Subject: X, again
To: None <port-alpha@netbsd.org>
From: Chris Jones <cjones@rupert.honors.montana.edu>
List: port-alpha
Date: 02/12/1999 13:46:34
So, I've got a Multia which I originally installed the 19990122
snapshot on.  I downloaded the most recent tarballs of syssrc and xsrc
from -current, and I'm now running a kernel from that, plus X binaries
from those sources.  However, X won't run:

Script started on Fri Feb 12 13:38:15 1999
awkward$ startx

OsVendorInit
alphaKbdPriv.fd = -1 (2)
alphaPtrPriv.fd = -1 (2)
Getting interface configuration (4): Device not configured
pid 14686 (XalphaNetBSD): unaligned access: va=0x1fffff435 pc=0x120070414 ra=0x12007043c op=ldl
[...]
pid 14686 (XalphaNetBSD): unaligned access: unable to get frame buffer type: Inappropriate ioctl for device

Fatal server error:
no screens found
xinit:  Interrupted system call (errno 4):  unexpected signal 13

awkward$ dmesg | grep tga
tga0 at pci0 dev 11 function 0: DC21030 step B, board type T8-02
tga0: 1024 x 768, 8bpp, Bt485 RAMDAC
tga0: interrupting at isa irq 10
wsdisplay0 at tga0: console (std, sun emulation)
awkward$ exit
Script done on Fri Feb 12 13:38:42 1999


Also, are multiple virtual terminals and color not supported in
alpha's wscons, or is there something I'm doing wrong there?

While I'm at it, I'd like to make a suggestion:  It would be really
cool if there were an easy way to tell, from dmesg output, what CPU
option to use in my kernel config file.  I found that info, but only
after checking the web site.

It's great to see NetBSD on an alpha, though!

Chris

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