From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Feb 25 11:15: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from palrel1.hp.com (palrel1.hp.com [156.153.255.242]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67F0B37B9F8 for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2000 11:15:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from darrylo@sr.hp.com) Received: from postal.sr.hp.com (postal.sr.hp.com [15.4.46.173]) by palrel1.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B426287E; Fri, 25 Feb 2000 11:15:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from mina.sr.hp.com (root@mina.sr.hp.com [15.4.42.247]) by postal.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (8.8.6 (PHNE_17190)/8.7.3 TIS 5.0) id LAA22488; Fri, 25 Feb 2000 11:14:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (darrylo@mina.sr.hp.com [15.4.42.247]) by mina.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (8.8.6 (PHNE_17135)/8.7.3 TIS 5.0) id LAA18542; Fri, 25 Feb 2000 11:14:58 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200002251914.LAA18542@mina.sr.hp.com> To: Mikel Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xvtykludge error (ioctl: Inappropriate ioctl for device) Reply-To: Darryl Okahata In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 25 Feb 2000 13:21:03 EST." <38B6C80F.BA500204@ocsny.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.108) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 11:14:57 -0800 From: Darryl Okahata Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > trying to get X running on a Dell Inspirion 7500 (fBSD 3.4)...found > the source listed in the archives... and patched the kernel everything > seems to have installed aok but when I run xvtykludge I get the > following error: > > ioctl: Inappropriate ioctl for device > > and of course things don't go well after that...anyone have any ideas? If you're getting this, it means that you haven't rebuilt the kernel with the requisite funky patch (see steps #1 and #2 in the INSTALL file). -- Darryl Okahata darrylo@sr.hp.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Agilent Technologies, or of the little green men that have been following him all day. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message