Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-25 Thread David Dawes
On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 03:33:13PM -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Quoting David Dawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi, > >> Thanks to all who sent in items for the release notes. I've put >> updated >> versions of the docs for 4.3.0 at >> . >> Further updates f

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-25 Thread pcpa
Quoting David Dawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi, > Thanks to all who sent in items for the release notes. I've put > updated > versions of the docs for 4.3.0 at > . > Further updates for the release notes and other docs are welcome. The > final > section of t

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-25 Thread Alan Hourihane
On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 12:05:17AM -0500, David Dawes wrote: > On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 01:49:52AM +0100, Rob van Nieuwkerk wrote: > >David Dawes wrote: > >> On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 11:14:55AM +, Alan Hourihane wrote: > >> >Here's a list of items for th

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-25 Thread Thomas Winischhofer
David Dawes wrote: Instead of "Support (accelerated) for the SiS 530, 620, 6326 is provided by the "sis" driver. The 630, 300, and 540 are also supported, but this code is new and there are some problems with it in this version." it should say "Support (accelerated) for the SiS 6326, 530, 620,

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-24 Thread Richard A. Hecker
"Mike A. Harris" wrote: > On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Rob van Nieuwkerk wrote: > > >Maybe there should be a "nsc" section added to: > > > > http://www.xfree86.org/~dawes/4.3.0/Status.html > > (Driver Status for XFree86[tm] 4.3.0) > >? > > Someone probably has to write a patch to the docs I pr

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-24 Thread David Dawes
On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 01:49:52AM +0100, Rob van Nieuwkerk wrote: >David Dawes wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 11:14:55AM +, Alan Hourihane wrote: >> >Here's a list of items for the RELNOTES for 4.3.0, if anyone has anything >> >to add to this, please send

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-24 Thread Mike A. Harris
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Rob van Nieuwkerk wrote: >In: > http://www.xfree86.org/~dawes/4.3.0/RELNOTES2.html#3 > (2.1. Video Driver Enhancements) > >I read: > "National Semiconductor SC1x00, GX1, and GX2 chipset support >added with the "nsc" driver." > >Maybe there should be a

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-24 Thread Rob van Nieuwkerk
David Dawes wrote: > On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 11:14:55AM +, Alan Hourihane wrote: > >Here's a list of items for the RELNOTES for 4.3.0, if anyone has anything > >to add to this, please send it in. > > Thanks to all who sent in items for the release notes. I'v

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-24 Thread David Dawes
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 01:22:54PM +0100, Thomas Winischhofer wrote: >David Dawes wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 11:14:55AM +, Alan Hourihane wrote: >> >>>Here's a list of items for the RELNOTES for 4.3.0, if anyone has anything >>>to add to this, p

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-24 Thread Thomas Winischhofer
David Dawes wrote: On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 11:14:55AM +, Alan Hourihane wrote: Here's a list of items for the RELNOTES for 4.3.0, if anyone has anything to add to this, please send it in. Thanks to all who sent in items for the release notes. I've put updated versions of the docs

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-23 Thread David Dawes
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 11:14:55AM +, Alan Hourihane wrote: >Here's a list of items for the RELNOTES for 4.3.0, if anyone has anything >to add to this, please send it in. Thanks to all who sent in items for the release notes. I've put updated versions of the docs fo

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-23 Thread Mike A. Harris
On 22 Feb 2003, Jeff Brubaker wrote: >> No problem. It's possible the option you used worked around the >> problem. I found the true problem yesterday though (whew). ;o) > >Heh.. I spoke too soon yesterday. When I tried the new packages, I >merely restarted XFree86. Today, the machine locke

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-22 Thread Jeff Brubaker
On Sat, 2003-02-22 at 13:11, Mike A. Harris wrote: > No problem. It's possible the option you used worked around the > problem. I found the true problem yesterday though (whew). ;o) Heh.. I spoke too soon yesterday. When I tried the new packages, I merely restarted XFree86. Today, the machi

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-22 Thread Mike A. Harris
On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Jeff Brubaker wrote: >> Since users testing Tim's binary driver report that it fixes the >> problems for them, I have updated Red Hat XFree86 4.2.99.902 >> packages with Tim Robert's latest 1.1.27t driver, and patched in >> the 1.1.26t->1.1.26 CVS changes on top of it, however

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-22 Thread Alex Deucher
I'm using 1.1.26, on my savage IX (IBM T20) and it works fine. I'm using it as the basis for the duoview support I'm adding. Alex --- "Mike A. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 21 Feb 2003, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote: > > >Oh, and what about the Savage changes? XFree86 no longer crashes >

