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Started by andrew.carroll
Tue, 02 May 2000 00:00
V3, Kernel 2.3.99-pre6 & XFree86 v4.0 - HELP !
Author: andrew.carroll
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 00:00
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 00:00
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Since upgrading to the latest development kernel I have come across a problem with my X setup. I have compiled the tdfx module through the kernel configuration, and have rebuilt the Glide_V3 source rpms, and the tdfx_dri-3.9.18.src.rpm. The tdfx_drm-0.8.5.src.rpm won't compile under this new kernel, but I don't think I would need it because the tdfx module is now included in the kernel. Basically the problem is this....when I try and run certain programs they seem unable to create their own windows. If I try and run XMame I get the error : "failed to create MITSHM block" If and try and run a Mesa test program like Gears the command just sits there trying to do something, but the window is never created and I have to ALT-C to stop the process. I'm not sure whether this is because I haven't compiled something correctly into the kernel (there is a lot of new stuff in there). Anyone else seen this ? Many thanks Andrew Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
Re: V3, Kernel 2.3.99-pre6 & XFree86 v4.0 - HELP !
Author: Dances With Crows
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 00:00
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 00:00
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On Tue, 02 May 2000 08:15:10 GMT, andrew.carroll@cwcom.net
<<8em2q6$bhl$1@nnrp1.deja.com>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Basically the problem is this....when I try and run certain programs
>they seem unable to create their own windows.
>If I try and run XMame I get the error :
>
>"failed to create MITSHM block"
>I'm not sure whether this is because I haven't compiled something
>correctly into the kernel (there is a lot of new stuff in there).
Wild shot in the dark: Have you put the following line into /etc/fstab ?
none /var/shm shm exec,dev,suid,rw 0 0
ALso make sure to "mkdir /var/shm" if it doesn't exist already. Shared
memory as used by some programs is now a filesystem. ("EVERYthing in Unix
is a file.") Just "mount -a" after doing these things and things should
work better wrt X and MIT-SHM. I think.
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There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| creative ways of being stupid,
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