X server not working in DS5000/200 (ULTRIX 4.0)

Jim Gettys jg at crl.dec.com
Tue Jul 24 23:30:42 AEST 1990


Yeah, you are running the wrong X server on your machine, which
is a 2DA (DS5000/PX).  You are attempting to run the color frame
buffer server (which runs on the CX option).

It is unfriendly that Xcfb core dumps rather than give you a bit
more helpful message.

At some point in time, this trap for the unwary will go away, with
a single server that will run on either kind of hardware (as a side
effect of the multi-screen work).  Not sure what release that will be,
however.

BTW, thanks for the detailed bug report, as the boot sequence tells
the tale exactly.
				- Jim



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