Hi Digital Unix managers,
Many thanks to the following people for helping me solve my problem:
anthony ?? (anthony_at_aaii.oz.au)
Dr. Tom Blinn
Dave Cherkus
Dave Hill
Stuart Kreitman
(Three of these people pointed out that my "From" address is scrambled,
sorry about that, I am using All-in-one via MRgate via X400, and for
some unknown reason my phone number and fax number appears in my "From"
address. Any hints appreciated ;-) )
The original question was:
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I am in the process of adding a graphics card to a DECstation 3000/700.
The DECstation had its initial software installed using a VT320 via the
serial port, with no graphics card fitted. I have carried out the
following steps to get the system to recognise the graphics card:
1. I deleted OSFSER320 and reinstalled it. I then did a "doconfig",
without the -c option, and rebuilt the kernel using a new config file.
Upon rebooting on the new kernel, I got a message on the VRT19 saying
that there was no graphics console support in the kernel, and that it
was switching to the alternate console. The boot finished with messages
appearing on the VT320 connected to the serial port.
2. I added "pseudo-device ws" to the kernel, and then rebuilt the
kernel. Upon reboot, all output went to the VRT19, but it stayed in text
mode, ie, no login widget appeared, just the login prompt (text).
3. I did ps axw | grep xdm, and found that output was:
/usr/bin/X11/xdm -config /usr/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-config.fs
My other system outputs:
/usr/bin/X11/xdm -config /usr/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-config
4. "sizer -wu" returns 0. My other system returns a 1.
What else do I need to do to get X-windows on the local display??
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I carried out the following steps to get the X-windows to work:
1. Checked that the console switch was in the correct position, (it
was).
2. I found all the X-windows related subsets, using:
"setld -i | grep -i x" and deleted the inventory control files for any
subsets that are related to the X windows system. The inventory control
files live in /usr/.smdb.
3. I rebooted the node using the generic kernel, (boot -fi /genvmunix),
and found that the X-windows worked fine. I then reinstalled the subsets
for which I deleted the inventory control files for.
4. I rebuilt the kernel using "doconfig" (no -c option), and moved the
kernel to /vmunix.
5. When I rebooted, everything worked fine.
Thanks again, I have not included full responses, but they are available
on request.
Garry.
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Received on Wed May 17 1995 - 20:45:03 NZST