Don writes:
We need a FAQ more urgently than a bot.
bah
Andrew is right. An FAQ would be a better start. Hell current man pages
would also be nice :)
The MGA(4) man page mentions nothing about HAL and does not even mention
the G450 and G550 graphics cards.
I would be
John Tapsell writes:
% strings /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/mga_drv.o | grep -i hal
Crtc2Half
NoHal
HALLib not loaded! NOT using Merged Framebuffer mode.
This card requires the mga_hal module for dual-head operation
Curious no?
My X server is the one that comes with the
Dr Andrew C Aitchison writes:
For documentation, just submit changes to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If you are doing it seriously, consider installing whatever sgml tool we
are currently using (possibly docbook), since the master sources for
some documentation is in sgml, eg
for the revision 1.66:
756. PS/2 mice initialization sequence changed: rerun entire sequence
when something goes wrong - this needs to be rewritten completely
after 4.3 is out (Egbert Eich).
So, I am guessing what happens is that the PS2 protocol of the mouse
driver sends
I will try to give a more detailed answer as this should go into
a FAQ and some people have volunteered to work on one.
The Xserver needs at least the 'fixed' and the 'cursor' font
to start up successfully. The 'cursor' font is required to
be able to display a cursor symbol, the 'fixed' font is
I've committed a patch to stop the endless loop.
However since the mouse initialization routine reports
that the mouse isn't initialized correctly mice
on a repeater will still not work correctly if the
protocol is set to PS/2 or its variants.
One should either use GenericPS/2 or auto as
Egbert Eich writes:
By serious acceleration glitches, I mean that when areas are redrawn
(such as moving the mouse in the K-menu), rectangular copies get made
randomly on the screen (as through the copy routines get their x, y,
width, height messed).
OK, I'll try
Matej Svrcek writes:
Dear Sirs,
if this is not the right instance to ask, please
disregard this message. My apoogies, with Linux I'm
total anoying newbie;)
Recently I installed Slackware 8.1 and I'm trying to
find my way around. When I finally figured out how to
start X, I got
=?iso-8859-1?Q?fabian=5Fcruz?= writes:
I am using a Appian Gemini Graphic Card with S3
Savage/Mx controller dual monitor on redhat 7.3, I
cannot configured two screen, i get this messages
when I run startx,
Fatal server error:
Requested Entity already in use!
I attached my
I've written an extensive answer to this issue on this list
just two days ago.
Let me copy it from my pervious email:
I will try to give a more detailed answer as this should go into
a FAQ and some people have volunteered to work on one.
The Xserver needs at least the 'fixed' and the 'cursor'
Your S3 Trio64 variant may not be supported by this version of
XFree86.
Egbert.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi:
Please hlep me,because I can't to start X window
attachment file is the error log.
(See attached file: XFree86.0.log)
Thanks very much
Quinn Kao
Barry Anderson writes:
(BTW, There is tons of complaints about this on the newsgroups.)
On IBM PC, 64Meg Ram, P166...
On install when it comes time to configure video and monitor, the test fails
on all settings (ie. 16Bit, 32Bit, all the screen sizes and resolutions),
but it
Cynthia Grossen writes:
Is the (EE) No devices detected. line w/o any other errors/warnings an
indicator of a specific card not being supported?
In most cases yes.
In rare cases when you use ISA card and didn't specify a chipset
you may get this message because the chip is not
Something else has opened your mouse device.
Please do (as root) 'fuser /dev/psaux'
and do a 'ps aux' to find the process
whose PID was returned by fuser.
Egbert.
Omer Aloni writes:
Hi,
My X server was unable to start, probably because of mouse bug. I've
attached the X server log
Are you sure you only rebooted? You didn't change the video card by
any chance? You have specified the SiS driver but you are using a
Nivida card. Please reconfigure X.
Egbert.
Gregory Berkolaiko writes:
Hi,
Here is the problem we experience. On bootup (RedHat 7.3 out of the box),
David Turetsky writes:
I have tried /dev/input/mouseN where N = 0...4 to no apparent effect
How about /dev/usbmouseN, N={0,1,...}
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Appearantly you are using a very old Xserver (4.1.0!)
on a card which wasn't even on the market when this
version was released.
Try an newer version.
Egbert.
Sujith Kumar S writes:
hi,
I'm attaching the error log with this message.
