On 15 Jan 2003, Steven P. Auerbach wrote:
I am running VMware on my Linux box, running Red Hat 8.0. This software
(which runs Windows under Linux) has a full-screen mode, which I
successfully used under Red Hat 7.3. Now, when I start VMware, I get the
message:
XFree86 DGA extension not
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Jesus Celada Perez wrote:
(++) Using config file: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(EE) R128(0): No DFP detected
Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!
Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
Please look back a few days in the archive
There are two archive urls listed on
http://www.xfree86.org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 but they are not clickable
(i.e. they are ordinary text instead of HREF's) so many people will
overlook them.
If we want people to look in the archives instead of spamming us with
incomplete descriptions of how
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Vlado Potisk wrote:
Regarding: after few days: Caught signal 11. Server aborting
Have you checked http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/ ?
It might be bad hardware and not a real X server error.
-Peter
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On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Vlado Potisk wrote:
It might be bad hardware and not a real X server error.
It might be, but it is not very probable if you consider:
- thorough check with memtest86 passed recently
You didn't write that in the original mail.
- no problem with 3.3.6 in
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Alexander Stohr wrote:
FYI - the reason for the fixed failure was out of disk space
Interesting -- so that code path needs to not only check access
rights/ownership but also free disk space :)
-Peter
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On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Vlado Potisk wrote:
Maybe the question then becomes: what fonts do you have on your
system?
I have an external font server, If you want to see any font list, please
write what command I have to run to produce it.
_fs_load_glyphs() seems to be part of a module that
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Vlado Potisk wrote:
Can you recompile the X server with debug symbols on (-g) to get a
better backtrace ... or alternatively thru creative use of gdb
correlate the address in _fs_load_glyphs() from the backtrace with a
line number in xc/lib/font/fc/fserve.c ?
OK, I
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Gary Knopp wrote:
Are there any plans to support the Intel Extreme Graphics
card (845)?I tried using the vesa driver as documented
by RedHat as the replacement. However the only resolution
I can get is 640x480 which is horrible? Are there any other
configuration
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bonjour,
Impossible de configurer avec Xconfigurator l' écran ainsi que la carte vidéo
de ce portable.
comment puis-je trouver les données utiles à cette mise en oeuvre ?
1) English is the prefered language here. It has the huge advantage of
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Greg Julius wrote:
(This is a re-send of a previous post).
Ok, now I recognize it. Aren't you being just a little bit impatient? ;)
Remember that you are not a customer (of us) nor are the others on this
list your help desk. We are just people who either use or develop
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Greg Julius wrote:
I have put in the 4.2.20 kernel - just fine now. I installed the XFree86
Yes, kernel, but I goofed with the # it is 2.4.20. Sorry, The first
instructions I received indicated I needed the 2.4.20 kernel so I started
down that line. See
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Mark Vojkovich wrote:
From what I've seen, most segfaults with the last official release
are due to bugs in the font renderers, or maybe just in the font
server. You could try explicitly putting font paths in the XF86Config
Not just in the font server -- a bad font
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Greg Julius wrote:
Where did you get it? Compile from source or a binary package from
somewhere? Did you get the DRI module, too?
The 2.4.20 kernel I got from Linux.org - compiled from source with gcc 3.2
kernel.org?
what .config? (did you select anything AGP
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Gary Knopp wrote:
[some obnoxiously long lines - could you fix the settings of your email
program?]
Hello,
I was able successfully download, make, and install the lastest
XFree libraries. However, I did not see the Intel 845 as one of the
card choices when using
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Alexander Stohr wrote:
i am sorry, here is the XFree86 x11-windowing project
that not really can answer your questions.
(X11 is the GUI driver system for Unix, Linux, BSD, whatever...)
-Alex.
PS: why not ask that on the Linux Kernel mailing list (lklm),
i think
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote:
The i810 DRI module doesn't know about the i845 - i810_dri.so is no help;
i830_dri.o might help, but I don't know.
