[XFree86] XFree86 bugzilla available

2003-03-18 Thread David Dawes
An XFree86 bugzilla is now available at <http://bugs.xfree86.org/>. Many thanks to Hewlett-Packard for supplying the hardware, netSweng for hosting, and the many developers who helped configure and test it. Enjoy. David -- David Dawes Release Engineer/President The X

Re: [XFree86] X4.3/FreeBSD distribution aout libs

2003-03-21 Thread David Dawes
eeBSD bindists were built on a clean FreeBSD 2.2.8 installation. I think that was one of the last a.out releases? David -- David Dawes Release Engineer/Architect The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] cvs build -- libfreetype.so: undefined reference to `FT_Stream_OpenGzip'

2003-05-30 Thread David Dawes
gt; -Wl,-rpath-link,../../../exports/lib >../../../exports/lib/libfreetype.so: undefined reference to >`FT_Stream_OpenGzip' >collect2: ld returned 1 exit status >make[4]: *** [fc-cache] Error 1 I've committed a fix for this. David -- David Dawes Founder/committer/develop

Re: [XFree86] Please update fontconfig to 2.2. cvs currently contains 1.0.1!

2003-05-30 Thread David Dawes
On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 07:34:28AM -0700, Miles Lane wrote: >http://fontconfig.org/release/fontconfig-2.2.0.tar.gz It currently has 1.0.2. Go to bugs.xfree86.org and log this request there if you haven't already done so. David -- David Dawes Founder/committer/developer

Re: [XFree86] Please update fontconfig to 2.2. cvs currently contains 1.0.1!

2003-05-30 Thread David Dawes
On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 10:12:10AM -0700, Miles T Lane wrote: >--- David Dawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 07:34:28AM -0700, Miles Lane >> wrote: >> >>http://fontconfig.org/release/fontconfig-2.2.0.tar.gz >> >> It curr

Re: [XFree86] Please update fontconfig to 2.2. cvs currently contains 1.0.1!

2003-06-04 Thread David Dawes
On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 04:38:40PM -0400, David Dawes wrote: >On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 10:12:10AM -0700, Miles T Lane wrote: >>--- David Dawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 07:34:28AM -0700, Miles Lane >>> wrote: >>> >>>ht

Re: [XFree86] Compiling XFree with BuildLowMem

2003-06-11 Thread David Dawes
the footprint of the XFree86 server for certain classes of applications would be an interesting project. Progress in that direction could be made by carefully modularising some of the built-in code (and drivers?). For your specific application, a good start would be to do some analysis and find

Re: [XFree86] Compiling XFree with BuildLowMem

2003-06-13 Thread David Dawes
you think is the X server's memory usage is actually correct (and 'top' may not be giving you the most useful information about that). David -- David Dawes Founder/committer/developer The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes

Re: [XFree86] Re: DPMS under 3.3.6

2003-06-13 Thread David Dawes
lder >video hardware. To get this older hardware working, the current stable Debian >release provides some 3.3.6 servers. Well, it's up to Debian what they distribute (and maintain). For its part, the XFree86 Project no longer maintains, supports or advocates using 3

Re: [XFree86] Would you like to boost your career? i

2003-07-08 Thread David Dawes
o warn you up-front that you might see some spam on this list :-). David -- David Dawes Founder/committer/developer The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes > > >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Mark Vojkovi

Re: [XFree86] Would you like to boost your career? i

2003-07-10 Thread David Dawes
On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 10:25:59AM +0200, Egbert Eich wrote: >David Dawes writes: > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 09:30:51PM -0400, News/Info wrote: > > >Yeah you do have to be a member but even the guidelines say that their > > > > No, you don't have to be a membe

Re: [XFree86] Xpert, Any software just for 15$ - 40$

2003-07-10 Thread David Dawes
matter of personal preference again. If you want to force your own reply-to, you can. It only gets set to the list if you don't provide your own (this was broken, but has been fixed again). I'll continue to use mutt's 'l' reply method most of the time, which sends replies

