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Hello,

> I am trying to get modular X.org's wsfb to work on my i386 laptop.

uh-oh...

> Note: I have not yet tried the NetBSD version with the split out 
> hardware
> cursor support (wsfb_cursor.c), but the code in use for this error 
> appears
> to be the same.

Unrelated. It will fall back to a software cursor if 
ioctl(WSDISPLAYIO_SCURSOR) fails.

> ktrace shows:
>
> 1363      1 Xorg     NAMI  "/dev/ttyE0"
> 1363      1 Xorg     RET   open 8
> 1363      1 Xorg     CALL  ioctl(8,_IOR('W',0x41,0x10),0x81d1004)
> 1363      1 Xorg     RET   ioctl -1 errno 25 Inappropriate ioctl for 
> device
>
> X log shows:
>
> (II) wsfb: driver for wsdisplay framebuffer: wsfb
> (II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
> (II) wsfb(0): using default device
> (II) Running in FRAMEBUFFER Mode
> (EE) wsfb(0): ioctl WSDISPLAY_GINFO: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> (II) UnloadModule: "wsfb"
>
> And dmesg has:
>
> vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0: VIA Technologies VT8623 (Apollo CLE266) 
> VGA
>  Controller (rev. 0x03)
> wsdisplay0 at vga1 kbdmux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation), using 
> wskbd0
> wsmux1: connecting to wsdisplay0
> Maybe /dev/ttyE0 is wrong?

no.
Your vga is running in text mode, wsfb needs something in graphics mode.

have fun
Michael
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