[SUMMARY] "fresh" install of DU4.0E on a Digital Personal Workstation: has anyone done this?

From: Toni Harbaugh-Blackford <harbaugh_at_ncifcrf.gov>
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 13:30:05 -0500

Thanks to:

   Amy Skowronek <amy_at_aloha.nascom.nasa.gov>
   Tommy Foley <tfoley_at_eng.uab.edu>
   Joel_Gallun/US/DCI_at_discovery.com
   Dr. Tom Blinn <tpb_at_doctor.zk3.dec.com>

The DU4.0E release notes incorrectly state the INCLUDED version of Open3D as 4.6.
In realty, AFTER you install it you find out it is *actually* verion 4.9A, which
is the CORRECT version for the PowerStorm 4D51T.

Thinking that the included version was actually too old, I had tried to install
versions from the consolidated distribution, none of which will work.

In summary, ignore the DU4.0E release notes - the included version of Open3D is
the most recent version available (4.9A).



>
>Folks-
>
>Has anyone successfully performed a "fresh" install of DU4.0E on a
>Digital Personal Workstation with a PowerStorm graphics card (in
>particular a 4D51T)?
>
>I attempted this and although the install of 4.0E itself went fine
>(using the VGA graphics driver since the 4D51T drivers are not
>included in 4.0E), the subsequent install of Open3D 4.8 (which *does*
>contain the 4D51T drivers) has not been successful.
>
>Now the system boots, but appears to go into an infinite loop of trying
>and failing to start the X server to the console. I have looked for
>error messages in the logs and found only the following repeated message
>in /var/dt/Xerrors:
>
>X Error of failed request: Badlength (poly request too large or internal Xlib length error)
> Major opcode of failed request: 133 (DEC-Direct-Render)
> Minor opcode of failed request: 4 ()
> Serial number of failed request: 3
> Current serial number in output stream: 3
>
>Note that I tried installing Open3D 4.9, but the installation script
>specifically *FILTERS OUT* DU 4.0E, only allowing installation on DU4.0D.
>
>Any assistance in resolving and/or analyzing this problem is greatly
>appreciated.
>
>
>
>
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