Re: [XFree86] Xpert, Any software just for 15$ - 40$

2003-07-10 Thread David Dawes
On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 07:05:29PM +0200, Egbert Eich wrote: >I have just checked the replies on the xfree86@ list. >Most of them contain just the [EMAIL PROTECTED] addresses. I can't speak for others, but most of my replies (including this one) are like that by design. David --

Re: [XFree86] Xpert, Any software just for 15$ - 40$

2003-07-10 Thread David Dawes
ast breath to insist that it's a right vs wrong issue rather than an *opinion*. No amount of rehashing this tired old topic will serve any useful purpose. David -- David Dawes Founder/committer/developer The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] Mailing list behaviour and etiquette, in general

2003-07-10 Thread David Dawes
infected by a reply-to header pointing back to the list. Some experts consider this harmful. The most reliable way to avoid this potential harm is to unsubscribe from this list. :-) David -- David Dawes Founder/committer/developer The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes

Re: [XFree86] Mailing list behaviour and etiquette, in general

2003-07-11 Thread David Dawes
;t already, or even something more recent by downloading the XFree86 server and relevant module binaries from Alan's page (www.xfree86.org/~alanh). David -- David Dawes Founder/committer/developer The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes _

Re: [XFree86] Xpert, Any software just for 15$ - 40$

2003-07-11 Thread David Dawes
On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 02:21:54PM +0200, Egbert Eich wrote: >David Dawes writes: > > On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 07:05:29PM +0200, Egbert Eich wrote: > > > > >I have just checked the replies on the xfree86@ list. > > >Most of them contain just the [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [XFree86] Xpert, Any software just for 15$ - 40$

2003-07-11 Thread David Dawes
s to a number of people. But we do say that (in an auto-reply), as I've said at least twice already. I don't think the following sequence is unreasonable: 1. user posts to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2. user gets auto-reply about subscribing 3. user chooses to subscribe (or not) 4. user see

Re: [XFree86] Xpert, Any software just for 15$ - 40$

2003-07-11 Thread David Dawes
On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 07:33:42PM +0200, Egbert Eich wrote: >David Dawes writes: > > > > But we do say that (in an auto-reply), as I've said at least twice already. > >I only saw your second answer after writing the message that lead to >this. > > > I

Re: FWD: RE: [XFree86] read directly from the video card framebuffer

2003-07-11 Thread David Dawes
he appropriate way for a major X.Org member to handle extensions that are intended to have status close to that of the core protocol. Maybe the review process there was the sticking point? Or maybe now you're waiting for X Consortium / X.Org v3.0 (or whatever it's being dubb

Re: [XFree86] Xpert, Any software just for 15$ - 40$

2003-07-14 Thread David Dawes
as found that it's going to require more time/work than expected. David -- David Dawes Founder/committer/developer The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] Xpert, Any software just for 15$ - 40$

2003-07-15 Thread David Dawes
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 02:04:30PM +0200, Egbert Eich wrote: >David Dawes writes: > > On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 05:21:43PM +0200, Egbert Eich wrote: > > > > >Whenever the server terminates with a FatalError() it tells the user > > >to send email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

install problem (was: Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals)

2003-07-17 Thread David Dawes
the old file first. This is a bug, which should be fixed. The directory should be "HP" (that's how it's referenced elsewhere). Maybe installs would still break on platforms with case-insensitive filesystems though, and that should be fixed also. Maybe it's possible th

Re: [XFree86] Re: install problem

2003-07-17 Thread David Dawes
On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 09:49:45PM -0400, Christian Convey wrote: >David Dawes wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 11:16:46AM -0700, Mark Vojkovich wrote: >> >>>On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Christian Convey wrote: >> >> >>>>Problem 1: When I firs

[XFree86] New XFree86 developer list

2003-01-11 Thread David Dawes
te to bring configuration and/or user support issues there. In the interests of openness, there won't be any private list to replace it. David -- David Dawes Release Engineer/Architect The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes _

Re: [XFree86] New XFree86 developer list

2003-01-11 Thread David Dawes
On Sun, Jan 12, 2003 at 06:16:38AM +0100, Koenraad Heijlen wrote: >On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 06:07, David Dawes wrote: >> The XFree86 development list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), formerly a private >> list, has been converted to a public mailman list -- so if you want to >>

