Re: Cirrus Logic 7556, Xfree86 3.3, and Woody
I have an acentia P that I could never get X to work on with the cirrus drivers. I was able to get rather nice results using just the generic vesa driver. Its good enough for most 2D stuff, even doom. From: Ben Kal [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cirrus Logic 7556, Xfree86 3.3, and Woody Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 19:54:13 +0100 On 9 Jun 2003 root [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm new to Debian and not a Linux expert, but I wanted to learn more about Debian (vs. HedHat). I took an old laptop that was running RH 7.3 and installed Woody from CD. It became clear after a bit of log-looking that the video chipset was no longer supported in xfree86 4.1, but appeared to be in xfree86 3.3 so I removed xfree86 and installed xserver-common 3.3. Some of the 4.1 apps wanted to load too. I don't know which xfree86 4.1 apps play nicely with 3.3. Following is the log file after this downgrade to 3.3 after installing a basic Woody with X on an AST Ascentia M Series (Cirrus Logic 7556 video, c.f., www.astro.umd.edu/~teuben/linux/laptop/ast-m.html). This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any way. Bugs may be reported to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and patches submitted to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions, please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository (http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs) XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System ~~~ You say you downgraded to xfree86 3.3, but the log says you are still starting version 4.1. . [snip] (--) PCI:*(0:2:0) Cirrus Logic unknown chipset (0x004c) rev 0, Mem @ 0xfd00/24 [snip] (--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device (EE) No devices detected. Fatal server error: no screens found I would check 'Section Device' and 'Section Screen' in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 if starting xfree86 4.1 (as you effectively do now) /etc/X11/XF86Configif starting xfree86 3.3 (as you intend to do) The (EE) message and 'Fatal server error' message suggest there is something wrong with those 'Sections'. Or else the preceding (--) messages about your video card may point to the real cause of the trouble, though I do not exactly know what they mean. Ben -- B.F.M. Kal Anjelierstraat 1, 2014 TC Haarlem, Netherlands tel +31 23 5324909, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cirrus Logic 7556, Xfree86 3.3, and Woody
On 9 Jun 2003 root [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm new to Debian and not a Linux expert, but I wanted to learn more about Debian (vs. HedHat). I took an old laptop that was running RH 7.3 and installed Woody from CD. It became clear after a bit of log-looking that the video chipset was no longer supported in xfree86 4.1, but appeared to be in xfree86 3.3 so I removed xfree86 and installed xserver-common 3.3. Some of the 4.1 apps wanted to load too. I don't know which xfree86 4.1 apps play nicely with 3.3. Following is the log file after this downgrade to 3.3 after installing a basic Woody with X on an AST Ascentia M Series (Cirrus Logic 7556 video, c.f., www.astro.umd.edu/~teuben/linux/laptop/ast-m.html). This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any way. Bugs may be reported to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and patches submitted to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions, please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository (http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs) XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System ~~~ You say you downgraded to xfree86 3.3, but the log says you are still starting version 4.1. . [snip] (--) PCI:*(0:2:0) Cirrus Logic unknown chipset (0x004c) rev 0, Mem @ 0xfd00/24 [snip] (--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device (EE) No devices detected. Fatal server error: no screens found I would check 'Section Device' and 'Section Screen' in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 if starting xfree86 4.1 (as you effectively do now) /etc/X11/XF86Configif starting xfree86 3.3 (as you intend to do) The (EE) message and 'Fatal server error' message suggest there is something wrong with those 'Sections'. Or else the preceding (--) messages about your video card may point to the real cause of the trouble, though I do not exactly know what they mean. Ben -- B.F.M. Kal Anjelierstraat 1, 2014 TC Haarlem, Netherlands tel +31 23 5324909, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cirrus Logic 7556, Xfree86 3.3, and Woody
