From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 15 20:27:23 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5026916A42B for ; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 20:27:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from aelmore@interwoven.com) Received: from smtp01corp.interwoven.com (smtp02corp.interwoven.com [65.161.4.46]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2C5C43D45 for ; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 20:27:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from aelmore@interwoven.com) Received: from exbesv01.Interwoven.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp01corp.interwoven.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j6FKRJxJ008822 for ; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 13:27:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relax.amer.interwoven.com ([10.192.11.188]) by exbesv01.Interwoven.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Fri, 15 Jul 2005 13:27:20 -0700 Received: from relax.amer.interwoven.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relax.amer.interwoven.com (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j6FKRKtX077757 for ; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 13:27:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from aelmore@relax.amer.interwoven.com) Received: (from aelmore@localhost) by relax.amer.interwoven.com (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id j6FKRKwu077756 for freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 13:27:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from aelmore) Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 13:27:20 -0700 From: Andrew Elmore To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050715202720.GF68264@interwoven.com> References: <200507151751.j6FHpCYt002344@uplift.hosp.misyshealthcare.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200507151751.j6FHpCYt002344@uplift.hosp.misyshealthcare.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 Jul 2005 20:27:20.0817 (UTC) FILETIME=[9A08AE10:01C5897B] Subject: Re: Alpha vs. FreeBSD 5.4 vs. X X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 20:27:23 -0000 On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 10:51:12AM -0700, Terry R. Friedrichsen wrote: > I don't expect anybody to know what's really going on here; all I really > want is for somebody to drop me mail that says "yeah, don't bother trying > to run X on DS10 FreeBSD 5.4/Alpha; it doesn't work" or "X works just fine > on DS10 FreeBSD 5.4/Alpha; you're a bonehead". After lots of pain, I finally got X up on my DS10, and also my PC164SX, both using old Matrox cards. In my case, the trick was turning off WITNESS in the kernel config file. At this point, X seems quite stable. If I could get Mozilla to run without crashing I'd be a happy man. Good luck! Andrew