[comp.windows.x] what /dev's needed on sun3/60C

chappelo@uvm-gen.uvm.edu (Steve Chappelow) (01/02/89)

I'm installing X11R3+fix1 on sun3's and sun2's under SunOS 4.0.  

On our new Sun3/60C, /dev/fb is all we have for screen devices.  X
comes up in monochrome mode using /dev/fb.  If I move /dev/fb to
/dev/cgfour0 and start xinit -- -dev /dev/cgfour0 I get color.
However if I link cgfour0 and fb it dies.  What devices should I have
and how do I make them?

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Steve Chappelow        chappelo@kira.uvm.edu

rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler) (01/03/89)

/dev/fb and /dev/cgfour0 are different devices as far as the kernel
is concerned, don't move one to the other or link them together.  To
get cgfour0 created, do
	cd /dev
	./MAKEDEV cgfour0
Your X11 server should work fine with /dev/fb and /dev/cgfour0
existing (but no /dev/bwtwo*'s), you shouldn't even need to give
a -dev option to xinit.