Re: startx failure on 7500


Subject: Re: startx failure on 7500
From: Paul Nixon (aag62@dial.pipex.com)
Date: Sat Jan 27 2001 - 04:57:56 MST


An update on this. I ran the Xconfigurator and found that X works fine with
any 8-bit settings but will core dump if I try to use more colour depth.

Is this a known problem.

At least I'm up and running even if colour is crap.

Paul.

Paul Nixon wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm experimentikng with using YDL on my old PPC Macs - the ones for
> which MacOS is not an option.
>
> I have installed YDL 1.2.1 on 7500 with AppleVision monitor and it's
> fine but when I try to start up X I get: intersting patterns on the
> screen followed by
>
> (--) FBDev: Using cfb16 driver
> sh: /lib/cpp: No such file or drirectory
> X Error: BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib length
> error) 16
> Major opcode: 72
> X Error: BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib length
> error) 16
> Major opcode: 72
> kpanel: waiting for windowmanager
> kwm: X_PutImage(0x0): BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib
> length error)
>
> kwm: failure during initialisation; aborting
>
> waiting for X server to shut down Caught signal 11.
>
> and then a request to send the core dump to XFree.
>
> Has anyone seen this before and should I do as requested and forward the
> core dump to XFree [not easy as 7500 is not on internet yet]
>
> Thanks.
>
> Paul Nixon



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