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["Samual Acorn" <sam.acorn AT gmail.com>]

try using syslinux to boot BL instead of DOS/loadlin (on any machine)
and see how things go; http://syslinux.zytor.com/


On 05/05/06, sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
> 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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