I'm new to Debian and not a Linux expert, but I wanted to learn more about Debian (vs. HedHat). I took an old laptop that was running RH 7.3 and installed Woody from CD. It became clear after a bit of log-looking that the video chipset was no longer supported in xfree86 4.1, but appeared to be in xfree86 3.3 so I removed xfree86 and installed xserver-common 3.3. Some of the 4.1 apps wanted to load too. I don't know which xfree86 4.1 apps play nicely with 3.3. Following is the log file after this downgrade to 3.3 after installing a basic Woody with X on an AST Ascentia M Series (Cirrus Logic 7556 video, c.f., www.astro.umd.edu/~teuben/linux/laptop/ast-m.html). This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any way. Bugs may be reported to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and patches submitted to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions, please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository (http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs) XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510) Release Date: 21 December 2001 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.17 i686 [ELF] Module Loader present (==) Log file: /var/log/XFree86.0.log, Time: Fri Jun 6 19:10:10 2003 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) ServerLayout Default Layout (**) |--Screen Default Screen (0) (**) | |--Monitor Generic Monitor (**) | |--Device Generic Video Card (**) |--Input Device Generic Keyboard (**) Option XkbRules xfree86 (**) XKB: rules: xfree86 (**) Option XkbModel pc104 (**) XKB: model: pc104 (**) Option XkbLayout us (**) XKB: layout: us (==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled (**) |--Input Device Configured Mouse (**) |--Input Device Generic Mouse (WW) The directory /usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (**) FontPath set to unix/:7100,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/ :unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/ usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/ 75dpi (==) RgbPath set to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb (==) ModulePath set to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules (--) using VT number 7 (WW) Cannot open APM (II) Module ABI versions: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.1 XFree86 Video Driver: 0.4 XFree86 XInput driver : 0.2 XFree86 Server Extension : 0.1 XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.2 (II) Loader running on linux (II) LoadModule: bitmap (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a (II) Module bitmap: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.2 (II) Loading font Bitmap (II) LoadModule: pcidata (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a (II) Module pcidata: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4 (II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1 (II) PCI: Config type is 1 (II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x8000198c, mode1Res1 = 0x8000 (II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex) (II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 8086,7100 card , rev 01 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 8086,7110 card , rev 01 class 06,01,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:01:1: chip 8086,7111 card , rev 01 class 01,01,80 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:01:2: chip 8086,7112 card , rev 01 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:01:3: chip 8086,7113 card , rev 01 class 06,80,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:02:0: chip 1013,004c card , rev 00 class 03,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:03:0: chip 104c,ac15 card , rev 01 class 06,07,00 hdr 82 (II) PCI: 00:03:1: chip 104c,ac15 card , rev 01 class 06,07,00 hdr 82 (II) PCI: End of PCI scan (II) LoadModule: scanpci (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a (II) Module scanpci: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4 (II) UnloadModule: scanpci (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a (II) Host-to-PCI bridge: (II) PCI-to-ISA bridge: (II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (-1,0,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set) (II) Bus 0 I/O range: [0] -1 0 0x - 0x (0x1) IX[B] (II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0 0x - 0x (0x0) MX[B] (II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0 0x - 0x (0x0) MX[B] (II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,-1,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set) (II) Bus -1 I/O range: (II) Bus -1 non-prefetchable memory range: (II) Bus -1 prefetchable memory range: (--) PCI:*(0:2:0) Cirrus Logic
libsdl1.2-debian bajo Xfree86 3.3
¿Cómo puedo hacer funcionar este paquete con Xfree86 3.3 o al menos poder usar las aplicaciones que dependen de esta librería bajo XFree86?