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-21 Thread Jeff Brubaker
On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 11:02, Jeff Brubaker wrote: > Thanks for the notice on the packages. I'll install them this weekend > and let you know the results. Mike, I've upgraded from XFree86-4.2.99.901-20030209.1 to XFree86-4.2.99.902-20030218.3 and I can now start X without the ForceInit option. T

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-21 Thread Jeff Brubaker
On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 04:06:57AM -0500, Mike A. Harris wrote: > I've got a minimum of 5 bug reports stating that Savage MX/IX is > broken in CVS XFree86 completely, and I've got at least 15 users > begging me daily for fixes. I have been in contact with Tim > Roberts about these issues, and h

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-21 Thread Mike A. Harris
On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Jeff Brubaker wrote: >Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 00:17:47 -0500 >From: Jeff Brubaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Subject: Re: RELNOTES for 4.

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-21 Thread Egbert Eich
If we go into details we should definitely add: Added BigEndian support to the C&T driver. Egbert. Juliusz Chroboczek writes: > Oh, and what about the Savage changes? XFree86 no longer crashes the > TwisterK, which is important for a lot of people. > > Unless Tim is around, here's my p

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-20 Thread Matt Wilson
On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 12:24:54AM -0500, Jeff Brubaker wrote: > Hmm... just reread Tim's page and his notice has nothing to do with general > operation. Not sure why it worked for me, but it does. 1.1.27t is working much better, but I think Tim is a little tied up at the moment to get it fully

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-20 Thread Jeff Brubaker
://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html > > In other news, DPMS is still broken on my Radeon VE -> Flat Panel (DVI). > > Jeff > > > - Original Message - > From: "Mike A. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, Feb

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-20 Thread Jeff Brubaker
oken on my Radeon VE -> Flat Panel (DVI). Jeff - Original Message - From: "Mike A. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 7:13 PM Subject: Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0 > On 21 Feb 2003, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote: > &g

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-20 Thread Mike A. Harris
On 21 Feb 2003, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote: >Oh, and what about the Savage changes? XFree86 no longer crashes the >TwisterK, which is important for a lot of people. > >Unless Tim is around, here's my proposal: > > Fixes Savage problems on the TwisterK, including hangs in the > Blaster xscreensave

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-20 Thread Juliusz Chroboczek
Oh, and what about the Savage changes? XFree86 no longer crashes the TwisterK, which is important for a lot of people. Unless Tim is around, here's my proposal: Fixes Savage problems on the TwisterK, including hangs in the Blaster xscreensaver hack and hangs with XVideo. Also fixes incorr

RE: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-20 Thread Mark Cuss
f Michel Dänzer Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 2:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0 On Mit, 2003-02-19 at 18:05, Ian Romanick wrote: > Mark Cuss wrote: > > A quick question regarding the 9500 and 9700 series Radeons - is support for > > 3D acceleration pla

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-20 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mit, 2003-02-19 at 18:05, Ian Romanick wrote: > Mark Cuss wrote: > > A quick question regarding the 9500 and 9700 series Radeons - is support for > > 3D acceleration planned? > > Eventually, someday, if ATI releases the relavent documentation and > enough developers have the time to do the wo

RE: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-20 Thread Kean Johnston
Please add: * Major SCO OpenServer Updates Kean ___ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-19 Thread Kevin Brosius
Alan Hourihane wrote: > > > Here's a list of items for the RELNOTES for 4.3.0, if anyone has anything > to add to this, please send it in. I'd suggest the following s3virge driver note: Doublescan modes (320x200) are supported and tested in depth 8 and 16 on DX, but disab

RE: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-19 Thread Alexander Stohr
Gatos is focussing on video and TV playback, TV/video-in functionality and video capture. But they are _not_ focussed on 3D to my understanding. thanks for the link to the AIW Radeon 9700 comments. the text outlines that even gatos has not timeframe how their development will proceed. for my und

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-19 Thread Knut J Bjuland
Gatos have acording to http://gatos.sourceforge.net/supported_cards.php recived document ans sample hardware from ATI. an Romanick wrote: > Mark Cuss wrote: > > A quick question regarding the 9500 and 9700 series Radeons - is support for > > 3D acceleration planned? > > Eventually, someday, if A

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-19 Thread D. Hageman
On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Alan Hourihane wrote: > > * ATI Radeon 9x00 support for 2D and 3D excluding the > 9500 and 9700 for 3D acceleration. > (Need comments about M7,M9 support ) I can confirm that the 2D/3D support of the M9 is excellent. -- //

