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Date:      Wed, 4 Aug 1999 00:03:49 +0200
From:      Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely.de>
To:        "Eric J. Chet" <ejc@bazzle.com>
Cc:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, marcel@FreeBSD.ORG, phk@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: VMware X11 and -current
Message-ID:  <19990804000348.A25514@cicely8.cicely.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908031219200.72024-100000@gargoyle.bazzle.com>; from Eric J. Chet on Tue, Aug 03, 1999 at 12:30:25PM -0400
References:  <199908031618.JAA22028@apollo.backplane.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908031219200.72024-100000@gargoyle.bazzle.com>

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On Tue, Aug 03, 1999 at 12:30:25PM -0400, Eric J. Chet wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> 
> > 
> > :--0-169768575-933691257=:71237
> > :Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
> > :
> > :Hello
> > :	I have been using FreeBSD under vmware for a few weeks now,
> > :running 3.2R.  Everything has been running good including X11.  I upgraded
> > :to -current and the linux XF86_vmware server stopped working.  When I try
> > :and start the xserver I get an error "xf86OpenConsole: cannot open
> > :/dev/tty0.  I'm running -current as of 8/1/99 with the latest linux_base
> > :port.
> > 
> >     Try creating a softlink from /dev/console to /dev/tty0.
> > 
> > 					-Matt
> > 
> Hello Matt
> 
> 	I tried that, it then can't find /dev/tty4.  If I also symlink
> tty4 it will panic.  Lets see if I can get a dump.
It needs ttyp0 as tty0 and so on.
I tried it myself under current and got the X11 window.
but it complained that it can't find /proc/cpuinfo.
I never beleaved that it would work after that.

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B.Walter                  COSMO-Project              http://www.cosmo-project.de
ticso@cicely.de             Usergroup                info@cosmo-project.de



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