> Subject: Xserver setup for PMAG-F
> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 16:21:14 -0500
> From: Phil Antoine <antoine_at_RadOnc.Duke.EDU>
>
>
> I've got a DEC 3000 Model 400 Alpha system that I'm trying to set up
> from scratch with Digital Unix 3.2C. All is well until xdm starts
> the xserver. The system panics. Upon further examination it
> appears that the default device driver is set up for the TX graphics
> option.
>
> I've poked around, and tried some things but I can't seem to get it
> going with the device driver library for the PMAG-F PGX Turbo
> graphics card we've got in this system.
>
I was pleasantly surprised to get so many responses so quickly.
There is a patch (OSF350-034) that fixes my problem:
> PROBLEM: (Patch ID: OSF350-034) (HPXQ86C85,HPXQ87A4A,HPXQ85059)
> ********
> On any Digital UNIX V3.2C system with a PXG-family graphics card, the
> system panics during the initialization of the X server (which usually
> occurs at the end of system startup when xdm is started).
There were multiple notations that support for the PGX cards will
not be available in the future 4.x incarnations of DU.
Thanks to the following folks for their assistance in identifying
and solving this problem:
Jerry Winegarden <jbw_at_ac.duke.edu>
Lukas Rosenthaler <rosenth_at_foto.chemie.unibas.ch>
Pat Lampert <lampert_at_decatl.alf.dec.com>
Jon Buchanan <Jonathan.Buchanan_at_ska.com>
Jari Tavi <jpt_at_namix.ENET.dec.com>
Ray Bellis <Ray.Bellis_at_psy.ox.ac.uk>
Gyula Szokoly <szgyula_at_skysrv.Pha.Jhu.EDU>
Peter Stern <peter_at_wiscpa.weizmann.ac.il>
Thanks,
Phil Antoine (antoine_at_RadOnc.Duke.EDU)
Duke University Medical Center
Radiation Oncology Physics
Durham, North Carolina USA
http://www.RadOnc.Duke.EDU/~antoine
Received on Wed Jan 17 1996 - 18:56:37 NZDT