Re: [XFree86] cvs broken? math/swrast/tnl subdirs

2003-01-13 Thread David Dawes
empty Imakefiles) It sounds like you have a problem with your checkout. I don't see any of these problems. Try again with 'cvs update -d -P -A'. David -- David Dawes Release Engineer/Architect The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes __

Re: [XFree86] Bug tracking policy

2003-01-16 Thread David Dawes
#x27;t even any archives of this mailing list)? It's archived at <http://mail-archive.com/xfree86@xfree86.org>. David -- David Dawes Release Engineer/Architect The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes ___ XFree86 mailin

Re: [xfree86] Samsung flat screens

2003-01-17 Thread David Dawes
ndling this, the implementation of RandR in XFree86 is incomplete, and the second "R" (rotation) won't be functional in 4.3. RandR is one of those features where more effort has gone into its promotion that its implementation :-(. David -- David Dawes Release Engineer/Architect

Re: [XFree86] fatal error: server must be suid-root

2003-01-17 Thread David Dawes
duce the likelihood that the command line or environment can be used to exploit a bug. It doesn't help safeguard againt other ways that user-controlled data comes into the X server. A privilege separation method, as Matthieu mentioned, would provide better protect

Re: [XFree86] i845G - Text mode restoration problems

2003-01-18 Thread David Dawes
st saves the original mode number, and calls the BIOS to re-program that mode at exit/VT switch. This is setting it to the initial 132x60 state, not the state after your setfont call. If you can to identify what parameters setfont is changing, it would be possible to modify the driver to save/res

[XFree86] XFree86 snapshot 4.2.99.4 tagged

2003-01-20 Thread David Dawes
ent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The current 4.3 deadlines are: Last submission date for non-critical fixes1 February 2003 Last submission date for documentation(*) 10 February 2003 Last submission date for release notes14 February 2003 (*) docs other than release notes

Re: [XFree86] Anonymous CVS down?

2003-01-21 Thread David Dawes
s yesterday. It should be fixed now. David -- David Dawes Release Engineer/Architect The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] [XFree86(TM) Bug Report] tilde registered as a dead key in swedish nodeadkeys keymap

2003-01-21 Thread David Dawes
nodeadkeys > >Try to type a tilde by pressing AltGR + "diaresis/circum/tilde" key. Try the attached patch. It should map the non-dead versions (where possible) for the 'se' nodeadkeys map. If this looks OK, it can be used as a basis for fixing the

Re: [XFree86] how do I set that red cursor back to something more normal?

2003-01-21 Thread David Dawes
ort XCURSOR_CORE I think it can be done with a resource too, but I don't remember the details. Is there any consensus on whether the new (red) cursor theme should be the default in 4.3, or the traditional cursor shapes? David -- David Dawes Release Engineer/Architect

Re: [I18n] Re: [XFree86] [XFree86(TM) Bug Report] tilde registered as a dead key in swedish nodeadkeys keymap

2003-01-21 Thread David Dawes
n't change that one. Maybe there's a unicode key U keysym that would be appropriate. David -- David Dawes Release Engineer/Architect The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] 4.3.0 release date ? AND a Font problem too

2003-01-26 Thread David Dawes
On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 03:12:57PM +, Simon Westerby wrote: >Does anyone know if there's a proposed release date for 4.3.0 ? The current schedule has a release date of 15 Feb 2003. I'm hoping it won't slip beyond that, but there are never guarantees with things like this

Re: [XFree86] Mode incorrectly set with i830m in a toshiba 3000 x4 laptop

2003-02-04 Thread David Dawes
erhaps someone >finds it interesting. This problem should be fixed in the current (pre-4.3.0) version of the driver. David -- David Dawes Release Engineer/Architect The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes ___ XFree86 mailing

[XFree86] XFree86 4.2.99.901 (4.3.0 RC1) tagged

2003-02-05 Thread David Dawes
ates should be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The current 4.3 deadlines are: Last submission date for non-critical fixes8 February 2003 Last submission date for documentation(*) 17 February 2003 Last submission date for release notes 21 February 2003 David -- David Daw

Re: [XFree86] [BUG] The /*-+ keys on the numeric keypad won't repeat in current CVS

