Re: [Xpert]screen reset

2002-05-23 Thread Rolland Dudemaine
Well, that wasn't so easy. -noreset option only works with Xfree86 4.x, and I'm using 3.3.6 (and have to , for some reasons). Any equivalent for -noreset in 3.3.6 ? Thanks for the help, Rolland Alan Hourihane wrote: Use the -noreset option when starting X. startx -- -noreset Should do it.

Re: [Xpert]Trapping key sequences

2002-05-23 Thread Oyvind Hallsteinsen
Henrik Sandklef wrote: Take a look at xikbd http://www.sandklef.com/xikbd Thanks, also thanks to Peter Finderup Lund for his assistance. I couldn't get xikbd to work (Sigfaults after reading /etc/xikbdrc), but got a similar program called epistropy to work. I'm now able to start a

Re: [Xpert]adding more keyboards and mice

2002-05-23 Thread John Tapsell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 22 May 2002 9:36 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Xperts, how hard would it be to add more keyboards and mice to XFree, each delivering events to a different screen, thus enabling a full local multiuser setup? Is there any reason

Re: [Xpert]adding more keyboards and mice

2002-05-23 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
On Thu, 23 May 2002, John Tapsell wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 22 May 2002 9:36 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Xperts, how hard would it be to add more keyboards and mice to XFree, each delivering events to a different screen, thus enabling a

[Xpert]Changing desktop manager

2002-05-23 Thread Einari Lappo
Hi, I am having problems changing my desktop manager. I updated XFree to 4.2.0 and after that only TWM will start eventhough switchdesk shows that desktop chosen is KDE. I've tried to run switchdesk several times and tried to choose different desktop managers but TWM will start always when I

Re: [Xpert]Changing desktop manager

2002-05-23 Thread Frank Van Damme
On Thursday 23 May 2002 07:47 pm, Einari Lappo wrote: I am having problems changing my desktop manager. I updated XFree to 4.2.0 and after that only TWM will start eventhough switchdesk shows that desktop chosen is KDE. I've tried to run switchdesk several times and tried to choose different

Re: [Xpert]adding more keyboards and mice

2002-05-23 Thread dvorakv
how hard would it be to add more keyboards and mice to XFree, each delivering events to a different screen, thus enabling a full local multiuser setup? Is there any reason why this couldn't be implemented? This question has come up every month or so as far back as I can remember. I

Re: [Xpert]adding more keyboards and mice

2002-05-23 Thread Andrew Clayton
On Thu, 2002-05-23 at 22:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: how hard would it be to add more keyboards and mice to XFree, each delivering events to a different screen, thus enabling a full local multiuser setup? Is there any reason why this couldn't be implemented? Are there really no

Re: [Xpert]adding more keyboards and mice

2002-05-23 Thread Trent Whaley
Quotes come from several messages on this thread. The way I see is providing multiple event queues, one for each user (=screen, or even set of screens), and attach one keyboard and one mouse to each queue. And make one mouse cursor for each queue. I'm probably missing something important,

Re: [Xpert]adding more keyboards and mice

2002-05-23 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
On Thu, 23 May 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think a better way would be to use only one instance of XFree, have it handle multiple monitors (that already works just fine!) WITHOUT Xinerama, and add more event queues, each for one screen/user. And of course, add support for multiple (USB)

Re: [Xpert]adding more keyboards and mice

2002-05-23 Thread John Tapsell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Are you aware of the linuxconsole project at linuxconsole.sourceforge.net, looks like this kind of thing is included in thier plans. Stuff is already getting merged into the 2.5 development kernels. Several years ago (jeez, that long.. how time

[Xpert]Version conflicts

2002-05-23 Thread Ruben Fritts
I have a brand new laptop and need to install RH 7.1. The application we are running has only been developed for 7.1. So I can't upgrade to RH 7.3 like I want to. the Video Card it has is compatible. with RH 7.3 running 4.2.0 Xfree86. But not compatible with RH 7.1 Running 4.0.3 Xfree86.

Re: [Xpert]Geode KDrive

2002-05-23 Thread Rolland Dudemaine
Is the National NDA unrestrictive enough, so that you will be able to make use of these functions without infringing it ? Just a question, I am myself wondering if it is worth to sign it (that's the only restriction in my project , and stops it from complete publication)... Best regards,

Re: [Xpert]screen reset

2002-05-23 Thread Rolland Dudemaine
Well, I knew my question wasn't so easy. -noreset option only works fine with xfree86 4.x, and I use 3.3.6 (and have to). Any clues with that one ? -- Best regards, Rolland All is well that ends. Alan Hourihane wrote: Use the -noreset option when starting X. startx -- -noreset Should do

[Xpert]Troubles with presario 2800 and Xfree

2002-05-23 Thread Marco Cavaglia
Hi, I installed Red Hat linux on a presario 2800T with AT radeon Mobile M7 graphic card and 32MB of graphic memory, LCD display 1024x768. I chose Generic Laptop display 1024x768 with Red Hat Xconfiguration. The graphic card is recognized by linux. I get an error when i probe the screen

[Xpert]Virtual Screen in 4.2.0

2002-05-23 Thread Dietmar Nowack
Hello all, Ive been trying to get my XFree 4.2.0 modes setup working without the virtual screen. It seems though that the virtual screen always has the dimensions of the largest mode listed in the display subsection. So, say default mode is 1152x... then I want to switch to 768x... for

[Xpert]Remote broadcast, possible?

2002-05-23 Thread res0i1oz
My friends,I am curious to ask you: whether it is possible to find a solution of theproblem in Xwindow. The probelm is: I run an application (for Xwindow) inlocal (machine A), meanwhile, I like to export (broadcast) the same resultto a remote machine B. Here, of course, A and B are

[Xpert]chips_drv problem

2002-05-23 Thread bhales
I have a problem with a Digital HiNote Ultra II notebook internal trackball mouse running RedHat 7.2 (chips_drv.o driver CT 65548 Video). If I use the internal trackball X freezes, at this stage the machine continues running, if I ssh into the machine and send a SIGUSR1 to the X process xdm

[Xpert]Hapy birthday XFree!!

2002-05-23 Thread Frederik Nosi
And thank you for your excellent work. Frederik Nosi Tirana, Albania ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

[Xpert]Re: Version conflicts

2002-05-23 Thread Mike A. Harris
On Wed, 22 May 2002, Ruben Fritts wrote: Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 11:23:08 -0500 From: Ruben Fritts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 List-Id: General X Discussion xpert.XFree86.Org Subject: Version conflicts I have a brand new laptop

[Xpert]RE: Xpert digest, Vol 1 #1848 - 10 msgs

2002-05-23 Thread Alex Pavloff
Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 14:21:27 + From: Rolland Dudemaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Xpert]Geode KDrive Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is the National NDA unrestrictive enough, so that you will be able to make use of these functions without infringing it ?

Re: [Xpert]adding more keyboards and mice

2002-05-23 Thread John Tapsell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 24 May 2002 1:10 am, Trent wrote: 2) Some way for one unix user, but two human users to use the machine. I.e. two ppl share a desktop. I would like this so that I can work on one half one monitor, and gf on other monitor, then if we

Re: [Xpert]Remote broadcast, possible?

2002-05-23 Thread John Tapsell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 23 May 2002 2:12 am, res0i1oz wrote: My friends, I am curious to ask you: whether it is possible to find a solution of the problem in Xwindow. The probelm is: I run an application (for Xwindow) in local (machine A), meanwhile, I like