SOLVED! Lyx 0.12.0 crashes X server under bo (but there may be a bug in XFree86 3.3)
After some experiments I have found the solution. I'm really very amused with the result. The lyx crashed X's after inserting the PS picture only when I've set the screen fonts to ISO-8859-2. I've checked the ISO-8859-2 font directories on my box and stated that fonts.dir does not exist in some of them - so the X server wasn't able to find some fonts. Running mkfontdir fixed all the problems. Well, but one problem still exists! Why lack of some fonts causes X server to crash instead of using other available fonts, or crashing only the process trying to use unavailable fonts? It seems to me that this is a serious bug in XFree86 3.3 :-(. I have experienced similar problems with Netscape, and now I think that the reason was the same - unavailable fonts in ISO-8859-2. Wojtek Zabolotny [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: XFree86 3.3 SVGA and S3 Virge/VX
On 21 Sep 1997, H Huang wrote: Will Hi. I'm using the XFree86 3.3 SVGA server with my diamond Will Today I downloaded the XF86_SVGA 3.3.1 binary from Why no reconfigure X? Because 3.3.1 is a minor revision of 3.3, and doesn't seem to have any different options/configuration things. The problem has occured with Xfre86 3.3 and 3.3.1, so it seems to me to be an X problem and not a config problem. RTFM. Something that worked with X 3.2 may not work with 3.3 or higher. I did, thanks. I'm not (nor have I ever been) using 3.2, so there's no issue here. I started with 3.3, and tried to move to 3.3.1 to see if the problem was fixed. Will [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ * Good Idea: Feeding Stray Cats in the Park. Bad Idea: Feeding Stray Cats in the park ... to a bear. * -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: XFree86 3.3 SVGA and S3 Virge/VX
Will have any different options/configuration things. The problem Will has occured with Xfre86 3.3 and 3.3.1, so it seems to me to be Will an X problem and not a config problem. Sure, it is the problem with X. But you can get around this by disabling some features through configuring. RTFM. Something that worked with X 3.2 may not work with 3.3 or higher. Will I did, thanks. I'm not (nor have I ever been) using 3.2, so Will there's no issue here. I started with 3.3, and tried to move Will to 3.3.1 to see if the problem was fixed. Good. Pay attention to the new XAA features. According to my experience, some of these features do not work properly. Since I don't have a S3 Virge card, that's all I can help. Good luck! -- __ ___ __ ___ / / /__ / / / __ /_/ /__ /_/ / _ __ / _ __ / /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: XFree86 3.3 SVGA and S3 Virge/VX
Will Hi. I'm using the XFree86 3.3 SVGA server with my diamond Will 3D3000 video card with 4 megs of VRAM, and I can only startx Will once. That is, if I exit X, and type startx again on the Will console, the screen goes black and the machine hangs. Will CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE and the Vulcan Nerve Pinch have no effect Will whatsoever and my only recourse is to press the reboot button Will on the front of the machine. Will Today I downloaded the XF86_SVGA 3.3.1 binary from Will ftp.xfree86.org and installed it; the behavior is the same. Will I've found, however, that if I keep *both* servers around and Will switch back and forth between them (by renaming one to Will something else and naming the one in use XF86_SVGA), I can Will startx as many times as I please. Will Any clues? Why no reconfigure X? RTFM. Something that worked with X 3.2 may not work with 3.3 or higher. -- __ ___ __ ___ / / /__ / / / __ /_/ /__ /_/ / _ __ / _ __ / /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
XFree86 3.3 SVGA and S3 Virge/VX
Hi. I'm using the XFree86 3.3 SVGA server with my diamond 3D3000 video card with 4 megs of VRAM, and I can only startx once. That is, if I exit X, and type startx again on the console, the screen goes black and the machine hangs. CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE and the Vulcan Nerve Pinch have no effect whatsoever and my only recourse is to press the reboot button on the front of the machine. Today I downloaded the XF86_SVGA 3.3.1 binary from ftp.xfree86.org and installed it; the behavior is the same. I've found, however, that if I keep *both* servers around and switch back and forth between them (by renaming one to something else and naming the one in use XF86_SVGA), I can startx as many times as I please. Any clues? Also, the /tmp/.X11-unix/X0= file still exists when I exit X, and I have to manually rm it. This doesn't affect the locking up tho ... Thanks. Will [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ * Good Idea: Feeding Stray Cats in the Park. Bad Idea: Feeding Stray Cats in the park ... to a bear. * -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Compose key in XFree86 3.3
