Re: 4.3.99.7 and text inputs

2003-06-27 Thread Andrew Bevitt
On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 04:49 am, E. ALLAUD wrote: > On 2003.06.27 12:05, Andrew Bevitt wrote: > > Hey > >0 > > I just build the 4.3.99.7 snapshot this afternoon, and did not notice > > and > > problems with the building process. X started normally and for a while > > usage seemed normal. > > > > But w

Re: XAA color expansion question

2003-06-27 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Ricardo Baratto wrote: > Hi all, > > apologies for the previous email, it got sent unfinished. > > I have a newbie video hardware question: > In the XAA Howto, in the section about color expansion, what does > "skipleft" mean in: > > "For hardware that doesn't allow an easy

XAA color expansion question

2003-06-27 Thread Ricardo Baratto
Hi all, apologies for the previous email, it got sent unfinished. I have a newbie video hardware question: In the XAA Howto, in the section about color expansion, what does "skipleft" mean in: "For hardware that doesn't allow an easy implementation of skipleft, the driver can replace CacheMonoSt

XAA color expansion question

2003-06-27 Thread Ricardo Baratto
Hi all, video hardware ___ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel

Re : 4.3.99.7 and text inputs

2003-06-27 Thread E. ALLAUD
On 2003.06.27 12:05, Andrew Bevitt wrote: Hey I just build the 4.3.99.7 snapshot this afternoon, and did not notice and problems with the building process. X started normally and for a while usage seemed normal. But when I started up AMSN and tried to send someone a message, I simply couldnt get a

Re: root window

2003-06-27 Thread Alex Deucher
there is a work around for root window file managers like nautilus or KDE in xsnow and xpenguins. you might also want to check the nautilus source or gnome source for the root window code, or ask on one of the gnome lists. Alex --- Daniel Godas Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i have made a pr

root window

2003-06-27 Thread Daniel Godas Lopez
i have made a program that changes the background image of the root window; it orks fine but when u use nautilus the besktop background u see is not the root window, so changin the root windows pixmap doesnt change the background (it changes but it remains behind the nautilus window), does anybody

Re: re-Reading a file. works for me !

2003-06-27 Thread Robert
David Dawes schrieb: On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 12:27:39PM +0200, Robert Woerle wrote: I guess everyone just wants to take the quick and dirty approach of communicating directly with the driver. well ... i am no hardcore X- hacker , but i know how to survive and you are right that this is

4.3.99.7 and text inputs

2003-06-27 Thread Andrew Bevitt
Hey I just build the 4.3.99.7 snapshot this afternoon, and did not notice and problems with the building process. X started normally and for a while usage seemed normal. But when I started up AMSN and tried to send someone a message, I simply couldnt get any text to enter into the inpt box. I tr

Re: Dell C400 fix applied to 855GM?

2003-06-27 Thread Oliver Wong
The fix was unsuccessful coming from one person on the Dell forums who tried it (I think some others are going to try it though - I posted it on the Gentoo forums). Thanks for your efforts... if another possible workaround surfaces, I'd be glad to give it a try (or find someone who will =). Anoth

Re: xf86Aiptek.c breaks build

2003-06-27 Thread Egbert Eich
Dr Andrew C Aitchison writes: > > I think we have been into this fight before: the module relies upon OS > dependent ioctls, so may or may not work at run time, but OS detection is > at compile-time :-(. We know the os version: there are imake defines OSMajorVersion OSMinorVersion OSTeeny

Re: Reading a file. works for me !

2003-06-27 Thread David Dawes
On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 12:27:39PM +0200, Robert Woerle wrote: >> I guess everyone just wants to take the quick and dirty >>approach of communicating directly with the driver. >> >well ... i am no hardcore X- hacker , but i know how to survive and you >are right that this is a major issue >for to

xf86Aiptek.c breaks build

2003-06-27 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
make[7]: Entering directory `/home/XFree86/4.2/std/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/input/aiptek' rm -f xf86Aiptek.o gcc -O2 -fno-strength-reduce -ansi -pedantic -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wredundant-decls -Wnested-externs -Wundef -I.

Re: restarting drm modules

2003-06-27 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 01:35, Ian Romanick wrote: > Doug Buxton wrote: > > I'm a new to the XFree86 sources, so I was hoping someone could give > > some suggestions as to where to start looking. Is there an existing > > mechanism for changing drm drivers, or restarting drm without > > restarting

Re: Reading a file. works for me !

2003-06-27 Thread Robert Woerle
David Dawes schrieb: On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 03:35:21PM +0200, Robert Woerle wrote: Andrew C Aitchison schrieb: On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Cheshire Cat Fish wrote: How do I go about reading a file from within my X driver. I want to read in a table of gamma correction values. If I u