Subject: Re: XFree86 - testers wanted
To: None <joel@carnat.net>
From: Michael <macallan18@earthlink.net>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 03/16/2005 11:30:15
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Hello,

> doesn't work for me ;(
That's pretty unspecific.

>  - my /etc/ttys is now :
> ########################################################################
> #console        "/usr/libexec/getty suncons"    sun-ss5 on secure
> ttyE0   "/usr/libexec/getty suncons"    sun-ss5 on secure
better use 'sun' as terminal type, 'sun-ss5' is a cut-down version suitable for the old console code if I remember correctly.

>  I hav two problems :
> 1. my keyboard doesn't type anything (it's is a Type 5)
So the keyboard code is still not fixed - please try one of my kernels ( made for an U10, should work for you ) - this is what I'm using right now - the only difference is that it contains vt100 terminal emulation code instead of sun:
http://macallan.homeunix.org:6704/stuff/BSD/sparc64/netbsd_Ultra10_03_16.bz2

> 2. when I start xdm (from a ssh session), it goes :
> ########################################################################
> # cat /var/log/xdm.log
> 
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
> xdm error (pid 506): Server for display :0 terminated unexpectedly: 1
>  what's the part I'm missing ?
Good question - what's in your /var/log/XFree86.0.log? This should tell us why the Xserver barfs.

have fun
Michael

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