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" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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. (Henry David Thoreau)