From: Webb, Nick C (nick.c.webb@amsjv.com)
Date: Wed May 29 2002 - 05:25:29 EDT
Thanks to Dr Thomas Blinn for the answer which I think I
was expecting, although I had hoped for better news.
Basically, the upgrade of the X Server should not be attempted.
It will never work! An OS upgrade would be required to get
a newer X Server.
On Thursday, May 23, 2002 11:09 AM, Webb, Nick C [SMTP:nick.c.webb@amsjv.com]
wrote:
> We want to upgrade the X Server from X11R5 to X11R6.x on one
> of our old systems. This consists of a Dec 3000 workstation
> with 2 ZLXp-E2 graphics cards (PMAGD-BA), running OSF/1
> v 3.2D.
>
> I've downloaded the source for X11R6.1 from ftp.x.org, and it all
> built without problem. However, when I run the resulting Xdec it
> fails to start, giving me the error:
> "Could not AddScreen, ID = PMAGD".
>
> Having looked at the source code, I'm guessing that the standard
> X Server code only supports the most basic of graphics cards. I
> presume it's not as simple as installing a driver - we've already got
> the drivers installed and Xdec for X11R5 will still run up.
>
> Is it possible to get a pre-compiled Xdec and the corresponding
> X libraries for this version of the operating system that will work
> with our graphics cards?
>
> Or is there anything I can do to make it work?
>
> Please note that upgrading the operating system is NOT an option.
>
> Any advice appreciated
>
> Nick Webb
> AMS Christchurch, UK
>
> nick.c.webb@amsjv.com
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