Bug#303640: kernel-image-2.6.8-10-amd64-k8: Xfree86 fails to find a VESA chipset
On Sun, Apr 10, 2005 at 08:03:55PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 10:17:47PM +0200, David Robin wrote:
> > please note the message "XFree86: vm86 mode not supported on 64 bit
> > kernel" at the end of the log. I have just noticed it. May this issue
> > be related to XFree86?
>
> I'm assuming that this is using the amd64 kernel with a i386
> userland?
ia32 builds of Xorg use vm86 for real-mode BIOS calls. 64-bit kernels
don't support the vm86 syscall, even with 32-bit userland. The Vesa
driver requires the ability to make real-mode BIOS calls. This can never
work. I'd suggest just closing this.
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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
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