Please help me.
thanks in advance,
sujith
Widiarto writes:
Hi all,
I wonder how many VGA adapter that XFree86 server can handle to use multi head
monitor? I've already tried 4 and it work!.. I wanna try more than 4 but my
motherboard only have 4 PCI :((.
I see on the website there is industrial PC backplane which has 18 PCI,
=?iso-8859-1?Q?Georges=5FHansel?= writes:
I am using the linux distribution 8.1
The card is ATI Graphics Pro Turbo
When booting with the syslinux floppy disk created at
the installation, all is O.K.
When booting with the loadlin program (and the same
kernel), I can't get Xwindows to
Michael Cardenas writes:
Unfortunately, I edited i810_memory.c and changed
if (xf86AgpGARTSupported() !pI810-directRenderingEnabled
pI810-GttBound) {
to
if (xf86AgpGARTSupported() pI810-GttBound) {
and it still produces the same error when I launch a second X
Brian A. Seklecki writes:
http://www.9xmedia.com/pages-Build_a_system/X-Top_Design_a_system-Configurations.html
you may have to soon enough, only a matter of time before some bloke gets his
hands on one of these and comes trolling.
True, however we do have a size limit that's harder
genocide writes:
Hello
I have X-Server version 4.2.0 and the Video Card is ATI RADEON 7000
(sometime cold RADEON VE) with 64 mb on board .
My Linux distribusion is Slackware 8.1
Kernel 2.4.20 with implemation of agp (chipset SIS ,board K7S5A)
When I press the
David Chow writes:
Hi all,
I am new to Xfree86 development. Is it possible to implement an X server
that can dynamically changing the physical resolution (resolution in the
framebuffer, not virtual). Please comment. Thanks.
Yes, use the RandR extension on the upcoming 4.3 release.
This is indeed a strange problem. Which windowmanager are you using?
Could you please try to use a really simple one - like twm?
Better yet - for testing please run nedit on a bare Xserver.
Do something like:
X sleep 5; nedit -display :0
on the command line and see if the problem also appears.
Berge, Harry ten writes:
Hi,
I have a very strange problem. We have a system (SuSE 7.3 Pro with XFree86
4.2.1 and xdm/mwm) where as you log in the mouse buttons are totally
screwed. When you logout and login again it's fixed.
Does anyone has any clue what this could be?
What
Interesting.
'-xf86config' is used to specify an alternative config file.
You need to specify the name of the config file after the
option name.
Are you sure it wasn't the '-configure' option?
Egbert.
joyce eyles writes:
To add to my e-mail of 13th I entered the command 'XFree86 -xf86config'
Jesper Skytte writes:
Hey
I am running a RH 7.2 port with XFee86 4.1.0 and i use a Savage
grafigboard and to use the newst driver i have to start the XFee86 with
the -ignoreABI swiths and dont sem to get rigth. can sombody help me please.
This option merely tell the driver to ignore
David Dawes writes:
I see in the imake.c and imakemdep.h that /usr/bin/cpp is
being hard-coded into the executables. Also many of the
Makefiles, presumably they are being constructed via imake,
contain this hard-coded path. Maybe someone better informed
than me can comment on this.
Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
(BThe chip's HW is accessed at a stage where this access shouldn't
(Btake place. This needs to be fixed on a level higher up in the
(BXserver, namely in xf86CursorCloseScreen().
(BFixing this in the driver will avoid the problem but we will only
Dr Andrew C Aitchison writes:
On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Peter Berg Larsen wrote:
I am currently using RC2 (upgraded yesterday from 4.2.1) and is irritated
by a 8-9 second freeze of X when switching to X from the console. This
seems to happen because X is set to use a mouse repeater (that
Missing modelines mean that the server should take its internal
ones.
1. You may want to look at
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary/X/XFree86/
for a later version of XFree86.
2. You should provide us with the full log file. Only then there
is the chance to help you as we
Chief Penguin writes:
Hi
I am constantly getting the following problem.
XFree86 Version 4.0.1a / X Window System
^^
Have you tried upgrading?
Egbert.
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Mark Vojkovich writes:
It's kindof standard behavior. XFree86 doesn't have mouse protocol
error handling so when it loses state during the switch you get junk.
VT switching away and back and it should reset the mouse.
This is only true for the fixed protocols.
If you use
Protocol
Jorge Navas writes:
XFree86 Version 4.0.1a / X Window System
Your server may be to old. Go to www.xfree86.org to donwload a newer
version.
