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From: jensen@mmlai.UUCP (Jim Jensen)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: X server on sun 4/370 won't work
Keywords: X11R3
Message-ID: <610@mmlai.UUCP>
Date: 9 Nov 89 00:20:19 GMT
Organization: Martin Marietta Labs, Baltimore, MD
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We are trying to run an X server on a new sun 4/370 with a cg6 frame
buffer, 8 meg of memory, and sunOS 4.0.3.  We have compiled the MIT
release X11R3, with no optimization, and no errors.  When we run the
program xinit, we get a "Memory Parity Error: pa=7000000 va=2000000"
scrolling off the screen.  the first argument increments for each new
line, and the second remains the same.  If we kill X (the server), the
problem goes away, and if we try to execute just X (ie: Xsun), we get
the same problem.  The same code runs on a 4/260 (monochrome) under
sunOS 4.0 with no problem(see note below).  All the clients will run
on the 4/370 if they are displayed somewhere else with no problem.  We
have replaced the cpu card twice, and the cg6 once, ruling out
(probably) a hardware problem.  Has anyone ever seen a problem like
this, or does anyone have any ideas that we can try?  I would
appreciate any suggestions.

  Thanks,
     Jim Jensen

Martin Marietta Laboratories
1450 South Rolling Road
Baltimore, MD 21227
(310) 247-0700 x2605
arpanet: jensen@mmlai.uu.net

note: when the server was compiled for the 4/260, it was compiled on
the 4/260, under sunOS4.0.  This code was tried on the 4/370 with the
above error, and then recompiled under sunOS4.0.3 but still doesn't
work.  The 4.0.3 compiled code was not retried on the 4/260.