Hallo, although I have added the line: ScrollLock Compose to /etc/X11/XF86Config, the scroll-lock key refuses to function as a compose key. Any ideas? Thank you! Andreas Nolda -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Compose key in XFree86 3.3
On Aug 1, Andreas Nolda wrote although I have added the line: ScrollLock Compose to /etc/X11/XF86Config, the scroll-lock key refuses to function as a compose key. Any ideas? Maybe putting in XkbDisable will help. Ray -- ART A friend of mine in Tulsa, Okla., when I was about eleven years old. I'd be interested to hear from him. There are so many pseudos around taking his name in vain. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: XTerm on XFree86 3.3-3 trouble
I'd have to double check, but I suspect that none of these were ever bugs... just confusion among people as to what the difference between application mode and the default mode is, wrt cursor and keypad keys; there are sequences that change these. I'm pretty sure xbase itself hasn't changed at all in this regard -- but termcap might have, and if a program crashes without switching back you can see changes too... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Xfree86-3.3 and S3V
On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, Bob Clark wrote: A couple of months ago I convinced a friend ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) to change over from slackware to debian; and in turn convinced some other people to do the same. He was impressed (as I knew he would be) with debian until... he upgraded to Xfree-3.3, now X no longer works. He's got an S3V card and I remember seeing other posts to this list about similar problems. The archives at ftp.debian.org don't have July postings yet and I didn't find anything in the June archive. Would someone be so kind as to post (re-post?) some possible solutions. I thought a downgrade to 3.2 would do the trick but it seems the 3.2 pakages are gone. I have an S3Virge card and have XFree86 3.3 working fine, now. Two things to try: - Use the new svga server instead of the s3v server. It works much better for me. - Give the existing XF86Config another name and rerun xf86setup. If it still doesn't work, look at the output of the xserver on the console and repost if there is something unusual in it. Joost -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Xfree86-3.3 and S3V
In a message dated 97-07-21 17:29:27 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A couple of months ago I convinced a friend ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) to change over from slackware to debian; and in turn convinced some other people to do the same. He was impressed (as I knew he would be) with debian until... he upgraded to Xfree-3.3, now X no longer works. He's got an S3V card and I remember seeing other posts to this list about similar problems. The archives at ftp.debian.org don't have July postings yet and I didn't find anything in the June archive. Would someone be so kind as to post (re-post?) some possible solutions. I thought a downgrade to 3.2 would do the trick but it seems the 3.2 pakages are gone. I have an S3Virge card and have XFree86 3.3 working fine, now. Two things to try: - Use the new svga server instead of the s3v server. It works much better for me. - Give the existing XF86Config another name and rerun xf86setup. If it still doesn't work, look at the output of the xserver on the console and repost if there is something unusual in it. Joost I agree, the svga server is much better with the Virge chipset then the s3v server. I just bought a video card with the virge chipset, I haven't had a chance to try it on my own system yet. (I can't get debian Linux to read from my @#$% CD-ROM) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
FYI: new default behavior with XFree86 3.3 (was: Problem with X after upgrading to 1.3.1)
After much hair pulling, I discovered that XFree86 *now* will look in the user's directory if the user is root for an XF86Config file. From XF86Config(5): When an X server is started by a `root' user, it will first search for an XF86Config file in that user's home directory. I don't understand the reason for the feature. Anyway, I had a non-functional template one there from a year ago and attempt to debug my recent upgrade using startx as root. You can imagine the rest. Hope this helps someone. === Martin Weinberg Phone: (413) 545-3821 Dept. of Physics and Astronomy FAX: (413) 545-2117/0648 530 Graduate Research Tower University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003-4525 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: XTerm on XFree86 3.3-3 trouble