2003-02-06 Thread David Dawes
xset r on" with no change. 'xset r ' works. I don't know why these keys don't repeat (and don't remember if they did before). David -- David Dawes Release Engineer/Architect The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes __

Re: [XFree86] i810 driver agpgart error

2003-02-07 Thread David Dawes
ART(pScrn->scrnIndex)) +return FALSE; + pI830->GttBound = 0; } David -- David Dawes Release Engineer/Architect The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] i810 driver agpgart error

2003-02-07 Thread David Dawes
On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 09:24:21PM -0500, David Dawes wrote: >On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 05:33:09PM -0800, Michael Cardenas wrote: >>Hello all. >> >>I'm implementing a resolution test in our display control panel, which >>basically starts a second X server on ano

Re: [XFree86] i810 driver agpgart error

2003-02-07 Thread David Dawes
On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 04:10:58AM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: >On Sam, 2003-02-08 at 03:40, David Dawes wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 09:24:21PM -0500, David Dawes wrote: >> >On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 05:33:09PM -0800, Michael Cardenas wrote: >> >> >> >>

Re: [XFree86] Compiled keymaps in 4.2.99.901 Linux-ix86-glibc22 binary snapshot - SIGSEGV

2003-02-08 Thread David Dawes
y chance of Trio64-V2 support >in s3 driver any time soon?). The problem does not occur in XFree86 >4.2.1. The problem does not occur if "-xkbmap default" is omitted. I've found the reason for the segfault, but with that fixed I get: Cannot open "keymap/defaul

Re: [XFree86] i810 driver agpgart error

2003-02-12 Thread David Dawes
kernel driver tries to obtain a >lock, when __HAVE_RELEASE is set. This lock is however held >by the first Xsever. >Only the i810 and i830 drivers have __HAVE_RELEASE set >therefore other Xservers aren't affected. That's probably the contention problem I saw with DRI enabled.

Re: [XFree86] [XFree86(TM) Bug Report] bad keyboard types in logicdn and es

2003-02-17 Thread David Dawes
me_screen YES, >XLookupString gives 0 bytes: "" > >(that keycode is good for xkbrules=xfree86) >i don't know how to fix this one. I'm not sure if the best solution is to add the definition to the pc/es map (and all others where the default keyboard has this key), or change rules/xfree86 so that all of the "inetkbds" definitions are based on "pc105" instead of "pc104" (the key is the only difference between the two). David -- David Dawes Release Engineer/Architect The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

[XFree86] XFree86 4.2.99.902 (4.3.0 RC2) tagged

2003-02-17 Thread David Dawes
the documentation is strongly encouraged. If you have something to add to the release notes (it should contain a summary of new features and known problems), please send it in. David -- David Dawes Release Engineer/Architect The XFree86 P

Re: [XFree86] 4.3.0 RC2 - Any key causes a resolution change

2003-02-21 Thread David Dawes
mharris. Make sure you have all the latest xkb config files installed. I saw this behaviour once when I used set that wasn't fully consistent. David -- David Dawes Release Engineer/Architect The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes __

Re: [XFree86] 4.3.0 RC2 - Any key causes a resolution change

2003-02-21 Thread David Dawes
m using mharris's 4.2.99.902-20030218.3 rpm packages, so I'm assuming his >configuration is complete. I don't know. Maybe the xkbcomp error message you said you get will give some hints about this. David -- David Dawes Release Engineer/Architect The XFr

Re: [XFree86] where is "/usr/bin/cc" being set?

2003-02-23 Thread David Dawes
lternative to creating the symlink is to run 'make CC= World', or find out how to change make's default (if possible). David -- David Dawes Release Engineer/Architect The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] Death of the XFree86 project?

2003-02-23 Thread David Dawes
eleases out more quickly. I hope I live to see the day :-) David -- David Dawes Release Engineer/Architect The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] where is "/usr/bin/cc" being set?

