Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 23:59:15 +0100 From: Francis Jordan <frankrj@netscape.net> To: "Bill A. K." <billieakay@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux X Server Message-ID: <3803BD43.F097500C@netscape.net> References: <000701bf14ca$9f666360$01010101@bopper>
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"Bill A. K." wrote: > Has anyone ever run a Linux X Server under FreeBSD/Linux Emulation? I'm > trying to run the Voodoo Banshee server from Creative Labs. The reason I'm > trying to do this is because when I run XFree86 3.3.5, it screws up my > console display when I exit X. The Linux Server is looking to open /dev/tty9 > and it can't. I tried putting a hard link from /dev/tty9 to /dev/ttyv9 but > when i started X it paniced the kernel :) > > Is there any way first of all to fix 3.3.5 to work, and if not, to get the > Linux server to work? Is there any way to somehow mimic /dev/tty9 for it? The Banshee only seems to have this problem when switching from a graphical mode to the _standard_ text mode (80x25). Adding the following line to /etc/rc.conf allscreens_flags="80x30" fixed it for me. Frank To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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