Michal Jaegermann (michal@ellpspace.math.ualberta.ca)
Wed, 30 Dec 1998 12:04:09 -0700 (MST)
Jay.Estabrook@digital.com wrote:
>
>
> >>> Dan Smely said:
> >
> > executing startx it ends up with the error "xf86EnableIOPorts: Failed to
> > set IOPL for I/O".
> >
> > Just in case you need to know it, I'm using:
> > Alpha Ruffian
....
>
> The stock 5.1 GLIBC doesn't recognize the RUFFIAN system type (the update
> does, I believe, as does the 5.2 version).
>
> So, do exactly the following as root:
>
> ln -s Miata /etc/alpha_systype
>
> and try X again.
Are you sure that this is Miata? I was always using EB164 as
alpha_systype of Ruffian and I never had problems. Maybe Miata
will work as well.
Michal
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