Dawes writes that the i830 module is necessary.
http://www.xfree86.org/~dawes/845driver.html
-Peter
On Sat, 18 Jan 2003, Greg Julius wrote:
When I first compiled, it couldn't find png.h so I went and found
that. Then it said it needed zlib so I went and found that. Installed
zlib with no apparent errors. Then installed libpng with no apparent
errors. Recompiled again. Still
On Sat, 18 Jan 2003, Thiago Silva Conceição wrote:
Hi, I'm a newcomer to X Programming and I would like to know what would
I need to learn besides Xlib if I were to build a Window Manager?
Could anyone recommend any website or book?
No, but I can recommand the sources to aewm. It is a very
On Sat, 18 Jan 2003, Greg Julius wrote:
The more leaks I plug, the more leaks I find.
How do I tell the make to add another library to the compile.
My compile of XFree86 just finished without a hitch -- maybe Debian is a
better build environment than Red Hat? ;)
(no, I don't believe that --
On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Mike A. Harris wrote:
The web CGI on XFree86.org that allows people to submit bug
reports here. Also, I believe the list allows people to email
reports here without being subscribed.
When someone on the list reads a report, there isn't always an
easy way to know if the
On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Mike A. Harris wrote:
You know why? Because NVidia keeps it a secret how their cards work :(
While that's true, in fairness to Nvidia, the XFree86 source code
was updated to support the GeForce 2 Go almost a year ago. There
just has not been an official XFree86 release
On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Mike A. Harris wrote:
engineer knowing these things can save themselves a _LOT_ of time
in tracking down red herring types of bug reports.
Precisely.
show nvidia as the driver. This is already very aparent, so no
special tainting infrastructure really needs to be in
On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, daniel aquino wrote:
dude i asked one ? and got liek 20 other peoples ?s
That's because this is a mailing list.
http://www.webnovice.com/mailing_lists.htm :
Basically, all mailing lists work the same way: Any messages sent to the
list manager that are intended for the
On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Greg Julius wrote:
No. It didn't. At least I have a variation of the EV700 Gateway monitor
with a lower refresh rate than the install program picked.
Bummer, all of this time, all of you good folk's help, patience, and
effort, just because of a mis-direction. Crum.
On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have tried to kill all related processes and it just respawns.
I have rebooted several times by shutdown -r now and by CTRL+ALT+DEL
Yes, the process IDs are different, and I have tried killing every
applicable process by the most recent process
On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Ramesh K. Sistla wrote:
I am new to the list and XFree86 as such(even though I am using X for
past 5 yrs!). I would like to know if 4,3 version of X has been
released. Info. reg. this will be of help.
No, not yet. There has just been released a new prerelease snapshot
On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Bill Swingle wrote:
That looks weird. Does it always happen at the same place (with the same
size NUL block)?
I don't think so but I can reproduce the result (my laptop powers off
,via ACPI presumedly) right when the X build crashes. There are multiple
Can't you
josef: If you try this, please don't delete them. Move them to a separate
directory instead so you have a way of getting them back.
-Peter
On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Yury Tarasievich wrote:
This is only guessing, but could you try removing files in your ~
directory which have names like .X... (dot
On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, Rina e Corrado On BTOpenworld wrote:
Are there known compatibility problems between LG Electronic Flatron 795FT
Plus and XFree86 4.2.1 (on Linux Mndarke 9.0 on Athlon, with ATI
All-in-wonder 128 graphic card)?
There might be with ATI All-in-wonder 128 but there shouldn't
On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, Kurt Wall wrote:
Only 20? Here at KurtWerks, it takes just over an hour on one machine,
just over 45 minutes on another.
206 minutes and 45 seconds. 500 MHz K6-2, 256 MB RAM. It might be due to
one of the harddisks involved being a bit slow. Should really install
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Mahendra 'Raj' wrote:
Sir,
While booting through Linux 7.2 , in complete boot shows message /contains a filoe
system with errors, check forced
Inoed 179266 has imagic flag set.
