Re: XFree 4.2.x question

2002-10-23 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
I use sid and just apt-get dist-upgrade to Xfree 4.2.x My card is a Quadro2 MXR, when using the older version of XFree 4.x , it randomly crashes when switching screen. This problem hasn't happened eversince I get 4.2.x ... it has been solid for me. On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 12:01:02 -0400 &q

Re: XFree 4.2.x question

2002-10-23 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 11:03:12AM +1000, Rob Weir wrote: > On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 02:28:11PM -0500, Nick Traxler wrote: > > Just one thing--back up /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 before you install 4.2. > > I've apt-gotten 2 revisions from unstable, and it overwrote my > > XF86Config both times. Pretty an

Re: XFree 4.2.x question

2002-10-23 Thread bob
>I see that XFree 4.2.1 has made it into unstable a few weeks ago. I > am curious, has anyone tried to install it? How has that gone? Would you > say it's better to install from the unstable .debs or manually using the > XFree installer? Don't if it was the specific problem, but I had random,

Re: XFree 4.2.x question

2002-10-23 Thread Rob Weir
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 02:28:11PM -0500, Nick Traxler wrote: > Just one thing--back up /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 before you install 4.2. > I've apt-gotten 2 revisions from unstable, and it overwrote my > XF86Config both times. Pretty annoying. You once told debconf to manage your XF86Config-4. Run `

Re: XFree 4.2.x question

2002-10-23 Thread Justin F. Knotzke
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 06:56:12PM +0200, Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka wrote: > Me.I'm using it for some time and it's great. > The installation from .debs went very smoothly. I recommend using .debs > because of upgrades of packages. Was there a huge list of dependencies that do not match stable tha

Re: XFree 4.2.x question

2002-10-23 Thread Nick Traxler
Just one thing--back up /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 before you install 4.2. I've apt-gotten 2 revisions from unstable, and it overwrote my XF86Config both times. Pretty annoying. -- Nick This one time, at band camp, Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka said: > Me.I'm using it for some time and it's great. > The insta

Re: XFree 4.2.x question

2002-10-23 Thread Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka
Me.I'm using it for some time and it's great. The installation from .debs went very smoothly. I recommend using .debs because of upgrades of packages. Vlada On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 18:01, Justin F. Knotzke wrote: > >Hello, > >I see that XFree 4.2.1 has made it into unstable a few weeks ago.

XFree 4.2.x question

2002-10-23 Thread Justin F. Knotzke
Hello, I see that XFree 4.2.1 has made it into unstable a few weeks ago. I am curious, has anyone tried to install it? How has that gone? Would you say it's better to install from the unstable .debs or manually using the XFree installer? Thanks J. -- Justin F. Knotzke [EMAIL PROT

Re: Xfree 4.2?

2002-10-07 Thread Paul Smith
%% Charles Blair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: cb> I have been told that my laptop won't do graphics without version cb> 4.2 of xfree. I tried downloading some files in a directory cb> "branden" with names like xfreecommonv14.2.deb and also a cb> v24.2.deb. ??? No idea what those are.

Re: Xfree 4.2?

2002-10-07 Thread Corrin Lakeland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 08 Oct 2002 15:17, Charles Blair wrote: >I have been told that my laptop won't do graphics without > version 4.2 of xfree. I tried downloading some files in a > directory "branden" with names like xfreecommonv14.2.deb and > also a v24.2.d

Xfree 4.2?

2002-10-07 Thread Charles Blair
1 unsucessfully. Could somebody supply idiot-proof instruction on getting 4.2 going? PS I suspect my laptop needs some specific stuff of its own, but installing xfree 4.2 seems to be a necessary first step. Thanks very much for any help. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Re: XFree 4.2

2002-06-28 Thread Francois Chenais
Thanks ;-) François On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 10:09:50 +0200 (MEST), Raffaele Sandrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > Hello, | > | > I was retreiving XFree4.2 packages from | > | > http://chunk.mp3revolution.net/~aaronl/x/. | > | > But the server seems to

XFree 4.2 and bttv modules

2002-06-28 Thread Romuald DELAVERGNE
Hi all, Since I installed XFree 4.2 (Branden packages), I noticed that my bttv modules are autoloaded at boot. After investigation, I conclued this is due to "v4l" module. Does any one have the same effect ? Best Regards, Romuald. an extract of my mo

Re: XFree 4.2

2002-06-28 Thread Raffaele Sandrini
> Hello, > > I was retreiving XFree4.2 packages from > > http://chunk.mp3revolution.net/~aaronl/x/. > > But the server seems to be down > > Is there any official place for thoses packages ? > > Thanks a lot > > François > Just read DWN..

