Hello from Gregg C Levine usually with Jedi Knight Computers
Would if it was possible, he isn't connected as I said, because I have since
switched over to a faster box, running M$ Win98SE/OEM ver, products for
communications via the Internet. Now as to error messages for X, the startx
script is what was used. The error message, is simply, broken connection
with server, on display:0.0.  The distribution for I386 was 1.4, and it was
ordered from CheapBytes. Currently I am working from memory, which is
reasonably accurate, but won't hold up in court. By "standard procedures" I
mean that I followed the procedures used to configure X for Linux, also on
the same box, but at a different time.
Now as to the problem of the port for the modem: It simply does not detect
the port.  Currently the computer is not running the software, it is
scheduled for a reinstallation of same, later today, or tomorrow. I suppose
when I reinstall the software, I will make sure everything is done
correctly.
Gregg C Levine mailto:hansolofalcon@worldnet.att.net
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin P. Neal [mailto:kpneal@pobox.com]
> Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 3:22 PM
> To: Gregg C Levine
> Cc: port-i386@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: X windows failures
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 02, 2000 at 02:26:41PM -0400, Gregg C Levine wrote:
> > On an OEM Pentium 100MHZ based unit, I installed the I386 port
> of NetBSD. I
>
> Which release? Or was it a -current snapshot?
>
> > then followed the 'standard procedures', for configuring X windows, well
> > standard for other operating systems that use the product. It
> went through
>
> Which means what? Which "standard procedures"? Were you going from memory
> or do you have some sort of documentation handy?
>
> > the initialization process, and then aborted with a claim that
> that there
> > was a broken connection between server, and client. Does anyone have any
> > advice on this one, or has seen it before. The computer has 16MB of main
>
> How did you try to start "it"? Did you use xdm or xinit or startx or
> /usr/X11R6/bin/X or what? What did the server print out on it's stderr?
>
> > memory installed.  But is not connected to the Internet, as it did not
> > detect the modem, which is using the port which corresponds to
> COM3 in the
> > world that it started off in.
>
> What do you mean "it did not detect the modem"? NetBSD can detect a
> serial port, and it can detect some internal modems that look like
> serial ports. NetBSD does not, apon seeing a serial port, start sending
> data out the port looking for a modem.
>
>
> You can try posting your exact commands, the exact errors, and the
> output of dmesg. That will help.
> --
> Kevin P. Neal                                http://www.pobox.com/~kpn/
>
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