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-19 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Alan Hourihane wrote: > Here's a list of items for the RELNOTES for 4.3.0, if anyone has anything > to add to this, please send it in. > > * Mesa 4.0.4 is included for OpenGL(tm) support. > > * AMD x86-64 support. > >

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-19 Thread Torrey Lyons
At 11:14 AM + 2/19/03, Alan Hourihane wrote: Here's a list of items for the RELNOTES for 4.3.0, if anyone has anything to add to this, please send it in. * Indirect GLX acceleration for the MacOS X Xserver. Some other Mac OS X Xserver improvements (summarize as you see fit): - Sm

RE: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-19 Thread Alexander Stohr
> > A quick question regarding the 9500 and 9700 series Radeons > - is support for > > 3D acceleration planned? > > Eventually, someday, if ATI releases the relavent documentation and > enough developers have the time to do the work. In the meantime, if > you're on x86 Linux (or perhaps some B

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-19 Thread Juliusz Chroboczek
AH> Here's a list of items for the RELNOTES for 4.3.0, if anyone has anything AH> to add to this, please send it in. Partial rewrite of the ``freetype'' backend. The new version is based on FreeType 2, and handles TrueType (including OpenType/TTF), OpenType/CFF and Type 1 fo

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-19 Thread Ian Romanick
Mark Cuss wrote: A quick question regarding the 9500 and 9700 series Radeons - is support for 3D acceleration planned? Eventually, someday, if ATI releases the relavent documentation and enough developers have the time to do the work. In the meantime, if you're on x86 Linux (or perhaps some B

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-19 Thread Mark Cuss
A quick question regarding the 9500 and 9700 series Radeons - is support for 3D acceleration planned? Thanks Mark - Original Message - From: "Michel Dänzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 5:17 AM Subject: Re: RELNOTE

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-19 Thread Marc Aurele La France
On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Alan Hourihane wrote: > Here's a list of items for the RELNOTES for 4.3.0, if anyone has anything > to add to this, please send it in. > * Mesa 4.0.4 is included for OpenGL(tm) support. > * AMD x86-64 support. > * Support

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-19 Thread Egbert Eich
Please also add: * Automatic mouse protocol detection. Egbert. ___ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-19 Thread Frank Giessler
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 02/19/03 at 01:05 PM, Alan Hourihane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> To be precise, considerable work has been done for this >> release by Frank Giessler. Honour to those who really >> deserve it. >I'm puzzled why it was Frank who asked the question then... Sorry for

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-19 Thread Alan Hourihane
ourihane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > > > >Here's a list of items for the RELNOTES for 4.3.0, if anyone has anything to > > > >add to this, please send it in. > > > > > > > * Major OS/2 support updates. > > > > >

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-19 Thread Holger Veit
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 11:49:07AM +, Alan Hourihane wrote: > On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 12:37:45 +0100, Frank Giessler wrote: > > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 02/19/03 > >at 11:14 AM, Alan Hourihane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > >Here's

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-19 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mit, 2003-02-19 at 12:14, Alan Hourihane wrote: > Here's a list of items for the RELNOTES for 4.3.0, if anyone has anything > to add to this, please send it in. [...] > * ATI Radeon 9x00 support for 2D and 3D excluding the > 9500 and 9700 for 3D acceleration.

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-19 Thread Alan Hourihane
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 12:37:45 +0100, Frank Giessler wrote: > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 02/19/03 >at 11:14 AM, Alan Hourihane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > >Here's a list of items for the RELNOTES for 4.3.0, if anyone has anything to > >add to this,

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-19 Thread Frank Giessler
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 02/19/03 at 11:14 AM, Alan Hourihane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Here's a list of items for the RELNOTES for 4.3.0, if anyone has anything to >add to this, please send it in. > * Major OS/2 support updates. ??? Where do they come

Re: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-19 Thread Thomas Zander
I'm wondering why my fonts have become so very beutiful since 4.2... :) On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 11:14:55AM +, Alan Hourihane wrote: > Here's a list of items for the RELNOTES for 4.3.0, if anyone has anything > to add to this, please send it in. > > * Mesa 4.0.4

RE: RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-19 Thread Alexander Stohr
RandR integration with partial enable of features? > -Original Message- > From: Alan Hourihane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 12:15 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RELNOTES for 4.3.0 > > > Here's a list of items for the

RELNOTES for 4.3.0

2003-02-19 Thread Alan Hourihane
Here's a list of items for the RELNOTES for 4.3.0, if anyone has anything to add to this, please send it in. * Mesa 4.0.4 is included for OpenGL(tm) support. * AMD x86-64 support. * Support for OpenBSD/sparc64. * Major OS/2 support updates.