Egbert.
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ImPS/2 only supports 1 wheel and 3 buttons.
You may want to try ExplorerPS/2.
Egbert.
TERRIEN Simon writes:
i've bought a new mouse : A4Tech, model : WOP-35PU
it has 2 roller and 5 buttons.
i've wrote in /etc/X11/XFConfig-4 :
Section InputDevice
Identifier Mouse1
Driver
Nigel Ridley writes:
http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
I have a 'Logitech Cordless Trackman Optical' with 8 buttons (including
the two small ones either side of the scroll wheel, which also act as
scrollers). Which protocol should I use? At the moment I am using
IMPS/2 but
You are probably using the wrong protocol.
Try a different one in the line
Protocol x
Or send us the log file and tell us which mouse you have.
Egbert.
Trippin writes:
I cant get X to to use my mouse...
It load up the cursor but when i move the mouse it jump straight to top left
Unfortunately threre is a bug in the 4.3 driver.
A fixed version is in the current CVS.
Egbert.
Eugene N. Denisov writes:
Hello! I have Rendition Vertie 2200 Video Adapter.
I have read on xfree86.org about Option NoDDC
I alredy tried in my config all possible combinations
Cristian Campeanu writes:
Hi there,
My name is Cristian Campeanu and I'm from Romania.
I own a Likom L - 403 monitor which a broke 3 times already by changing
resolution (the usual Ctrl+Alt+-) and a S3 Trio3D. I'm running RedHat Linux
7.2 with the 2.4.7-10 kernel and XFree 4.1.0
Peter Schilke writes:
Hi,
I have been trying to install Linux (SuSE 8.2) on a Dell Latitude D500.
It uses XFree86 4.3.0, so it should be able to deal with the 855GM
chipset, but it seems to get only 892 kB of video memory, which mens I
can run only with 8 Bit, which is
Andrew M. Weiser writes:
Hi-
I am a software engineer working with a VME Single Board Computer with a CT69030
running Redhat Linux 8.0, which appears to be utilizing XFree86 4.2.0 (by examining
the install log).
I am experiencing difficulty changing the resolution settings.
I assume you try to run on Mac.
The TDFX driver needs PIO which isn't available on Macs.
Maybe the TDFX driver used to be able to get by without
PIO.
Maybe one could fix the driver. Unfortunately it's currently
unmaintained.
Egbert.
Mike Haase writes:
Here's the log file from
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hello xfree86,
I've been trying to set up an X on a VMWare 3.1.1 under
Windows2000.
I've used Install VMWare Tools option.
I've used xfree86setup automatic configuration utility, but all
I get is the errror You can find in
Emmanuel writes:
On 2003.06.20 18:10, Christoffer Dahl Petersen wrote:
fre, 2003-06-20 kl. 14:31 skrev Emmanuel:
All these options are commented out by the leading #. You just
have
to remove it to active the option. Moreover several of this option
takes an argument (the
This may also happen when the fontpath element doesn't exist because
the font isn't installed.
Some configuration tools add all possible font path elements to the list
even if they are not installed because the Xserver ignores
non-existing ones.
Egbert.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Does the
Mr fir kes writes:
plz help me my xserver doesn't open ...
my system config is as follows
nvidia riva tnt model 64 / model 64 pro
genius netscroll + ps/2 mouse
acer ac711 17 monitor
the log is attached
You are trying to run a SiS chipset:
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) SiS 300 rev
Unfortunately you may be pretty much on your own.
the Cirrus driver is pretty much unsupported as noone
who could support it has the HW.
If you find a solution please let us know.
The spikes and crackles usually appear when the memory bus
is congested.
Sometimes this can get fixed by reducing the
David Anderson writes:
I can't get my Logitech optical mouse to work on KDE 3.1 in Mandrake 9.1. I
can see the cursor, but when I try to move it it just goes crazy all over
the screen, and it tends to stay near the top of the screen after I stop
trying to move it. It's a USB mouse
Egbert Eich writes:
We have a similar report about a Cirrus Laguna chip in
our bugzilla.
ID #348. I forgot to mention this.
Egbert.
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David Anderson writes:
What's the protocol you have set?
You may want to try either PS/2 ImPS/2 or Auto under 4.3.
Maybe you should edit /etc/X11/XF86Config manually to change this.
Egbert.
