terry@tcville.HAC.COM (Robert Terry) (12/14/90)
I've lost some files containing email messages due to system crash a month ago. Been waiting two months for the Interactive Systems to send several software upgrades such as OS and X window. I got tired of waiting for the newer version of X window to arrive. The older version of X window was unistalled from the system before I took over the job. I decided to use the older version of X window while waiting for the newer version to come in my office. Never used X window before. Installed X window version 1.0. Rebuilt the kernel. Rebooted the system and it came up just fine. Added myself to the X window list to be enabled to use x window system. Typed "xinit" to see if it worked. Nope. I got the following message: "Unable to open X Streams Device: No such file or directory Fatal server error: X device open failed." I remembered reading previous messages posted here that ptx and pty were required to get X window up and running. The following two files, ptx and pty were obtained from /etc/conf/sdevice.d directory: ptx Y 16 0 0... pty Y 16 0 0... I'm not quite sure what else I was supposed to look for to track this problem. Could someone take their time to reply this help message? Your help will be greatly appreciated. System Info: Computer: AST 486/25 OS: Interactive 2.0.2 X Window version 1.0 (Runtime System - System Diskette release 1.0.6) Hughes Aircraft Company (try this 1st) email: terry@mwms.hac.com Information System email: terry@tcville.hac.com PO Box 902, E50/A224 fax: 213-616-0962 El Segundo, CA 90245 "Who wants my opinions anyway?"