Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1998 16:48:20 -0600 From: Shawn Stone <shawn.stone@westal.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Metro X Server (RedHat/Caldera Linux) on FreeBSD Message-ID: <34DCE4B4.9C35331A@westal.com> References: <199802070102.RAA04953@hub.freebsd.org>
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I have (what I believe to be) a virtual terminal problem. Here it is:
I purchased Caldera OpenLinux over a year ago, before I was made to
realize that FreeBSD is a better product. One thing I did like about
Caldera, though (and about RedHat, for that matter) was the X server.
The only real reason I prefer MetroX is that it supports my card in
16-bit color, whereas XFree86 does not. (I would either have to replace
my ISA card with a PCI one or revoce all but 14MB of RAM.)
So I installed the Linux libraries, compiled Linux support into the
kernel, installed the rpm package, then rpm'ed the Metro X server onto
my system. All of that went without a glitch.
Then I tried to configure the server and got the following error
(contents of /var/log/Xerrors):
Metro-X Version 3.1.2
Copyright (c) 1990-1996 by Metro Link Inc.
Copyright (c) 1989-1994 by M.I.T.
Copyright (c) 1994-1996 by X Consortium, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.
Read mouse Serial_MouseMan from Xconfig
Loading /usr/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libsvga.a
Fatal server error:
Can not find open VT
Well, I remembered that Linux usually setup 6 virtual terminals instead
of FreeBSD's 4, so I used MAKEDEV to create an additional 3 VTs (one to
grow on!), edited my /etc/ttys to include them and turn them all on (as
in Linux), then SIGHUPed init. No go - same error. Edited /etc/ttys
again and turned the last 4 back off, restarted init, and same error. I
even created symlinks to the devices named tty0-tty6 (as in Linux), and
again gained no ground. (All right, I admit that I don't really know
whether that last move was the smartest in the world. Can a symlink
actually work with a character device?)
So now I'm tossing up my hands and asking you guys: Can this be done?
Or am I consigned to either buying a different card or settling for 256
colors? Thanks in advance for any help you can give on this.
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Shawn Stone <shawn.stone@westal.com>
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