On Sun, 20 Jul 1997, Riku Saikkonen wrote: (I'm Cc:ing this to debian-devel in an effort to get it fixed. :)) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote to debian-user: When I start mc in a xterm I have trouble with the F-Keys: F1 gives P F2 gives Q F3 gives R F4 gives S F5 - F10 work just fine. This is an old bug in the terminfo entry for xterm. It and related other bugs have been reported as bugs #2158, #2291, #3162, and #3973 in the Debian bug report archive (URL:http://www.debian.org/Bugs/). The current situation (xbase 3.3-3, ncurses-base 1.9.9e-1) is as follows: - in a cat in an xterm, F1 to F4 give ^[OP, ^[OQ, ^[OR, and ^[OS, respectively - infocmp xterm says, among other things: kf1=\E[11~, kf2=\E[12~, kf3=\E[13~, kf4=\E[14~ One of them is clearly wrong. But which one? A strange thing is that bug report #3162 (against xbase 3.1.2-9) reports the bug being the other way around -- infocmp xterm shows kf1=\EOP, but cat gives ^[[11~. It appears that there has been some circular fixing going on. So, Debian developers: Can we decide which one is correct, xterm or the terminfo entry, and adjust the other accordingly? For Debian users, the easiest thing to do is wait for the bug to get fixed. :) As a sort of temporary workaround, you can try setting TERM=vt220; that should fix the function keys, but may cause other similar keyboard or display problems. Installing ncurses-base, ncurses-term (1.9.9g-2) from master's Incoming should fix this problem. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
XFree86 3.3 problems
Having switched to 3.3 when it became available on stable, I at first was disabled by xdm coming up, crashing, and respawning in an endless loop. I've reapired that with my resq disk (by removing /etc/rc3.d/S20xdm) and by editing /etc/X11/XF86Config am now able to run X using startx at 640x480. I'd been running at 800x600, however, and X as it now stands is very near useless (this mail is being sent using Netscape/W$95). BTW, it was the 'Option linear' line that finally made X 'work'. Can anyone provide me a clue to get my Trident tgui9440agi back in business @800x600? I know I could adjust .x* files to make things usable at 640x480, but it's not a solution that I relish. TIA -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: XTerm on XFree86 3.3-3 trouble
(I'm Cc:ing this to debian-devel in an effort to get it fixed. :)) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote to debian-user: When I start mc in a xterm I have trouble with the F-Keys: F1 gives P F2 gives Q F3 gives R F4 gives S F5 - F10 work just fine. This is an old bug in the terminfo entry for xterm. It and related other bugs have been reported as bugs #2158, #2291, #3162, and #3973 in the Debian bug report archive (URL:http://www.debian.org/Bugs/). The current situation (xbase 3.3-3, ncurses-base 1.9.9e-1) is as follows: - in a cat in an xterm, F1 to F4 give ^[OP, ^[OQ, ^[OR, and ^[OS, respectively - infocmp xterm says, among other things: kf1=\E[11~, kf2=\E[12~, kf3=\E[13~, kf4=\E[14~ One of them is clearly wrong. But which one? A strange thing is that bug report #3162 (against xbase 3.1.2-9) reports the bug being the other way around -- infocmp xterm shows kf1=\EOP, but cat gives ^[[11~. It appears that there has been some circular fixing going on. So, Debian developers: Can we decide which one is correct, xterm or the terminfo entry, and adjust the other accordingly? For Debian users, the easiest thing to do is wait for the bug to get fixed. :) As a sort of temporary workaround, you can try setting TERM=vt220; that should fix the function keys, but may cause other similar keyboard or display problems. -- -=- Rjs -=- [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Xfree86-3.3 and S3V
On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, Bob Clark wrote: [cut] Would someone be so kind as to post (re-post?) some possible solutions. I thought a downgrade to 3.2 would do the trick but it seems the 3.2 pakages are gone. They're there, I just downgraded myself. Look in rex-fixed or something like that. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
XFree86 3.3 and ATI Mach64
