Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 17:39:41 +0000 From: Donn Miller <dmm125@bellatlantic.net> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Running Linux X server on FreeBSD Message-ID: <35D86ADD.3CC8E2E7@bellatlantic.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808171315330.26224-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Doug White wrote: > > On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, Donn Miller wrote: > > > Hi > > > > Does anyone know if I can run an XServer compiled for Linux on FreeBSD > > 2.2.7? > > No. The virtual console API is significanly different. > > > The reason is that there is an XServer for Linux that is not > > available for my video chipset (SiS 5597). I tried it, but it said > > something about ioctl not implemented, and it was also looking for > > /etc/ttyX instead of /etc/ttyvX. I tried symlinking but that didn't > > work. > > You should be able to get FreeBSD versions of your X server from wherever > you got your Linux version; both Xi Graphics and XFree86 make FreeBSD > binaries. XSuSe makes a Linux version, but they don't yet have a FreeBSD version. I'll just have to wait until the next release of XFree86 or XSuSe. Donn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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