2003-02-23 Thread David Dawes
tforms. For platforms where a suitable cpp can reasonably be exptected to be available in $PATH, the full path doesn't have to be specified there. A lot of platforms use 'cc -E'. David -- David Dawes Release Engineer/Architect The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] vgaHWLock(), vgaHWUnlock()

2003-02-24 Thread David Dawes
; Comments? > >You are absolutely correct. I've just committed a change to correct this. >Thanks for pointing out the problem. I wonder why this hasn't shown up as a problem anywhere? David -- David Dawes Release Engineer/Architect The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] Backward-incompatible Shift-F* changes

2003-02-24 Thread David Dawes
se Microsoft Word. > -- Harald Koenig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asking D.E.Knuth >___ >XFree86 mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 David -- David Dawes Release Engineer/Architect

Re: [XFree86] Keyboard not working with latest CVS

2003-02-26 Thread David Dawes
ters on them (2 " @ for example), and the third >character is usually accessed by pressing a key labelled 'Alt Gr' and >hitting the key. But doing that gives: The mapping you should be seeing is this: key { [ 2, quotedbl, at,oneeighth ] }; (fr

Re: [XFree86] Keyboard not working with latest CVS

2003-02-26 Thread David Dawes
On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 11:10:27PM +0100, Iñaki García Etxebarria wrote: >On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 19:42, David Dawes wrote: >> >> I just upgraded to CVS and my keyboard stopped working. >> >I dug a little deeper, now I have the keyboard (mostly) working. >> >I

[XFree86] XFree86 4.3.0 release tagged

2003-02-26 Thread David Dawes
ls and patches will be available over the next day or so from our ftp site <ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.3.0/>. Some binary distributions will be available over the next week or so. David -- David Dawes Release Engineer/Architect

Re: [XFree86] [XFree86(TM) Bug Report] Cannot make World on 4.3

2003-03-06 Thread David Dawes
hnames > 2 linked files > 19 directories > 22 executables > 45589 blocks used (approx) > ># make World CC="gcc" > world.txt 2>&1 Do you have the GNU libstdc++ package installed? David -- Da

[XFree86] Re: final issues... xfree86 for the VIA Apollo CLE266

2003-08-01 Thread David Dawes
cause of this error. It can be fixed by removing the offending reference. David -- David Dawes Founder/committer/developer The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] regarding BSD 4.7

2003-08-14 Thread David Dawes
no busID to primary device >(**) Chipset override: i810 >(**) Chipset i810 found David -- David Dawes Founder/committer/developer The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] What's the matter with the list...

2003-08-20 Thread David Dawes
here. Those replies are themselves are a bigger problem to us, and I'm adjusting our filter to catch more of them. David -- David Dawes Founder/committer/developer The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes ___ XFree86 mailin

Re: [XFree86] What's the matter with the list...

2003-08-20 Thread David Dawes
o-replies. I hate to think how much they magnify the effects of viruses like this. >About half my email today is from this worm. For me it's over 90% :-(. Our mailing list filter was trapping about 2000 such messages very few hours yesterday. The volume seems to have dro

Re: [XFree86] compile failure on 2.6.0-test3 system.

2003-08-20 Thread David Dawes
e'. Stop. >make[10]: *** >[/usr/src/xc.bld/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/drm/kernel] Error 2 >make[10]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.0-test3' >make[9]: *** [modules] Error 2 >===== This

Re: [XFree86] Still messin around with ModeLines...

2003-08-25 Thread David Dawes
odeline for some reason. The name can be anything you like. In fact if you want to eliminate any doubt that a custom mode you specify is the one getting used, give it an unusual name :-). That makes it easy to check for it in the XFree86 log file. We definite

Re: [XFree86] Still messin around with ModeLines...

2003-08-26 Thread David Dawes
On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 12:20:24AM +0200, Bonny wrote: >In data Mon, 25 Aug 2003 14:43:16 -0400 >David Dawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scriveva: > >> The name can be anything you like. In fact if you want to eliminate >> any doubt that a custom mode you specify is the one

Re: [XFree86] extract (gnu-tar) segfaults on debian SID

2003-08-26 Thread David Dawes
for the problem was found. The extract binary for Linux is statically linked. Maybe we need dynamically linked versions? Which binary set did you download? (ie, what did 'sh Xinstall.sh -check' report?) David -- David Dawes X-Oz Techn

Re: [XFree86] extract (gnu-tar) segfaults on debian SID

2003-08-28 Thread David Dawes
On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 11:30:57AM +0200, Egbert Eich wrote: >David Dawes writes: > > On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 02:24:23AM +0200, wim delvaux wrote: > > >It happens when installing 4.3.0 with Xinstall.bin > > > > > >MD5 sums seems to be identical > > >

Re: [XFree86] XFree86 Segmentation Fault (extract problem?)