/: un expected Inconsistency; RUN fsck MANUALLY (ie. without -a or -p options)
Kindly
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, John S. Chalice wrote:
And what do I do with this .diff file? I am quite the linux newbie.. :)
It is the difference between two versions of a set of source files -- a
delta, so to speak.
You apply it to the older of the two versions with a nice utility called
patch.
The
On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, rabiya wrote:
Hello
Please unsubscribe me from the list.
follow the link at the bottom of every email from the list.
-Peter
We need to see ex-girlfriends occasionally so that we remember why we
aren't with them anymore.
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On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Navin Ariyaratna wrote:
Hi,
I'm looking for the Xlib source code. Where may I able
to get this from?
http://www.xfree86.org/
-Peter
We need to see ex-girlfriends occasionally so that we remember why we
aren't with them anymore.
On Sat, 8 Feb 2003, David Turetsky wrote:
For example, where is Alt-F7 documented (I fully stand ready to be
embarrassed)
man 1 chvt
(chvt is for scripted change of virtual terminals - it also mentions how
to do it from the keyboard)
I also think it is mentioned in several of the XFree86
On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Mete Kural wrote:
in that snapshot and overwrote my old configuration
files.
Bummer -- that was perhaps not the brightest move ;)
google for Richard Dawes' explanation of how to get it running. Of course
you have to set up things like xdm/gdm/kdm and gnome/kde yourself,
On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, sylvain wrote:
J'ai trouvé un bug.
Quand je passe en mode texte (control+alt+F1 par exemple), Xfree86 plante
après quelques secondes. Et je ne peu plus redémarrer startx.
I have found a bug.
When I pass through a text mode (ctrl+alt+F1, for example), XFree86
*plante*
On Sat, 22 Feb 2003, Tony Wright wrote:
In the UK this is 50hz. But my monitor is set (in linux) for 50 to 70hz.
If I set my res to 800x600 I don't get a picture on the monitor (Or any
output from the tv) How do I set linux to output 50hz to the monitor?
Just a thought -- maybe you have to
I upgraded to XFree86 4.2.0 from source a couple of days ago but was
disappointed to find that the nv driver doesn't really support Xv for my
video card.
I looked at the CVS sources yesterday and it seems to be only NV_ARCH_10
and up that support it... I think that translates into GeForce and
On Sun, 28 Apr 2002, Mark Vojkovich wrote:
I'm told that pre GeForce cards have different overlay hardware
that is more difficult to program. I've never really looked into
it and wasn't planning on it since I don't have docs for the
deprecated TNT overlay engine.
:(
When even you don't
Does anybody know where I can find the docs for the following extensions:
o MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
o MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
o XFree86-Bigfont
o XFree86-Misc
o XFree86-VidModeExtension
o FontCache
Does anybody know what the big difference is between GLX and SGI-GLX?
-Peter, trying to understand
Thanks :)
On Sat, 4 May 2002, Mark Vojkovich wrote:
On Sun, 5 May 2002, Peter Finderup Lund wrote:
Does anybody know where I can find the docs for the following extensions:
o MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
o MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
Probably on the web someplace. I can't find them in our tree
I know, wrong forum :)
XFree86 implements XKB which is newer and better than AccessX anyway ...
but I want my program to work well on old and outdated equipment that only
supports AccessX, such as the Sun equipment my university uses ;)
(Lots of SunRay1 terminals served by three big Sun
On Tue, 28 May 2002, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
Unfortunately, there is no API provided - the client side of the AccessX
protocol is completely embedded in the accessx client application. There
:/
was minimal documentation released - I managed to get some of it from the
original authors
On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, Matthias Zacharias wrote:
We also working on a framebuffer 2D acceleration. So again the question
where to find the XAA.HOWTO. The path you wrote in the mailing list seems to
be your local path.
