From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Wed, 11 Aug 2004 19:46:19 +0100 (BST) Received: from mx5.Informatik.Uni-Tuebingen.De ([IPv6:::ffff:134.2.12.32]:17595 "EHLO mx5.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de") by linux-mips.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 11 Aug 2004 19:46:14 +0100 Received: from localhost (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by mx5.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22F8B10E; Wed, 11 Aug 2004 20:46:07 +0200 (MST) Received: from mx3.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de ([134.2.12.26]) by localhost (mx5 [134.2.12.32]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 30314-05; Wed, 11 Aug 2004 20:46:05 +0200 (DFT) Received: from dual (semeai.Informatik.Uni-Tuebingen.De [134.2.15.66]) by mx3.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79B18139; Wed, 11 Aug 2004 20:46:03 +0200 (DFT) Received: from mrvn by dual with local (Exim 4.34) id 1Buy6o-0002Xx-MG; Wed, 11 Aug 2004 20:45:59 +0200 To: Ralf Ackermann Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: Q: XFree86 (on MeshCube) from Debian? References: From: Goswin von Brederlow Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 20:45:57 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Ralf Ackermann's message of "Wed, 11 Aug 2004 09:35:35 +0200 (CEST)") Message-ID: <87smatpl7e.fsf@mrvn.homelinux.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) XEmacs/21.4 (Security Through Obscurity, linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new (McAfee AntiVirus) at informatik.uni-tuebingen.de Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 5628 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips Ralf Ackermann writes: > Hello, > > thanks a lot to the persons who helped me setting up a Debian/Sarge > environment for the MeshCube (using cdebootstrap worked like a charm). > > I may go on with an XFree86 server now (I tried using the ati module): > ... > XFree86 Version 4.3.0.1 (Debian 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 20040709164028 > root@remake.rfc822 > .org) > Release Date: 15 August 2003 > X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6 > Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.25 mips [ELF] > Build Date: 10 July 2004 > ... > > Nevertheless - the server refuses to start because of: > Fatal server error: > xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or directory) > > Can this be fixed without having to install an alternative kernel on the > cube? (e.g. by loading an additional / which? kernel module?) cdebootstrap only creates the absolutely essential device nodes for a chroot. You need more device nodes, udev or devfs. cd /dev MAKEDEV generic > best regards and thanks for your help > Ralf MfG Goswin