2003-08-28 Thread David Dawes
days. It seems that the statically linked extract binary isn't as portable as was hoped. I've replaced it with a dynamically linked version. It was built on a glibc22 system (RH 7.2), but it should work on more recent systems. If you still have

Re: [XFree86] [PATCH] [BUG] [REREPORT] fontconfig.pc

2003-09-02 Thread David Dawes
to make the licensing unambiguous. I often go straight to the patch attachments, and that only has a GPL on it. Thanks for your report. David -- David Dawes X-Oz Technologies www.XFree86.org/~dawes www.x-oz.com _

Re: [XFree86] [PATCH] [BUG] [REREPORT] fontconfig.pc

2003-09-03 Thread David Dawes
monitored. There's also bugs.xfree86.org. Security-related issues should go to [EMAIL PROTECTED], which is also actively monitored. David -- David Dawes X-Oz Technologies www.XFree86.org/~dawes

Re: [XFree86] mandrake 8.1, brand new nvidia gforce, XFree864.3,..."a.out"

2003-09-04 Thread David Dawes
t install them depending on how finely distros are splitting stuff out these days. The script should be modified to check for the utilities it needs. Try the attached version. It does most of this, and also doesn't do the libc version check (which needs 'strings') when doing an install. Running 'Xinstall.sh -check' will still fail, but the installation might succeed assuming the few other utilities required are present. David -- David Dawes X-Oz Technologies www.XFree86.org/~dawes www.x-oz.com Xinstall.sh Description: Bourne shell script

[XFree86] Re: Intel 845GE with ADD card (Chrontel CH7009A) - DVI out

2003-09-09 Thread David Dawes
video memory pre-allocated at boot time to 8MB. This is set in one of the BIOS config screens. If that doesn't help, send the log file. David -- David Dawes X-Oz Technologies www.XFree86.org/~dawes www.x-oz.com

Re: [XFree86] "Cannot locate a core pointer device" error

2003-09-11 Thread David Dawes
sections, but without success. That's a bug in 4.3.99.11. Try 4.3.99.12, which is available as of yesterday. David -- David Dawes X-Oz Technologies www.XFree86.org/~dawes www.x-oz.com __

Re: [XFree86] Problem.

2003-09-11 Thread David Dawes
section contains a SubSection keyword. That's invalid because there are no subsections to Monitor sections. David -- David Dawes X-Oz Technologies www.XFree86.org/~dawes www.x-oz.com ___ XFr

Re: [XFree86] Lacking organization

2003-09-11 Thread David Dawes
o useful documentation that isn't referenced on our support page, please either log them in the web site section of bugs.xfree86.org, or send them to [EMAIL PROTECTED] David -- David Dawes X-Oz Technologies www.XFree86.org/~dawes www.

Re: [XFree86] Severe Intel (82)855 GM problem

2003-09-19 Thread David Dawes
2.4.22, and XFree86 >version 4.3.0. What you did wrong was to download the drivers from the Intel site. XFree86 4.3.0 and the Linux 2.4.22 kernel both include 855GM support without the need for any new drivers or patches. Last time I checked, the drivers on the Intel site are only for X

Re: [XFree86] All annoying error in I830WaitLpRing() in some details

2003-10-04 Thread David Dawes
ouldn't be relevant to your configuration. David -- David Dawes Founder/committer/developer The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] All annoying error in I830WaitLpRing() in some details

2003-10-05 Thread David Dawes
>of the HEAD. Use 'cvs rlog', 'cvs rdiff', or browse at cvsweb.xfree86.org. I'd have to do the same to isolate the relevant patch. David -- David Dawes Founder/committer/developer The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] All annoying error in I830WaitLpRing() in some details

