Subject: Re: RiscPC & Xserver testing
To: Mark Brinicombe <mark@causality.com>
From: Timothy Coltman <tim@auroral.freeserve.co.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 06/05/1999 14:12:36
On Thu 03 Jun, Mark Brinicombe wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Dave wrote:
> 
> > Hmm, I downloaded the source for setdisplay and the compile barfed, being
> > unable to find the file /usr/include/machine/opt_cputypes.h, referenced from
> > /usr/include/machine/vidc.h. I cured this by doing ln -s
> > /usr/include/machine/cpus.h /usr/incude/machine/opt_cputypes.h and it compiled
> > without problems (should this be corrected in -current source?).
> This has already been fixed in currently. The latest version of vidc.h has
> a guard on the opt_cputypes include so that this is only included when
> building a kernel.
> 
> > However, when trying to change to 16 bpp, 'setdisplay -x 800 -y 600 -c 16 -m
> > /etc/monitors.conf' , it complains about (from memory) 'multiple open of
> > /dev/vidcvideo0 by <process no>'. Any ideas anyone?
> 
> Ok the multiple open is actually a warning that can be ignored. That after
> than you should find that when Xvidc launches it is using a 16bpp mode.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 				Mark
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
Where do you get the source for setdisplay from? I've had a browse through
the 'src' directory of NetBSD-current and I can't find it anywhere. Any
ideas? What'll happen if I try and use the old Xarm-33 version of setdisplay?

Cheers,
tim
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tim@auroral.freeserve.co.uk