I've got an ATI Mach64 card (ATI 264CT chipset) which was configured correctly under XFree86 3.2. Now under the highest resolution (1024x768) it displays shadowed traces of the window as I move it -- two prominant resonances can be seen shifted about 1 and 2 cm to the right, but horizontal lines interpolating the images give an irritating jagged and unstable image. This occurs also if the window is rapidly updating text, as when I view man pages, or use view a text file with 'more' or 'less'. I've rerun xf86config, and also tried the original XF86Config file. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Any solution, or do I downgrade? David -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Xfree86-3.3 and S3V
Bob Clark wrote: A couple of months ago I convinced a friend ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) to change over from slackware to debian; and in turn convinced some other people to do the same. He was impressed (as I knew he would be) with debian until... he upgraded to Xfree-3.3, now X no longer works. He's got an S3V card and I remember seeing other posts to this list about similar problems. The archives at ftp.debian.org don't have July postings yet and I didn't find anything in the June archive. Would someone be so kind as to post (re-post?) some possible solutions. I thought a downgrade to 3.2 would do the trick but it seems the 3.2 pakages are gone. Try redoing 'xf86config'. I have an s3 (#9 771) card and X did not work first time for me. All I did was go through xf86config and save it as normal and it worked. Seems to go a bit faster as well, maybe the definitions of the card(s) have been improved ?? -- John Stevenson 3rd Yr BSc Soft. Eng. ** Staff/Student Representative ** E-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~n4215605 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Xfree86-3.3 and S3V
A couple of months ago I convinced a friend ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) to change over from slackware to debian; and in turn convinced some other people to do the same. He was impressed (as I knew he would be) with debian until... he upgraded to Xfree-3.3, now X no longer works. He's got an S3V card and I remember seeing other posts to this list about similar problems. The archives at ftp.debian.org don't have July postings yet and I didn't find anything in the June archive. Would someone be so kind as to post (re-post?) some possible solutions. I thought a downgrade to 3.2 would do the trick but it seems the 3.2 pakages are gone. Thanks, --Bob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
XFree86 3.3 on ThinkPad 365XD.
Someone sent me mail with the comment that X11_SVGA on the non-TFT displays is a bear to configure properly. He's right. Unfortunately I lost his email address, and need to correspond with him a bit more on the matter. -- Cerebus [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Fingerprint: BC AB 28 19 A6 A4 FF 5B CA 4D B4 03 3A A7 F4 5C -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: XTerm on XFree86 3.3-3 trouble
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have a strange XTerm behaviour after upgrading to XFree 3.3-3. When I start mc in a xterm I have trouble with the F-Keys: F1 gives P F2 gives Q F3 gives R F4 gives S F5 - F10 work just fine. When I start mc in a rxvt, all F-Keys work just fine. Has someone else encountered this problem ? So i'm not alone with this! :-( The only difference is that F1 does nothing at all, that F2 invokes the help screen which should have been invoked by the former function key, etc. The 'Learn keys' dialog doesn't change this behaviour at all. :-( Please submit a bug report as soon as possible. Is there any other means than switching back to XFree-3.2 to resolve this problem? Cheers, P. *8^) -- Paul Seelig [EMAIL PROTECTED] African Music Archive - Institute for Ethnology and Africa Studies Johannes Gutenberg-University - Forum 6 - 55099 Mainz/Germany My Homepage in the WWW at the URL http://www.uni-mainz.de/~pseelig -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: XTerm on XFree86 3.3-3 trouble
On 13 Jul 1997, Paul Seelig wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have a strange XTerm behaviour after upgrading to XFree 3.3-3. When I start mc in a xterm I have trouble with the F-Keys: F1 gives P F2 gives Q F3 gives R F4 gives S F5 - F10 work just fine. When I start mc in a rxvt, all F-Keys work just fine. Has someone else encountered this problem ? So i'm not alone with this! :-( The only difference is that F1 does nothing at all, that F2 invokes the help screen which should have been invoked by the former function key, etc. The 'Learn keys' dialog doesn't change this behaviour at all. :-( Please submit a bug report as soon as possible. Is there any other means than switching back to XFree-3.2 to resolve this problem? Cheers, P. *8^) This problem is addressed in file README.xterm that came with the mc source distribution. I built my own mc debian package. README.xterm is located in /usr/local/lib/mc/term/. I'm not sure if the official mc debian package includes this file. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: XTerm on XFree86 3.3-3 trouble
