On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Ian Jones wrote:
I have been running into a couple of errors when trying to run X on my system. I am using XFree86 version 4.4.0 and my operating system is LynxOS version 4.0.0. My host is a PowerPC based card with a Chips&Tech graphics device on board.
I have searched the web for a solution to this problem, but have been unable to find anything that helps me. The errors are shown in my log file output below.
XFree86 Version 4.4.0
Release Date: 29 February 2004
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
Build Operating System: LynxOS 4.0.0 PowerPC (LynuxWorks Inc.)
Current Operating System: LynxOS ian_lynx 4.0.0 021802-G PowerPC
Build Date: 18 January 2005
Changelog Date: 29 February 2004
Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/usr/adm/XFree86.0.log", Time: Tue Jan 18 14:09:21 2005
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
ARCHIVELoadModule: wrong magic!!
(EE) Failed to load /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(EE) Failed to load module "bitmap" (loader failed, 7)
ARCHIVELoadModule: wrong magic!!
(EE) Failed to load /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(EE) Failed to load module "pcidata" (loader failed, 7)
Fatal server error: Unable to load required base modules, Exiting
The errors are being generated by the ARCHIVELoadModule routine (in /xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/loader/loader.c), but I'm not really sure why it is failing..?
It appears that LynxOS has its own archive format and that a server binary for this OS expects modules to be in that format. So, I'd first determine which `ar` utility was used to generate these modules.
It might also be possible to modify this code to accept both LynxOS's archive format and the more traditional PowerPC one.
Marc.
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