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From: mouse@lightning.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU (der Mouse)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  X server prob on Sun3 sunos 4.1.1
Message-ID: <9105032222.AA03383@lightning.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
Date: 3 May 91 22:22:11 GMT
Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background)
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> I've been pulling out my hair to build a runnable X11 R4 server from
> the mit distribution on a Sun3/260 (bwtwo framebuffer) with sunos
> 4.1.1.  When I try to start the server with "xinit",  I get:

> ========================================================================

> Getting interface configuration: Operation not supported on socket

> SunOpenFrameBuffer: inappropriate ioctl for device


> Fatal server bug!
> no screens found

This looks a great deal like the gcc fixincludes problem.  You say

> I've installed all 18 X11 R4 patches; tried removing all unused
> framebuffers in /dev (i.e. /dev/cg*) ; & tried using gcc among other
> stuff.

but you don't say whether you tried *not* using gcc.  Try building the
server with cc (of course, delete all the .o files first).  If that
works, your problem is likely the fixincludes problem.  See the FAQ,
question 51; I can mail it to you if you want.  (The problem is that
all ioctl() calls compiled with gcc are failing.)

					der Mouse

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