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (H Huang) writes: On 13 Jul 1997, Paul Seelig wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have a strange XTerm behaviour after upgrading to XFree 3.3-3. When I start mc in a xterm I have trouble with the F-Keys: [...] This problem is addressed in file README.xterm that came with the mc source distribution. I built my own mc debian package. README.xterm is located in /usr/local/lib/mc/term/. I'm not sure if the official mc debian package includes this file. Yes, i know this document but this really makes me wonder why it actually worked flawlessly up to XFree-3.2 but no more since upgrading to XFree-3.3? It worked ok with xterm without any special tweaking as described in README.xterm but the switch to XFree-3.3 obviously broke something for MC and i'd like to know what it is!? Well, i'll send another message to the MC mailing list. Cheers, P. *8^) -- Paul Seelig [EMAIL PROTECTED] African Music Archive - Institute for Ethnology and Africa Studies Johannes Gutenberg-University - Forum 6 - 55099 Mainz/Germany My Homepage in the WWW at the URL http://www.uni-mainz.de/~pseelig -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: XTerm on XFree86 3.3-3 trouble
H Huang writes: On 13 Jul 1997, Paul Seelig wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have a strange XTerm behaviour after upgrading to XFree 3.3-3. When I start mc in a xterm I have trouble with the F-Keys: F1 gives P F2 gives Q F3 gives R F4 gives S F5 - F10 work just fine. When I start mc in a rxvt, all F-Keys work just fine. Has someone else encountered this problem ? So i'm not alone with this! :-( The only difference is that F1 does I get the same behavior with Matlab. So it is not an mc related issue. It must be an XFree86 3.3 issue. My $.02 Brian -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
XTerm on XFree86 3.3-3 trouble
Hi, I have a strange XTerm behaviour after upgrading to XFree 3.3-3. When I start mc in a xterm I have trouble with the F-Keys: F1 gives P F2 gives Q F3 gives R F4 gives S F5 - F10 work just fine. When I start mc in a rxvt, all F-Keys work just fine. Has someone else encountered this problem ? Here my keyboard config: # File generated by xf86config. Section Keyboard ProtocolStandard AutoRepeat 500 5 Xleds 3 Xkbkeycodes xfree86 XkbTypesdefault XkbCompat default XkbSymbols en_US(pc102)+de XkbGeometry pc EndSection Ciao, Martin -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: XFree86 3.3 can't find fixed font
On Sat, 5 Jul 1997, ninjaz wrote: Thanks for the blazing fast response. :) Tried that to no avail (using accelx 3.1 and the SVGA server from 3.2 - just noticed I had that package on hold as I was using accelx).. after downloading the SVGA server from xfree86 3.3, things are working again. AccelX can't deal with the compressed fonts. You will need to decompress all the .gz and .Z files in the font directories and then run mkfontdir in each of those directories as well. That's what got me up and running again. -- Mark EvansLinux v2 Information Headquarters [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxhq.com -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
XFree86 3.3 can't find fixed font
After upgrading to Xfree86 3.3 today, X does not complete startup, and exits with the error: failed to set default font path '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/AcceleratedX/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/' Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' Any resolution to this? I have talked to a few people on irc who said this has happened to them after upgrading to 3.3, also. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: XFree86 3.3 can't find fixed font
Hi, This happened to me too once. Try running mkfontdir in the affected directories. If it's the same problem I had, that will fix it. J. Goldman -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: XFree86 3.3 can't find fixed font
Thanks for the blazing fast response. :) Tried that to no avail (using accelx 3.1 and the SVGA server from 3.2 - just noticed I had that package on hold as I was using accelx).. after downloading the SVGA server from xfree86 3.3, things are working again. On Sat, 5 Jul 1997, Jesse Goldman wrote: Hi, This happened to me too once. Try running mkfontdir in the affected directories. If it's the same problem I had, that will fix it. J. Goldman -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: xfree86 3.3