No, what Mark wrote really is the right path - I just
checked:
On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Trent Whaley wrote:
On July 10, 2002 12:32 am, Nick Name wrote about Re: [Xpert]2 mice with 2
mouse pointer:
Still I can't see the point-er :) What use could a second pointer be of?
If you're doing CAD or GIS work, the second pointer could be a digitizer.
That's how
On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Mike A. Harris wrote:
An effort at a website with tutorials, HOWTO's and other
developer related help information geared at helping NEW
developers get up to scratch on given areas would be very useful
if someone has the time to work on it. I've been writing some
things
On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Bharathi S wrote:
1. Oreilly published 7 volumes for Xwindow. It deals
from XProtocol to New X Tool Kits.
2. X Window System Programming By NABAJYOTI BARKAKATI ( PHI )
It is also nice book to learn all basic concepts.
I have read it and in retrospect
On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Andrew Berg wrote:
This thread has gone all over the place, but I have a suggestion. Has
anyone considered setting up something like LXR (http://lxr.linux.no)
against the sources for XFree86? I have occasionally had the need to browse
I second that motion!
-Peter
Sorry 'bout the late answer but I only just got your letter. I don't know
if the mailing list program at XFree86 is to blame or my university's
qmail setup or the script kiddies who did a DoS attack recently :/
(but mails from the xpert mailing list do come at extemely odd intervals
and quite
On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Ville Herva wrote:
I was wondering whether people feel that something like this should exist in
the XFree86 distribution:
Yes, please!
I was very fortunate to find xcut some months ago, which does the paste
thing but not the cut:
http://xcut.sourceforge.net/
echo
On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Jacek Bator wrote:
I'm tring to find documentation on capabilities and use of XVideo
extension. Mabey someone knows where to find some manuals or so?
xc/doc/hardcopy/Xv in the tarball.
xc/doc/specs/XvMC in the tarball.
xc/doc/man/Xv in the tarball.
-Peter
On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, y wrote:
When I select text it automatically copies it to the clipboard.
While a lot of people love this feature, I just hate it.
People sometime select text to delete it, for example (especially in GUI
editors).
Could you tell me how to disable it, or is it hopeless?
On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, Andy Isaacson wrote:
Doesn't work here. If I do cat /proc/mtrr before running an X-server I
get nothing at all:
Ah, perhaps your CPU only has 1 MTRR. You could check the kernel code
if you're very curious.
The AMD K6-2 has two (I was curious some months ago and
On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
- and when i want to start a application at the first x it will work
correctly. but on the second x the warning can't do this! please start the
docpserver!. What's this?
That's a KDE problem (it says dcopserver, right?).
KDE programs use the
On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
OK, that's fine. I tried this, and it works. Now I have a problem when I want
to logout. If I want to logout, the X-Server is chrashing. So I get no screen
and it hangs up.
What's about this?
Dunno... why do you want them to use the same virtual
On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've two monitors at two Graphic Cards. Now I want to display one X-Server at
one of them. This is only possible, when I start the X-Servers at ONE vt. One
time with :0 and one time with :1 and different XF86Configfiles. Isn't it
correct??
Not
On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I will see the two X-Servers at the same time and when I tried to display them
at different vt's I have to change between them with str+alt+(f7/8. That
isn't what I want.
You are using the same keyboard (standard PC compatible) with both
X
On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, Alexander Neundorf wrote:
I need to get global key release events in my app, i.e. also if none of the
windows of my app has focus.
My app is based on Qt/KDE and I am able to get the key press events, but not
the release events.
I read some things about
On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Peter Finderup Lund wrote:
XFree86 4.2.0 contains the docs for XTEST and RECORD but not for XTrap.
The docs for XTrap can be found here, at The X Consortium's website:
http://ftp.x.org/contrib/extensions/XTrap.tar.gz
-Peter
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