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

This computer is running MS-DOS 7.1.  I have another of the same modem DFI 
ITBD computer (one may be version B vs A)with a similar AMD cpu (also 233 
MHz) where Xvesa works.  Perhaps this particular cpu is buggy, but not all 
233MHz AMD cpus.

Xvesa works in BL2 and Bl3.3 if you hit F5 while booting to bypass startup 
files (sutoexec.bat and config.sys) but not otherwise.

I put back startx the way it was before (it had been changed to simply 
xinit) and the regular BL3 Xvesa setup is working again too.

This is the first time MS DOS 7.1 has interfered with Xvesa for me.

I don't know what the problem is with xinit, which is still givinga syntax 
error about "(" unexpected.  It works with Xvesa but maybe not other X?

On Fri, 5 May 2006, sindi keesan wrote:

> We set up a DFI computer (the sort that won't boot from any DOS except MS
> DOS) wtih Trident video and AMD K6 133Mhz cpu, which hwinfo says failed
> some test and has a bug.
>
> Xvesa won't work in BL3 or Bl2 - 'illegal instruction'
>
> I tried no-xvesa.tgz with XF86_SVGA (trident and Trio32 S3 cards) and
> XF86_S# (S3 card) and rant Xsetup.
>
> Startx tellms no 'No server X in path.
>
> Set tells me that X is in a directory that is no the path.
> xinit tells me
> X: 1: Syntax error "(" unexpected.
>
> In BL3 I was able to load X with startx and Xvesa anyway but it crashed
> linux and I had to power off.  BL2 just complained about it.
>
> The hard drive was just put here and came from a computer where it worked
> with Matrox  or Tseng and Xvesa (from BL3, in Bl2 or BL3).
>
> So I think I have a hardware incompatibility with X in general.
>
> Pictview works fine in DOS.  I did not try COmpushow.
>
> I will try again anyway bypassing autoexec.bat and config.sys in case that
> helps.
>
> I think this computer was just switched over form FreeDOS to DOS 7.1
> Chinese (I was told it was, I noticed it was not, and I was told it would
> be right away).
>
> Has Xvesa done this to anyone else (illegal instruction) and xinit also
> rfused to work?
>
>
> keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org
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