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From: harry@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Harry Phinney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: X11 vs. 98710 display
Message-ID: <101950185@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com>
Date: 4 Feb 91 20:54:29 GMT
References: <1991Feb2.212605.13160@cs.ucla.edu>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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Robert Collins writes:
> I am having trouble getting X to display on my 98710 display.

> Sorry--Cannot get information about your display.
> Error in line 76 of your /usr/lib/X11/X0screens file.
> Device is not a recognized device type.
> No driver is present in the server.
> Possible cause may be attempting to use an unsupported display.
> Cannot continue--sorry...

While I'll admit the message is a bit verbose, it does tell the story.
The X server does not contain a driver for the 98710 (or 98700) display
systems.  These displays are not supported by the X server.

Harry Phinney   harry@hp-pcd.cv.hp.com