On Tue, May 04, 1999 at 05:50:16PM -0400, Roland McGrath wrote: > > Well, libtool is binary all, so no work needed here. It is already up to > > date automatically. gdk/imlib will need X devel files, right? So we have to > > work on X first. Will be attacked soon. ace also needs xlib6 I see. Mmmh. > > > > I think we have to start a discussion about X soon. X should not be a big > > problem, but the input device hardware support bothers me. > > It should be no problem to get Xlib and X clients working, independent of > having an X server working. Perhaps somebody should try making an X > package built with just the Xnest server or something like that, so we can > get a full X development and client environment going before necessarily > having actual screen-driving X servers working.
I though of that, and it will be worth it just for the sake of simplyfying building other packages, which depend on X (partly). But it is not optimal because we can't test the software without display. But I will investigate. Something tells me that X has a keyboard input which can move the cursor. We may be abl�e to use it as an interim solution. > Some hackers in Japan previously got real X servers working too. Yes. X 3.3.3.1 should work. > Okuji has been working on getting Linux "char" device drivers working in > gnumach, which include the keyboard and ps2 mouse devices. He also began > working on a new Hurd translator (`streamdev') that would be used for these > devices. You can find his code in > ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/contrib/okuji/. I have been able to compile the char version of gnumach (with little changes), and will make it available on alpha. I have not yet compiled streamdev, but will try again. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
