[comp.unix.sysv386] X386 question

protofan@motcid.UUCP (Mike S. Protofanousis) (03/08/91)

How do I set up X386 1.1 so that I can have xinit "work" from the root
console?

What happens now is that the X screen comes up, but keyboard input does
not work right.  I know that if I run X from a virtual console everything
works fine, but I would like to run X from the console...

I would like to have xdm run at boot up.  The same "problem" occurs.  
I have to switch to a virtual console (ALT-SYSREQ-N) before I can
login.

Thanks in advance.
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csmith@cscs.UUCP (Craig E. Smith) (04/07/91)

I have recently gotten Thomas Roell's X386 1.1 source distribution,
and I am wondering if it is worthwhile to try upgrading from my
existing server. I am now running Thomas Roell's old server (from
about a year ago) which I ported to my Zenith Z-386 machine running
Intel (formerly Bell Technologies) System V/386 Release 3.2, with
the original Zenith VGA card. I don't have TCP/IP, and use only
STREAMS connections. I am very happy with the old server, but if
X386 is significantly better, I might try to set it up when I have
time. What are the differences between the two servers? Is the new
one significantly better? I am particularly interested in differences
in speed, memory usage, and stability (under certain conditions I have
problems with lock-ups on the old server, but it doesn't happen often
enough to cause me to track down and fix the problem).


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pb@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (P. Brouwer) (06/19/91)

In the FEATURES file one of the points mentioned is the support/use of shared
libs.
Looking into the at386.cf file a flag is set to YES for SYSV.4 only.
Is shared libs on V3.2 out of the question?

In the patch directory there is a file xview2.???? . It contains patches to a
directory ( xview2 ) in the mit tree. I don't have such a library in the mit
source tree. Should I have it and if so where can I obtain it.
( The last links done to the same dir in SetupLinks failed too, because of the
missing files )

In the README file a lib libdbm.a is mentioned. What kind of library is it and
where can I find the source for it.



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