Re: X11 configuration

[Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

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Hello,

On Apr 15, 2009, at 1:09 PM, T. M. Pederson wrote:

> Morning,
>
> On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:09:48 -0400
> Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
> [...]
> > On Apr 15, 2009, at 8:57 AM, T. M. Pederson wrote:
> [...]
> > > Okay. I gave this a shot, and the diffs are in the "Common header"
> > > <     0x00: 0x59621002 0x02b00006 0x03000001 0x0000ff08
> > > ---
> > > >   0x00: 0x59621002 0x02b00007 0x03000001 0x0000ff08
> > > And:
> > > <     Command register: 0x0006
> > > <       I/O space accesses: off
> > > ---
> > > >   Command register: 0x0007
> > > >     I/O space accesses: on
> >
> > Oh for crying out loud. I/O access: on is the case that works?
>
> Essentially. "Before" is wscons=YES, but with text vt's only, where
> the fifth vt is blank. "After" is the result of launching X and xterm
> on top of that.

So the Xserver enables IO access There's one thing left to try. Please  
use the pcitweak utility ( comes with X ) to change the command  
register to 0x0007 before starting X, then see if it still crashes. It  
will likely mess up your console on exit anyway but it should not  
crash the machine.
I don't see what that would have to do with virtual consoles being  
configured or not but right now I don't really see anything that makes  
any sense at all.

> > > Also, I set wscons=YES for this run, and tapping the vt switching  
> > > key
> > > combo got:
> > > Failed to switch consoles (Inappropriate ioctl for device)
> >
> > Not surprising if you don't have virtual consoles configured.
>
> What did I miss? I could switch between all of ttyE[0-3] and
> the empty fifth vt. Until I started X.

Never mind, I can't read today. You need options WSDISPLAY_COMPAT_USL  
for these ioctl()s to be supported but that won't help much since X  
don't restore the console's video mode properly.

have fun
Michael

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