Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 14:24:50 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@sr.hp.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, Mikel <mikel@ocsny.com> Subject: Re: xvtykludge error (ioctl: Inappropriate ioctl for device) Message-ID: <20000225142450.K21720@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <200002252144.NAA19689@mina.sr.hp.com>; from darrylo@sr.hp.com on Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 01:44:49PM -0800 References: <20000225140254.H21720@fw.wintelcom.net> <200002252144.NAA19689@mina.sr.hp.com>
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* 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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