I tried those three, plus others as well. Nothing worked. What do you mean
Please
Subject: Re: [XFree86] CrossCompile XFree86 error?
In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Wednesday, 25 June 2003 at 12:13:32 +0800
References: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
X-Mailer: VM 7.07 under 21.4 (patch 12) Portable Code XEmacs Lucid
--text follows this line--
Zhao Hongda writes:
I'm trying to
Zhao Hongda writes:
I'm trying to crosscompile the XFree 4.2.0, I copy the
xc/config/cf/xf86site.def to host.def, and add
#define CrossCompiling YES
to the begin of host.def, and I have modified cross.def to correct path.
when I try to
make World
Richard Lynch writes:
While attempting (and failing) to find a ModeLine that works, I found
some oddities.
I've put in some very wide ranges for Horizontal and Vertical timings.
The log file shows them as being accepted, near as I can tell.
Various ModeLines I was trying would
Richard Lynch writes:
Unfortunately you may be pretty much on your own.
the Cirrus driver is pretty much unsupported as noone
who could support it has the HW.
Would it be practical to:
A) Provide SSH root access to somebody @XFree86.org, or
B) Ship somebody the laptop as a loaner
Mark Vojkovich writes:
On Sat, 28 Jun 2003, Boris Reisig wrote:
Its seems that client/server applications are being used more and more now
adays. XFree86 is excellent for a client/server setup on a local network
but it seems that X11 can easily saturate the bandwidth with many
Dennis Herbrich writes:
Gnah, never mind, just after I wrote the last mail, I found the solution
to my problem by sheer accident while skimming the xsetroot manpage.
To remove the pesky mouse cursor, I started the bitmap tool, and saved
the empty image right away as transparent.cursor
PRASHANT N writes:
i entered the command
ln -sf /dev/psaux /dev/mouse
and tried to start the xserver
but it gives the same error .
i am atttaching the log file xfree86.0.log for your reference
please guide me
(II) LoadModule: psaux
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module psaux
(II)
I'll commit a fix for this later.
Egbert.
Arnt Gulbrandsen writes:
The code does
AvailFBArea.y2 = (pVia-FBFreeEnd) / pVia-Bpl;
but pVia-Bpl can be zero - it's set only in via_accel.c.
Here's the section that provoked the bug:
Section Device
Identifier CLE266
nneil writes:
I have a new GNR monitor on an IBM 5500. It has an S3 card. I had to put this in
manually. Can you help please?
It looks like this card model/RAMDAC combination isn't supported
by XFree86 4.3
Egbert.
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nneil writes:
I have a new GNR monitor on an IBM 5500. It has an S3 card. I had to put this in
manually. Can you help please?
It looks like this card model/RAMDAC combination isn't supported
by XFree86 4.3
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Efrain Espinoza writes:
I'm trying to build an intra Net with LTSP in a school (La Paz -
Bolivia)
1 Server PIII 1.2 GH, Linux Mandrake 8.1, RAM 512 MB, HD 40 GB.
18 LessDisk terminals (BootDisk) 486, PI and PII
NET Topology = BUS Coaxial
I'm almost ready with this NET. but
Golvelius writes:
Hi, i have problems using the Verite driver with a Diamond Stealth II S220 (4mb).
The X system don't start, and i must use the vesa driver.
I'm using a xfree 4.0.
Is it fixed in a later release ?
I've heard that Suse have a working Verite driver in their
You initiated a kernel panic.
Egbert.
Marcin Kosiba writes:
I've got KDE 3.1.0 under X 4.3.0 [kernel 2.4.21], basically it's a Slackware 9.0
with a couple of newer packages.
The funny thing is that wile I was typing something into my browser (mozilla 1.3)
my finger slipped and I
Dwaine Castle writes:
I've just installed a copy on Red Hat Linux on a PC that shares a keyboard,
monitor, and mouse with 2 other machines via a 4-port Belkens KVM switch.
My problem is that if I switch a way from the Linux system the mouse works
erratically when I switch back to it. It
Mark Vojkovich writes:
On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Daniel Stone wrote:
On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 12:07:10PM +0100, Aldous Everard wrote:
Is this the sort of emails you want to this list? Suggest blocking
CheapWarez
If every single spammer to this list got blocked, it'd take half an
Daniel Stone writes:
On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 11:03:49AM +0200, Egbert Eich wrote:
No, [EMAIL PROTECTED] isn't a members only list.
