the Monitor type you select rather than the card you
are running. I have to choose the "extended super vga" monitor to get the
"larger" screen sizes.

> 5) do i need to sacrifice undergraduates to keep this working?  and if
> so, to the screen, the software, or the hardware? :)
> 
Sacrificing undergraduates is always a good idea. One each to the four
quarters is always useful ;-)

Luck,

Dwarf
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