2003-10-07 Thread David Dawes
did stuff that the driver didn't expect when switching back to text mode. I was never able to prove or disprove that theory, because I couldn't reproduce these lockups that others had reported. Maybe it depends on the BIOS rev or hardware rev. Maybe it's simply a bug lurking somewhere

Re: [XFree86] All annoying error in I830WaitLpRing() in some details

2003-10-08 Thread David Dawes
On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 06:51:34PM -0700, Eric Anholt wrote: >On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 18:19, David Dawes wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 05:16:28PM +0300, Alexey E. Suslikov wrote: >> >Tuesday, October 7, 2003, 4:53:45 PM, you wrote: >> > >> >>> bang! th

Re: [XFree86] All annoying error in I830WaitLpRing() in some details

2003-10-08 Thread David Dawes
It's also with XFree86 4.3. I haven't seen any reports from Linux users with symptoms that match what you have reported. If there are any Linux users reading this that do see the same symptoms, with a recent development snapshot, please send a note wi

Re: [XFree86] All annoying error in I830WaitLpRing() in some details

2003-10-08 Thread David Dawes
On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 08:26:01PM +0300, Alexey E. Suslikov wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 09:19:42PM -0400, David Dawes wrote: >>> On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 05:16:28PM +0300, Alexey E. Suslikov wrote: >>> >Tuesday, October 7, 2003, 4:53:45 PM, you wrote: >>>

[XFree86] XFree86 4.4 reminder

2003-10-09 Thread David Dawes
elease. As usual, check our development snapshots web page for information about the latest available XFree86 development snapshot <http://www.xfree86.org/develsnaps/>. David -- David Dawes Founder/committer/developer The XFree86 Project www.XFree8

Re: [XFree86] All annoying error in I830WaitLpRing() in some details

2003-10-10 Thread David Dawes
not be possible if you're running off a live CD. You might be able to >> achieve the same thing by copying the generic version to some writeable >> directory, and edit the XF86Config file to add that directory to the >> ModulePath before the default one. Checking the log file will allow >> you to confirm which module actually gets used. > >i have done "cp -R /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/* /var/modules/" than >"rm -rf /var/modules/linux", point XF86Config's "ModulePath" to the >new location and run. you will find the log at the bottom. > >the only difference i see - is the existence of these >(WW) I810(0): PRB0_HEAD (0x) and PRB0_TAIL (0x00092660) indicate ring buffer >not flushed >warnings. but! i have switched terminal 3 times, but you will find >only 2 messages of this kind 8-() OK, so there is at least one difference when using the x86 emulator vs vm86 mode. >> When you next try on OpenBSD, can you try a kernel without the agp support, >> to try eliminating that completely from the picture? > >will X11 run without agp support in the kernel? will specifying >"NoAccel" and "SWCursor" be enough against such kernel? Yes, it will run without agp support. For your configuration, the only functionality that won't be available in that case is the HW cursor and XVideo. Acceleration is still available. Functionality that requires an AGP allocation will automatically be disabled when it's not available. David -- David Dawes X-Oz Technologies www.XFree86.org/~dawes www.x-oz.com ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] Problem with Matrox Millennium II on FreeBSD Alpha

2003-10-10 Thread David Dawes
his means you need to specify it explicitly in the XF86Config file: ># Device configured by xf86config: > >Section "Device" >Identifier "matrox" >Driver "mga" BusID "0:5:0" <-- ADD THIS LINE

Re: [XFree86] All annoying error in I830WaitLpRing() in some details

2003-10-15 Thread David Dawes
gt;> >>>i am still trying to reproduce this NoAccel bug: just don't want make >>>any hasty conclusions. i will report additionally... >> >> OK. > >this NoAccel bug is reproducible: X11 can blacks after first tim

Re: [XFree86] All annoying error in I830WaitLpRing() in some details

2003-10-17 Thread David Dawes
e i810 driver by remembering the initial video mode and simply re-initialising it when exiting/VT switching instead of using the VBE save/restore mechanism. This workaround is only actived for 845G hardware. You could try enabling it for all hardware by changing this line in i8

