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.
Hi,
IMHO, I would close this bug ticket too.
The problem appeared to me because I installed the i386 userland, and then switched from the default kernel package to its amd64 flavor.
Nevertheless, it could not happen with current testing and unstable repositories, as kernel-image-*-amd64-* packages are no more available in the i386 port of Debian : the amd64 kernel are only found in the amd64 port repository*.
Best Regards,
David.
* with the exception of Debian Stable, which provides a amd64 build of linux kernel in the i386 repository. I think it is way to late to change anything about it.