Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 08:47:56 -0500 From: Mikel <mikel@ocsny.com> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@sr.hp.com>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xvtykludge error (ioctl: Inappropriate ioctl for device) Message-ID: <38BBCE0C.E0FF40E6@ocsny.com> References: <20000225140254.H21720@fw.wintelcom.net> <200002252144.NAA19689@mina.sr.hp.com> <20000225142450.K21720@fw.wintelcom.net>
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Greetings,
Thanks for all of the feedback...still trying to make it work..I believe that I have added all the hooks...but I shall double check
when I finish booting the thing up..
Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> * Darryl Okahata <darrylo@sr.hp.com> [000225 14:17] wrote:
> > Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> wrote:
> >
> > > > The problem is that XFree86 doesn't work with the ATI Mobility-P
> > > > video chipset used in the Dell Inspiron 7500. A couple of months back,
> > > > I posted a pointer (in freebsd-mobile) to a kludgy workaround (which
> > > > includes/uses a program called "xvtykludge"), and it appears that Mikel
> > > > is trying to use it.
> > >
> > > You still really haven't given us a pointer to the program.
> >
> > It's not much of a program -- it basically opens a VTY and calls a
> > VESA ioctl (which requires the kludgy kernel patch). You can find a
> > pointer to it via either of these URLs:
> >
> > http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=234054+237210+/usr/local/www/db/text/1999/freebsd-mobile/19991226.freebsd-mobile
> >
> > http://www.deja.com/=dnc/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=564252665
> >
> > You'll have to download the 850K tarball to get the xvtykludge program
> > source.
>
> That's ok, I should have figured this out a while ago, but I think
> Mikel neglected to compile in "option VESA" into his kernel which
> is probably why he's getting the 'ioctl: Inappropriate ioctl for device'
> message.
>
> Mikel, can you comment? Do you have VESA compiled in your kernel?
>
> -Alfred
>
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Cheers,
Mikel
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