Re: [XFree86] naming issues

2003-10-19 Thread David Dawes
rtly after by Minix, Amoeba, SCO, OSF/1)? >Congratulations on your great job and I hope you can solve this problem >;P Thanks, but we don't see it as a problem. David -- David Dawes Founder/committer/developer The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] RESOLVED: I830WaitLpRing() lockup

2003-10-20 Thread David Dawes
riables in the i810/i830 driver case. Anyway, I'll commit a fix to enable this workaround by default in all cases. Thanks for the detailed testing and reporting. David -- David Dawes X-Oz Technologies www.XFree86.org/~dawes www.x-oz.com ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] bug in the Xnet man page

2003-10-24 Thread David Dawes
On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 04:47:27AM +0200, RISCH Gilles wrote: >Hi, >ther is a little bug in the Xnet man page. >-geometry W+H+X+Y is wrong, it must be -geometry WxH+X+Y Thanks, I've committed a fix. David -- David Dawes X-Oz Technologies w

[XFree86] ftp/anoncvs server problems

2003-10-26 Thread David Dawes
The server that hosts the XFree86 anoncvs, ftp, and cvsweb services died on Saturday morning. Most other services, like the mailing lists and the web site, should be unaffected. David -- David Dawes Founder/committer/developer The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes

[XFree86] Re: ftp/anoncvs server problems

2003-10-27 Thread David Dawes
On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 09:59:20PM -0500, David Dawes wrote: >The server that hosts the XFree86 anoncvs, ftp, and cvsweb services died >on Saturday morning. Most other services, like the mailing lists and >the web site, should be unaffected. These services are now restored, thanks to

Re: [XFree86] Posible format string bug on Xterm Up to last version

2003-11-07 Thread David Dawes
0x 65535 >fiseg 0x0 0 >fioff 0x0 0 >foseg 0x0 0 >fooff 0x0 0 >fop0x0 0 >mxcsr 0x1f80 8064 >orig_eax 0x -1 > >Best Regards > >Agustin Gianni >Argent

Re: [SOLVED] Re: [XFree86] Xkb problems in latest CVS?

2003-11-07 Thread David Dawes
loader's cache would have fixed this without creating symlinks. Maybe 'make install' should run the relevant 'ldconfig' on platforms that need it (when DESTDIR isn't set). David -- David Dawes developer/release engineer The XFree86 Project www.XF

Re: [XFree86] Trident Blade, "no screens"

2003-11-11 Thread David Dawes
make busid optional in cases like this where there is only one card the driver could possibly be wanting to use.] David -- David Dawes X-Oz Technologies www.XFree86.org/~dawes www.x-oz.com _

Re: [XFree86] Trident Blade, "no screens"

2003-11-12 Thread David Dawes
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 01:01:13AM -0800, John Chandler wrote: >Thank you very much for your response. What you suggest had an >effect, but not an entirely good one... > >David Dawes writes: > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 01:27:54PM -0800, John Chandler wrote: > > >When

Re: [XFree86] Trident Blade, "no screens"

2003-11-12 Thread David Dawes
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 08:04:16AM -0800, John Chandler wrote: >David Dawes writes: > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 01:01:13AM -0800, John Chandler wrote: > > >Thank you very much for your response. What you suggest had an > > >effect, but not an entirely good one... &g

Re: [XFree86] Trident Blade, "no screens"

2003-11-12 Thread David Dawes
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 11:31:45AM -0800, John Chandler wrote: >David Dawes writes: > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 08:04:16AM -0800, John Chandler wrote: > > >David Dawes writes: > > > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 01:01:13AM -0800, John Chandler wrote: > > > &

Re: [XFree86] XFree86 freezes in minutes (was:Trident Blade, "no screens")

2003-11-16 Thread David Dawes
schhofer.net/linuxsisvga.shtml>. You can download driver updates from there too. I don't have any sis hardware and I'm not familiar with the driver myself, so there isn't much more I can add. David -- David Dawes developer/release engineer The XFree86 Pro

Re: [XFree86] XFree86 freezes in minutes (was:Trident Blade, "no screens")

2003-11-16 Thread David Dawes
ecific other than strings that have no affect on which driver actually gets used. I don't think there's really any mystery there. David -- David Dawes developer/release engineer The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes ___

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