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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

What version of DOS are you booting from and can you boot from a DOS 
floppy disk without any autoexec.bat or config.sys on it?  If you are 
booting from a computer with DOS and not Windows on it you can also hit F5 
to 'bypass system files' while booting.  himem.sys in MS-DOS 6.22 and 
sometimes other verions somehow interferes with Xvesa.  (It works for me 
on one computer with Win98 DOS but not on another nearly identical 
computer, same motherboard or a slightly different version of it).

If you only have Windows, make a Windows boot disk and delete autoexec.bat 
and config.sys before using it to boot.  Don't boot from a DOS window.

I think maybe this has something to do with how himem.sys handles memory 
(ROM?).  Don't really understand.  DR-DOS has always worked for me with 
Xvesa.  MS-DOS 6.22 never.  MS-DOS 5.0 or 3.3 might work better - ask 
Steven. I did not try PC-DOS or FreeDOS with himem.sys and Xvesa.

On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, Mark Glassberg wrote:

> I installed bl3-31.zip on a Toshiba T2130CT.  All went well until I tried
> to start X.  After I answered A, P, and 2 to the questions the process hung.
> I returned to the original virtual terminal to find the following:
>         Interrupt pointer doesn't point at ROM
>         Interrupt pointer doesn't point at ROM
>         Interrupt pointer doesn't point at ROM
>         Interrupt pointer doesn't point at ROM
>
>         Fatal server error:
>         no screens found
>         X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
>
> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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