Garrett D'Amore wrote:
> I've also noticed, on the same system, btw, that when the screensaver
> activates I get complaints on the console about missing XFree86 misc
> Xserver extensions. (I don't have the precise text handy.)
You can get rid of those by disabling the fade-to-black option in the
xscreensaver advanced options.
> If Solaris/JDS is going to start making use of XFree86-specific
> extensions, then I think it is important to get the support for those
> extensions into the Xsun. Unless Sun is going to claim that supporting
> their own hardware isn't "interesting" (or unless Xsun is going to be
> replaced by Xorg sometime before GA -- rumors of the replacement abound,
> but I've never heard an actual plan to do it.)
We have ported several X extensions that were initiated by XFree86 into Xsun
in the past (Render, Xfixes,etc.), but have had mixed results, and have
stopped doing so. Xorg is the direction the X server group is following,
and while we wish the SPARC graphics group would provide drivers for Xorg
soon, cannot compel them to do so. One of our team members has started
looking at bringing up Xorg on SPARC with the opensource ATI radeon driver
and the XVR-100 card, so if that is successful, we may be able to proceed
without the help of the SPARC graphics team.
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-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
