Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 13:10:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Bartol <bartol@salk.edu> To: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, Jack Wathey <wathey@salk.edu> Subject: Re: Status of XFree86 on Alpha? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909271306150.88591-100000@eccles.salk.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.10.9909271317510.2333-100000@fly.HiWAAY.net>
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Steve, Thank you for the very rapid response! On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Steve Price wrote: > On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Tom Bartol wrote: > > # Problems/Observations: > # > # 1) We could "make" XFree86 but a "make install" failed due to a missing > # /usr/include/sys/pci_ioctl.h. We noticed that patch-4 for for > # /usr/port/x11/XFree86 includes a patch to "#include <sys/pci_ioctl.h>" > # however this file does not exist in /usr/include/sys on our system. > # "make world" in /usr/src does not install this file. We found the file in > # /usr/src/sys/pci and copied it by hand to /usr/include/sys. After this a > # "make install" for XFree86 succeeded. FreeBSD for Intel does not have > # this file in /usr/include/sys and XFree86 does not require it on Intel. > > Hmm... I'll look into this tonight. I'm pretty sure I did a > 'make -DCLOBBER world' last time, but maybe I didn't. > Yeah, I suspected something like this might be the explanation. > # 2) SuperProbe segfaults. gdb doesn't like the core file so we have no > # clue about the problem here. > > This is a known problem. Just a matter of porting the VGA16 > server to FreeBSD/Alpha. Any volunteers? :) > O.K. I wish I weren't so bogged down with my "Real Job". > # 3) We configured X to run the X_SVGA server for our Matrox Millenium II. > # The server starts up fine but some windows are filled with black and > # menus pop up empty until you run the mouse cursor over the locations where > # the text should be. > > This one is new to me. I don't have a head on my Alpha box > at home, but it sounds like I need free up a monitor so I can > look into this and a couple of other problems I've been seeing. > > # Can anyone tell us if this is normal for the current status of XFree86 for > # FreeBSD-current on the Alpha. I scanned the freebsd-alpha mail archive > # but could glean any insights into this matter. Is there some miss > # configuration on our system causing pci_ioctl.h to be skipped during a > # "make world"? Should we be using a different brand of video card? > > This could be caused by bogus definitions in pci_ioctl.h. Give > me some time later tonight and I'll see what I can do about getting > the port to build without pci_ioctl.h. > O.K. We'll wait to hear from you. Thanks a million! > -steve > > # Thanks for your help, > # > # Tom > > Many thanks, Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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