From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 5 04:20:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id EAA28494 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 5 Nov 1996 04:20:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from python.shoal.net.au (rbernard@python.shoal.net.au [203.26.44.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id EAA28485 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 1996 04:20:20 -0800 (PST) Received: (from rbernard@localhost) by python.shoal.net.au (8.7.4/8.7.3) id XAA24023; Tue, 5 Nov 1996 23:21:08 +1100 (EST) Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 23:21:08 +1100 (EST) From: RBernard To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Failing to bring up Xwindows Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="0-214853085-847196468=:23924" Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. Send mail to mime@docserver.cac.washington.edu for more info. --0-214853085-847196468=:23924 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII I am running FreeBSD-2.1.5 on Intel platform- stand alone. I can get the window manager up but it tries to bring up Xwindows but aborts with the folloWing message: xterm:error 23:errorno 25: Inappropriate ioctl for device and repeats this message for login and a second xterm. I cannot find a related error message in XErrors. I have tried every applicable server from mono to svga and on another monitor. Same result. ET4000 card with 1 meg and generic (clone) monitor. Tried today on a NEC 5FG with same result. The attached dmesg.log sets out the hardware and interrupts. Took the tape out of the kernel to clear ira 2 and 9, but same result. Any help would be appreciated. Regards. --0-214853085-847196468=:23924 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; name="dmesg.log" Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64 Content-ID: Content-Description: RnJlZUJTRCAyLjEuNS1SRUxFQVNFICMwOiBUdWUgTm92ICA1IDE3OjMzOjI2 IEVTVCAxOTk2DQogICAgcm9vdEBiZWxsYXRyaXg6L3Vzci9zcmMvc3lzL2Nv bXBpbGUvTVlLRVJORUwNCkNQVTogaTQ4NkRYICg0ODYtY2xhc3MgQ1BVKQ0K cmVhbCBtZW1vcnkgID0gMzM1NTQ0MzIgKDMyNzY4SyBieXRlcykNCmF2YWls IG1lbW9yeSA9IDMwNzkzNzI4ICgzMDA3MksgYnl0ZXMpDQpQcm9iaW5nIGZv ciBkZXZpY2VzIG9uIHRoZSBJU0EgYnVzOg0Kc2MwIGF0IDB4NjAtMHg2ZiBp cnEgMSBvbiBtb3RoZXJib2FyZA0Kc2MwOiBWR0EgY29sb3IgPDE2IHZpcnR1 YWwgY29uc29sZXMsIGZsYWdzPTB4MD4NCnNpbzAgYXQgMHgzZjgtMHgzZmYg aXJxIDQgb24gaXNhDQpzaW8wOiB0eXBlIDE2NTUwQQ0Kc2lvMSBhdCAweDJm OC0weDJmZiBpcnEgMyBvbiBpc2ENCnNpbzE6IHR5cGUgMTY1NTBBDQpscHQw IGF0IDB4Mzc4LTB4MzdmIGlycSA3IG9uIGlzYQ0KbHB0MDogSW50ZXJydXB0 LWRyaXZlbiBwb3J0DQpscDA6IFRDUC9JUCBjYXBhYmxlIGludGVyZmFjZQ0K bHB0MSBhdCAweDI3OC0weDI3ZiBvbiBpc2ENCmZkYzAgYXQgMHgzZjAtMHgz ZjcgaXJxIDYgZHJxIDIgb24gaXNhDQpmZGMwOiBORUMgNzY1DQpmZDA6IDEu NDRNQiAzLjVpbg0KYWhhMCBhdCAweDMzMC0weDMzMyBpcnEgMTEgZHJxIDUg b24gaXNhDQphaGEwIHdhaXRpbmcgZm9yIHNjc2kgZGV2aWNlcyB0byBzZXR0 bGUNCihhaGEwOjA6MCk6ICJRVUFOVFVNIE1BVkVSSUNLIDU0MFMgMDkwMSIg dHlwZSAwIGZpeGVkIFNDU0kgMg0Kc2QwKGFoYTA6MDowKTogRGlyZWN0LUFj Y2VzcyA1MTZNQiAoMTA1Nzc1OCA1MTIgYnl0ZSBzZWN0b3JzKQ0KKGFoYTA6 MzowKTogIk5FQyBDRC1ST00gRFJJVkU6NTAwIDIuOCIgdHlwZSA1IHJlbW92 YWJsZSBTQ1NJIDINCmNkMChhaGEwOjM6MCk6IENELVJPTSBjZCBwcmVzZW50 LlsyNjA5NjAgeCAyMDQ4IGJ5dGUgcmVjb3Jkc10NCihhaGEwOjU6MCk6ICJJ Qk0gRFNBUy0zNTQwICAgICAhVyBTNDdZIiB0eXBlIDAgZml4ZWQgU0NTSSAy DQpzZDEoYWhhMDo1OjApOiBEaXJlY3QtQWNjZXNzIDUxNk1CICgxMDU2NzY4 IDUxMiBieXRlIHNlY3RvcnMpDQooYWhhMDo2OjApOiAiUVVBTlRVTSBFTVBJ UkVfMjEwMFMgMTIwMCIgdHlwZSAwIGZpeGVkIFNDU0kgMg0Kc2QyKGFoYTA6 NjowKTogRGlyZWN0LUFjY2VzcyAyMDA2TUIgKDQxMDg2MDAgNTEyIGJ5dGUg c2VjdG9ycykNCnd0MCBhdCAweDMzOC0weDMzOSBpcnEgOSBkcnEgMyBvbiBp c2ENCnd0MDogdHlwZSA8V2FuZ3Rlaz4NCm5weDAgb24gbW90aGVyYm9hcmQN Cm5weDA6IElOVCAxNiBpbnRlcmZhY2UNCnNiMCBhdCAweDIyMCBpcnEgNSBk cnEgNyBvbiBpc2ENCnNiMDogPFNvdW5kQmxhc3RlciAxNiA0LjEzPg0Kc2J4 dmkwIGF0IDB4MCBkcnEgNCBvbiBpc2ENCnNieHZvMDogPFNvdW5kQmxhc3Rl ciAxNiA0LjEzPg0Kc2JtaWRpMCBub3QgZm91bmQgYXQgMHgzMDANCg== --0-214853085-847196468=:23924--