Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 13:16:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Donn Miller <dmm125@bellatlantic.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Running Linux X server on FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808171315330.26224-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <35D794D7.71F2BA22@bellatlantic.net>
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On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, Donn Miller wrote: > Hi > > Does anyone know if I can run an XServer compiled for Linux on FreeBSD > 2.2.7? No. The virtual console API is significanly different. > The reason is that there is an XServer for Linux that is not > available for my video chipset (SiS 5597). I tried it, but it said > something about ioctl not implemented, and it was also looking for > /etc/ttyX instead of /etc/ttyvX. I tried symlinking but that didn't > work. You should be able to get FreeBSD versions of your X server from wherever you got your Linux version; both Xi Graphics and XFree86 make FreeBSD binaries. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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