It looks like the problem with Xsun24 is still there, even in the CVS version. When I run XFree86's "Xsun24 -fbinfo" after having run the Sun XServer once, XFree86's XServer tells me its a TCX, and works in 8 bit color. When I run "Xsun24 -fbinfo" without having run Sun's XServer since last bootup, XFree86's XServer tells me its a cg8, then terminates and spits out this error message: "Fatal server error: CG24UpdateColormap: FBIOPUTCMAP failed"
If you could give me a hint as to how to build the regular loadable module version of the XFree86 XServer, that would be great. Since there's actually an official driver for the CG14 that seems to be somewhat maintained, I figure I may as well give it a shot. I am about to leave to visit my family for a few days, so while I can build the Xserver from 100 miles away, I can't test it. I'll let you know how everything goes after I get back on Wednesday or Thursday of next week. Also, my e-mail may be a bit spotty in a couple of days, since sdf.lonestar.org is being moved and having its IP address changed on the 22nd. thanks for your help, Jim Faulkner On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, fmccor wrote: > Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 23:19:55 +0000 (UTC) > From: fmccor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: dogshu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Ferris McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Xpert]need help setting up xfree86 on sparcstation 20 > > Jim, > > Thanks for your response (below); here are a couple preliminary > observations. > > The suncg14 driver and the sunleo drivers are drivers with those names > under the Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers tree. They themselves are not built > when you build the monolithic Xsun server: I know because I tried that > first. Whether or not their equivalents are built into Xsun I do not > know. Sunleo is, I believe, but I have not yet convinced myself that > Xfree86/Xsun24 even supports the cg14 directly. If it does, the code for > it is well disguised. I'll be interested in what you learn. > > As I mentioned, I have a build using the cheating approach on a > sparc20/cg14. Unfortunately, this system is running Solaris 2.5.1, > and I can't take it out of service to try Solaris 8. I can force > the build to go to completion; I'll let you know if it actually runs. > > Regards, > Ferris > -- > Ferris E. McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Phone: (h) 703-368-6723 > (w) 703-392-0303 > (fax) 703-392-0401 > > On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, dogshu wrote: > > > > > While searching through mailing lists, I have found a changelog that says > > "sunleo and suncg14 now correctly set bpp." This was after the 4.1.0 > > release, which is what I tried. So, I checked out the latest version of > > XFree86 from CVS, and am presently building it on a sparc20/cg14 system > > running solaris 8. We'll see how it goes. > > > > The Xsun* servers are all that built when I tried 4.1.0. I don't know if > > the suncg14 driver is part of Xsun, or if I have to "cheat", as you said, > > to get the regular loadable driver X server to build. > > > > Jim Faulkner > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