Alex Romosan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i've just installed the new xfree86 version 3.3 packages from Incoming, but now i am having problems restarting the x server. if i try to restart it using startx, i get the following error: Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' This appears to be due to running the wrong `mkfontdir'. The `mkfontdir' from XFree86 appears not to handle *.gz files. Rerun `mkfontdir' in all the font directories (/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/font). - Hari -- Raja R Harinath -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] When all else fails, read the instructions. -- Cahn's Axiom Our policy is, when in doubt, do the right thing. -- Roy L Ash -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: xfree86 3.3
Raja R Harinath [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This appears to be due to running the wrong `mkfontdir'. The `mkfontdir' from XFree86 appears not to handle *.gz files. Rerun `mkfontdir' in all the font directories (/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/font). That should have read: The `mkfontdir' from XFree86 3.2 appears not to handle *.gz files. Rerun `mkfontdir' from XFree86 3.3 in all the font directories. - Hari -- Raja R Harinath -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] When all else fails, read the instructions. -- Cahn's Axiom Our policy is, when in doubt, do the right thing. -- Roy L Ash -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: xfree86 3.3
i don't really know what the problem was. i downgraded back to 3.2-6 and today i reinstalled 3.3-1 and everything worked fine. right now i am upgrading a couple of other systems, so it will be interesting to see if the problem reoccurs. btw, i did try to update the font directories by hand yesterday when i had problems, but i still couldn't get the x server to start. strange. --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. | -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: xfree86 3.3
On 10 Jun 1997, Raja R Harinath wrote: The `mkfontdir' from XFree86 3.2 appears not to handle *.gz files. Rerun `mkfontdir' from XFree86 3.3 in all the font directories. Shouldn't the post-install script take care of this? ...RickM... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
xfree86 3.3
i've just installed the new xfree86 version 3.3 packages from Incoming, but now i am having problems restarting the x server. if i try to restart it using startx, i get the following error: Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 giving up. xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. i also tried to reconfigure my x settings with XF86Setup, but if i try to use the old XF86Config it tells me it can't read it, and if i try to create a new one from scratch the x server just hangs there and eventually it times out with: _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 giving up. i'll try to debug this myself, but if anybody has any ideas how to get around this, please let me know. thanks. --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. | -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: xfree86 3.3
On Mon, Jun 09, 1997 at 01:18:26PM +, Paul Seelig wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Romosan) writes: i also tried to reconfigure my x settings with XF86Setup, but if i try to use the old XF86Config it tells me it can't read it, and if i try to create a new one from scratch the x server just hangs there and eventually it times out with: _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 giving up. Make sure that the X server entry in /etc/X11/Xserver corresponds with the X server you have installed. I know this message from a manual installation of the XFree86-3.3 W32 server without adjusting said configuration file. Maybe it's a bug with the Debian package and you could write a bug report to get this fixed ASAP? Make sure /tmp has the correct permissions too, if /tmp is not writable you will get this error. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, StudIEAust[EMAIL PROTECTED] Student, computer science computer systems engineering.3rd year, RMIT. http://hamish.home.ml.org/ (PGP key here) CPOM: [ ] 47% The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. --Bohr -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Xfree86 3.3
Xfree86-3.3 is finally out! Source is already available from ftp2.xfree86.org Alex Y. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
