Subject: Re: Unable to mmap /dev/mem
To: Matthieu Herrb <matthieu@laas.fr>
From: Jared D. McNeill <jmcneill@invisible.yi.org>
List: tech-x11
Date: 11/13/2000 12:23:25
On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Matthieu Herrb wrote:
> In this case you need to use the aperture driver and to patch the
> application to try /dev/xf86 if /dev/mem fails.

The only place that '/dev/mem' is referenced to in the source of the
program is an open() call, to see if the device exists. XF86DGAGetVideo is
called just after. 'strings libXxf86dga.a | less' shows '/dev/mem', but no
'/dev/xf86'. Sounds like XF86DGAGetVideo doesn't have a choice; does this
mean our X server is broken?

Jared