It is for everybody to send in support questions.
We don't require these people to subscribe themselves.
One could probably think about a 'opt
Richard Lynch writes:
Direct replies most welcome :-)
Presently the easiest way to insure this is to put yourself into Cc:
/usr/bin/cpp -Dlinux -D__i386__ -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=199309L
-D_POSIX_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_SVID_SOURCE
-D_GNU_SOURCE -D__ELF__
As you can see from the bottom of your log SiS 315 and 650 chips are
not supported by XFree86 4.1.0.
Please get the latest version.
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Reconfigure your X.
Egbert.
Frank Philips writes:
Hi,
I am having touble, I updated my redhat 9.0. Now I get this message.
Mouse0: cannot open input device.
Perinit failed for input device Mouse0
No core pointer
I have a wheel mouse
Thanks,
Frank Philips
Hi Angelika,
it does a lot of things. Instead of me spending the rest of the
day to put together what it all does why don't you tell us
what exactly you would like to know?
Egbert.
Angelika Bosau writes:
Hi,
does anyone know what does the xserver (xfree86) when I change the
console (text
If you look closely at the log it says:
(--) CIRRUS(0): VideoRAM: 512 kByte
It also explains, why all modes failed:
(insufficient memory for mode)
If you have more than 512kB and it isn't recognized correctly
please add the line
VideoRam n
where n is the size of your video RAM in kB.
If
Angelika Bosau writes:
Hi,
this is my problem:
I have an Qt-application (qt-3.0.5) for linux. It shows some dialogs in
regular time-intervals. When it runs, after some days I have a problem
with changing consols (Ctrl-Alt-Fx). When I change from the graphic
console to a text console or
David Dawes writes:
On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 07:05:29PM +0200, Egbert Eich wrote:
I have just checked the replies on the xfree86@ list.
Most of them contain just the [EMAIL PROTECTED] addresses.
I can't speak for others, but most of my replies (including this one)
are like
Jay R. Ashworth writes:
On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 10:58:56PM -0400, gabe f wrote:
So then, why do you subscribe to the list, you could just read the
emails on the website,
thereby saving all of that internet traffic, by only viewing the email
body text that appealed to you
by its
Marc Aurele La France writes:
If you attend a meeting and introduce a new agenda item, it behooves you
to remain at that meeting at least until the new item is discussed. Not
doing so is just plain rude, and wastes everyone else's time.
Why do people think mailing lists are any
David Dawes writes:
But we do say that (in an auto-reply), as I've said at least twice already.
I only saw your second answer after writing the message that lead to
this.
I don't think the following sequence is unreasonable:
1. user posts to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
2. user gets
Randy Kramer writes:
Good point -- I'm sort of a lurker on this and some other xfree86 lists but I
have responded to a few questions -- I made the (bad) assumption that
responding to the list got the answer back to the questioner.
My first tack on a problem like this would be to add
That's intended.
on 4.3 use xrandr. To learn how it works please do man xrandr or xrandr -help
Egbert.
Jurgens du Toit writes:
Hi all...
When I switch video modes (Ctrl+Alt+plus/minus), the one resolution
gives me a virtual screen which is larger than the physical screen.
I don't
JoeHill writes:
Hello,
I do not believe this is a bug necessarily, I am just trying to clarify
something with regard to getting XFree 4.3.0 running on an S3
Trio64V2/GX. On the list of supported hardware for 4.3.0, it states:
The s3virge driver in XFree86 4.3.0 supports the S3
Andy Goth writes:
On Monday, July 14, 2003 3:51 am, Sudev Barar wrote:
Can any one on the list give me modelines for bw SVGA monitor? The make
is MicroTek (I think this is only their Indian name)
I want to use few of these monitors under XF86_SVGA server in 800x600 or
640x480
David Dawes writes:
I don't think it matters, because:
1. The original poster may read the answer via one of the archives of
this list. How would we ever know?
2. If the original poster chooses to not follow up their question, that
is their choice. Given that
JoeHill writes:
On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 14:26:54 +0200
Egbert Eich [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
To support the V2/GX you need the latest CVS snapshot.
of 4.3.x? I definitely don't want to use 3.3.6.
I humbly request forgiveness for my ignorance in these matters.
Oops, no what
Jay R. Ashworth writes:
Actually, the address for Mr Bateman on the appropriate page seems to be
dead, I was hoping that either my list posting might drag him out, or that
Egbert might forward.