XFree 4.2

2002-06-28 Thread Francois Chenais
Hello, I was retreiving XFree4.2 packages from http://chunk.mp3revolution.net/~aaronl/x/. But the server seems to be down Is there any official place for thoses packages ? Thanks a lot François -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

RE: Problems installinf XFree 4.2 on Woody

2002-06-16 Thread Ronald Castillo
ser Subject: RE: Problems installinf XFree 4.2 on Woody On Sat, 2002-06-15 at 21:28, Ronald Castillo wrote: > I've already tried that, but that way I can only configure my video card > as a Generic VGA, and like that I can only use 256 Kb of video RAM (I > have 2048 Kb), so it doesn&

RE: Problems installinf XFree 4.2 on Woody

2002-06-15 Thread Peter Whysall
On Sat, 2002-06-15 at 21:28, Ronald Castillo wrote: > I've already tried that, but that way I can only configure my video card > as a Generic VGA, and like that I can only use 256 Kb of video RAM (I > have 2048 Kb), so it doesn't work for me... > Have you tried doing "XFree86 -configure" and foll

RE: Problems installinf XFree 4.2 on Woody

2002-06-15 Thread Ronald Castillo
TED] Sent: sábado, 15 de junio de 2002 22:06 To: Ronald Castillo Subject: Re: Problems installinf XFree 4.2 on Woody Hello, You can try xf86conf or xf86config (i don't remember) that will write a config file that is called XF86config. I always use this file and move XF86Config-4 somewhere as

Problems installinf XFree 4.2 on Woody

2002-06-15 Thread Ronald Castillo
Greetings... Today I tried to install XFree 4,2 in my Woody system, first making a copy of the directories/usr/X11R6 and/etc/X11. After installing the new version (I had 4,1) KDM stopped working, although GDM works well. The main problem that I have is that, although when executing startx the vid

Installing XFree 4.2

2002-06-15 Thread Ronald Castillo
Hello.. I'm currently running the version of XFree 4.1 that was installed with woody but I was planning to install XFree 4.2, but I have some questions before I do: First of all, what is the best way to install it? I have read about some debs that have problems and I have already downloade

Re: XFree 4.2 issues with locale

2002-06-11 Thread Shaya Potter
dont use my xlibs see what I wrote months ago http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2002/debian-x-200204/msg00054.html On Fri, 2002-05-31 at 18:28, Jeff Johnson wrote: > So... Being one of those who has an unsupported video card in wody I > somewhat boldly installed the unofficial debs from: > > deb

Re: XFree 4.2 server DIY (chrooted env)

2002-06-09 Thread joost witteveen
Ah, forgot to mention: > 5 On the main system, startup xfs (apt-get install xfs, remove > the `no-listen = tcp' line in /etc/X11/fs/config), > and install xdm and activate it > (easiest way is to add a "*" line in /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess), > and maybe remove those pesky `no tcp' lines from

XFree 4.2 server DIY (chrooted env)

2002-06-09 Thread joost witteveen
Hi, I recently bought a MSI MS-6368 mainboard, and although Xfree 4.1 does support the Trident Microsystems CyberBlade/i1, it is somewhat flaky (see below). So, I wanted to try out Xfree 4.2. I did not want to install XFree 4.2 the way XFree suggests (mv /usr/X11R6 backup; install new in /usr

Re: XFree 4.2

2002-06-05 Thread Francois Chenais
I'll try it, thanks a lot ;-) François On 04 Jun 2002 09:42:15 -0700 Jeff Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Here are unofficial debs. | | deb http://chunk.mp3revolution.net/~aaronl/x ./ | | beware of Locale issues. see: | | http://www.debianhelp.org/modules.php?op=

Re: XFree 4.2

2002-06-04 Thread prover
From: "Jeff Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Francois Chenais" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 6:42 PM Subject: Re: XFree 4.2 > Here are unofficial debs. > > deb http://chunk.mp3revolution.net/~aaronl/x ./ > > beware of Locale is

Re: XFree 4.2

2002-06-04 Thread prover
From: "Francois Chenais" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 2:19 PM Subject: XFree 4.2 > Hello, > > Where can I find deb packages for XFree4.2 ? > > François > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject

