Subject: Re: X Windows and setting it up
To: Sam Carleton <scarleton@miltonstreet.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/21/2001 17:04:45
On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 06:39:14PM -0400, Sam Carleton wrote:
> I have NetBSD up and running and I thought I would try to get X Windows
> running, too.  Well, it is being a bear!  When I run startx I get this:
> 
> (--) S3: One or more modes require pixel multiplexing and
>         the hardware is incapable of switching between mux/non-mux
>         modes. All modes will be re-evaluated under the new constraint.
> (**) S3: Mode "1024x768": mode clock =  85.000
> (**) S3: Mode "800x600": mode clock =  60.750
> (**) S3: Mode "640x480": mode clock =  36.000
> (--) S3: Operating RAMDAC in pixel multiplex mode
> (**) S3: Using sparse 32 bpp.  Color weight: 888
> (--) S3: Virtual resolution set to 1024x768
> 
> Fatal server error:
> xf86MapVidMem: Could not mmap /dev/vga (Invalid argument)
> 
> 
> When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
> the full server output, not just the last messages
> 
> X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
> 
> I have a Number Nine GXE Pro card in the machine with a ViewSonic G771
> monitor.  Can anyone enlighten me as to what I might have wrong.

Did you recompile your own kernel ? If so did you keep 'options INSECURE' ?

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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