spiesman@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (SPIESMAN, BILL) (09/13/90)
In article <70@thinc.UUCP>, ethan@thinc.UUCP (Ethan A. Lish of THINC) writes... > > After loading my Xenix Dev. Sys, I thought I would >try the cgitest. It compiles correctly, but when I execute >the binary it pauses, then bombs with the error msg; > > "Error -3000 opening device display" > I had the same problem. SCO gave me this: How to make CGI 1.0.1 work with a VGA display under SCO XENIX Release 2.3 KEYWORDS: vga ega display adapter 1.0.1 xenix 2.3 error 3000 RELEASE: SCO CGI 1.0.1 PROBLEM: How can CGI 1.0.1, which has only an EGA display driver, be made to work with SCO XENIX Operating System Release 2.3 with a VGA display adapter installed? SOLUTION: Rename the existing device file /dev/ega, then create a new /dev/ega file that is a link to the device file /dev/vga. To do this, log in as root and execute the following commands: # mv /dev/ega /dev/ega.old # ln /dev/vga /dev/ega Be sure the above ln(C) command is done with the arguments in the correct order. Typing "l /dev/ega" should show 2 links, a major number of 52 and a minor number of 5. See l(C) or ls(C) for more information on how to interpret the format of the l(C) command. IMPORTANT: This workaround will work correctly only when a VGA display adapter is present in the computer. If an EGA adapter is present, you must restore the original /dev/ega file using this command: # mv /dev/ega.old /dev/ega