Re: XFree 4.2

2002-06-04 Thread Jeff Johnson
Here are unofficial debs. deb http://chunk.mp3revolution.net/~aaronl/x ./ beware of Locale issues. see: http://www.debianhelp.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2111&mode=flat&order=0&thold=0 good luck, and please let me know of your success, -jeff On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 05:

XFree 4.2

2002-06-04 Thread Francois Chenais
Hello, Where can I find deb packages for XFree4.2 ? François -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

XFree 4.2 issues with locale

2002-05-31 Thread Jeff Johnson
So... Being one of those who has an unsupported video card in wody I somewhat boldly installed the unofficial debs from: deb http://chunk.mp3revolution.net/~aaronl/x ./ Everything works great... Except the following: 1.can't run several Gnome apps.(see extended text) 2. No text in the title bar

Re: XFree 4.2 on potato

2002-04-30 Thread Brandt Dusthimer
ard absolutely needs XFree 4.2, post to this list again (or e-mail me) after woody comes out and I'm sure there'd be more than enough people willing to help you get X working :) On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 21:13, Ted Goodridge, Jr wrote: > Is there a xfree deb package version 4.2? I need to u

XFree 4.2 on potato

2002-04-30 Thread Ted Goodridge, Jr
Is there a xfree deb package version 4.2? I need to upgrade to 4.2 for my video card to work, I'm using potato on an alpha lx164. Right now I have 3.3.6 installed, but that wont work at all. Ted -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: Installing XFree 4.2 into non standard location - help

2002-04-30 Thread gtdev
Sorry for popping in, but I have made a little observation that I have to share. There was this message about working with a separate install of Xfree86 4.2.0 that generated the following reply: (Original by Bill Triplett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > Hi.. I just did the same thing on a woody box. He

Re: Installing XFree 4.2 into non standard location - help

2002-03-31 Thread Bill Triplett
On Sun, 2002-03-31 at 18:54, Andreas Leitner wrote: > On Sun, 2002-03-31 at 20:16, Bill Triplett wrote: > > Yes, I know what you mean. You can install it somewhere else, just > > update your PATH and /etc/ld.so.conf to add the new directories so that > > you will be able to work with the new dir. J

Re: Installing XFree 4.2 into non standard location - help

2002-03-31 Thread Andreas Leitner
On Sun, 2002-03-31 at 20:16, Bill Triplett wrote: > On Sun, 2002-03-31 at 09:57, Andreas Leitner wrote: > > On Sun, 2002-03-31 at 00:01, Bill Triplett wrote: > > > On Sat, 2002-03-30 at 08:32, Andreas Leitner wrote: > > > > > > > > I own a AIW Radeon. The card works quite nicely with XFree 4.1, bu

Re: Installing XFree 4.2 into non standard location - help

2002-03-31 Thread Bill Triplett
On Sun, 2002-03-31 at 09:57, Andreas Leitner wrote: > On Sun, 2002-03-31 at 00:01, Bill Triplett wrote: > > On Sat, 2002-03-30 at 08:32, Andreas Leitner wrote: > > > > > > I own a AIW Radeon. The card works quite nicely with XFree 4.1, but some > > > features (TV Out, TV In, ...) will only work wi

Re: Installing XFree 4.2 into non standard location - help

2002-03-31 Thread Andreas Leitner
On Sun, 2002-03-31 at 00:01, Bill Triplett wrote: > On Sat, 2002-03-30 at 08:32, Andreas Leitner wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I own a AIW Radeon. The card works quite nicely with XFree 4.1, but some > > features (TV Out, TV In, ...) will only work with X 4.2 + some special > > drivers from the Gatos pro

Re: Installing XFree 4.2 into non standard location - help

2002-03-30 Thread Bill Triplett
On Sat, 2002-03-30 at 08:32, Andreas Leitner wrote: > Hi, > > I own a AIW Radeon. The card works quite nicely with XFree 4.1, but some > features (TV Out, TV In, ...) will only work with X 4.2 + some special > drivers from the Gatos project. For those to try I need to hand compile > my own X (at l

Installing XFree 4.2 into non standard location - help

2002-03-30 Thread Andreas Leitner
Hi, I own a AIW Radeon. The card works quite nicely with XFree 4.1, but some features (TV Out, TV In, ...) will only work with X 4.2 + some special drivers from the Gatos project. For those to try I need to hand compile my own X (at least the gatos guys recommend this) and install it over my exist