Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 10:41:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Bartol <bartol@salk.edu> To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Cc: Jack Wathey <wathey@salk.edu> Subject: Status of XFree86 on Alpha? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909271010160.88591-100000@eccles.salk.edu>
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Hi, I've been trying to build and run Xfree86 on FreeBSD-current for the Alpha and have run into several problems I'd like to report and compare notes on. Please CC me and wathey@salk.edu on your responses directly as we aren't (yet) subscribed to freebsd-alpha. We are running FreeBSD-current for Alpha as of 19990923 and have cvsupped our ports tree on that date as well. The machine is a 533MHz PC164LX with 64MB RAM and a Matrox Millenium II with 4MB. Problems/Observations: 1) We could "make" XFree86 but a "make install" failed due to a missing /usr/include/sys/pci_ioctl.h. We noticed that patch-4 for for /usr/port/x11/XFree86 includes a patch to "#include <sys/pci_ioctl.h>" however this file does not exist in /usr/include/sys on our system. "make world" in /usr/src does not install this file. We found the file in /usr/src/sys/pci and copied it by hand to /usr/include/sys. After this a "make install" for XFree86 succeeded. FreeBSD for Intel does not have this file in /usr/include/sys and XFree86 does not require it on Intel. 2) SuperProbe segfaults. gdb doesn't like the core file so we have no clue about the problem here. 3) We configured X to run the X_SVGA server for our Matrox Millenium II. The server starts up fine but some windows are filled with black and menus pop up empty until you run the mouse cursor over the locations where the text should be. Can anyone tell us if this is normal for the current status of XFree86 for FreeBSD-current on the Alpha. I scanned the freebsd-alpha mail archive but could glean any insights into this matter. Is there some miss configuration on our system causing pci_ioctl.h to be skipped during a "make world"? Should we be using a different brand of video card? Thanks for your help, Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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