karp-brad@CS.YALE.EDU (Brad Karp) (12/04/90)
Well, I've finally installed all of the binaries that Thomas Roell made available, and configured my server in /usr/lib/X11/config/X386/Xconfig. I used the "PVGA1A" and "640x480x256" lines in the file, and configured my Logitech bus mouse (at Thomas' suggestion) as BusMouse "/dev/logi". (My VGA card is the Pardise VGA 1024, and the card has 512K of memory. My monitor is only a standard VGA analog monitor, so I want to set up the server to use 640x480x256.) When I typed "xinit" (I have ISC's X11R3 installed, so I already had a .xinitrc in my home directory), the server successfully grabbed the next free vt, and printed the gray crosshatch background. Then, when the pointer appeared, (the X cursor), about eight pointers instead of one appeared (they all move when I move the mouse; most bizarre) spaced evenly throughout my screen. Also, after my default xterm, xload, xclock, and xbiff came up, I saw that the screen was strangely scrambled; it appears as though part of the screen is repeated "tiled" in an overlapping fashion on top of itself over and over again, making for an unusable server. Lastly, I noticed that the xclock run from my .xinitrc terminated with a core dump (my console had a Memory fault -- core dumped message). Can anyone suggest what I might do to correct any of the aforementioned problems? Replies by email preferred; I will summarize. Thanks. -- Brad Karp, (203) 436-3060 (voice) | The views expressed in the text my 386: karp%softshop.uucp@cs.yale.edu | you have just perused are not my via Yale CS Dept: karp-brad@cs.yale.edu | own; rather, they are those of the Box 2443 Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520 | heavenly muse who sings in me. -JM