David has other obligations that don't allow him to support the CT
driver at the moment.
Andy Goth writes:
On Monday, July 14, 2003 10:07 pm, j y wrote:
Thanks, Andy. I got it working now. I found that using chips driver gave
me a double-image problem, but using vesa solved it.
The chips driver is supposed to support hardware acceleration on the ct65548
using the
David Dawes writes:
Has anyone investigated the root cause of why there is no fixed font in
the first place -- like why the font server isn't running? Was it never
started (a vendor-specific configuration problem), or did it crash (a
robustness problem with xfs)?
There seems to be
Cynthia Grossen has helped me to get a Wiki for XFree86-related
topics started. You can find it under:
http://xfree86.linuxwiki.org
In fact this Wiki has been around for over a year now, but
it has never been announced publically. Since it has been
moved to the linuxwiki.org domain I
Andy Goth writes:
On Friday, July 18, 2003 8:53 am, Peter \ wrote:
On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Egbert Eich wrote:
http://xfree86.linuxwiki.org
Brilliant :)
I guess xwin.org is setting a good example...? :^)
Actually, if you look back thru the changelogs you'll see
Björn Lindström writes:
After upgrading to 4.3 I can no longer use the Ctrl+Alt+F1
etc. bindings to switch between terminals when I use my personal
xmodmap.
Any ideas? Here is the xmodmap if that can give any clues:
Please check:
http://xfree86.linuxwiki.org/Version_204_2e3
Meul writes:
can nybody help me out???
Please check:
http://xfree86.linuxwiki.org/FAQErrorMessages
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Williams, Victor writes:
My experience is that a LOT of things in XFree86 4.3.0 are either broke, or
not working at all. A perfect example of this would be the RandR (resize
and rotate) support for every driver that previously supported it correctly
in 4.2.1. As of 4.3.0, none of that
No, this sounds like a HW problem of your mouse - not the driver.
There is no option to rotate mouse axis by 45 degrees.
Egbert.
Tom von Schwerdtner writes:
Greetings,
I just replaced my 1st generation Trackman with the latest newfangled
model from Logitech (what use is a
Greg Peter writes:
XFree86ers,
I might be missing something simple. Here is my scenario:
Hardware IBM RS/6000 7043-150 workstation
Software SUSE SLES 8.0
XFree86 Version 4.2.0
The graphics card I was using was not supported so I removed it before
Stephen West-Fisher writes:
I'm upgrading an old laptop to FreeBSD 4.8 and having a hard time
configuring XFree86 4.3.0. The configuration I'm using has always worked
in the past, for 3.3.7 and 4.1.0. It appears that FixPanelSize is being
ignored. In the log it shows that display size
It's already in CVS.
Egbert.
Franz Baumgartner writes:
Hello,
including
KPPT = 134;
in the xkb/keycodes/xfree86 file
activates the dot-key of the numeric keypad, located between the enter key and
the + key on Brazilian ABNT2 keyboards.
Cheers
Franz Baumgarter
Timo Kousa writes:
Anyone? Anything?
3.3.6 is end of lifed. You can however obtain the sources and have a
look at the problem yourself.
Egbert.
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Not allowing write access to /dev/mem will not get us very far.
Essentially it means you cannot start an accellerated X server
when the grsecurity patches are in.
Currently we do need write access to /dev/mem to write to the
fb and the HW registers.
Egbert.
Brian Richardson writes:
Hello
Peter Wainwright writes:
I put some debugging spew in the XFree86 mouse driver and watched
it run; the problem seems to be with the timing of the reset
sequence. This as far as I could tell is what happens:
The driver seems to be sending the reset FF, waiting for
a while, decides
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Thanks alot for attention, I will try your patch in the next two days
(it's after midnight here now).
I really had *hoped* that a possibility to probe a hardware register
existed...
According to the specs it does.
And thank you for your analysis, it was very
David Dawes writes:
I can build a glibc22-based dynamically linked version (don't have any
glibc23 systems here at the moment) and put that up for both the glibc22
and glibc23 bindists if that would help.
I think it does. The the newer glibcs should be backward compatible.
Egbert.
Brian A. Seklecki writes:
This is simply an observation with absolutely no insinuation intended.
I don't don't want a flame war or a lecture about the support aspects of
free software. I'm well aware: I'd simply like to start a discussion on
how to help improve this situation.
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