Re: [XFree86] Binary vs source on alpha

2007-07-17 Thread David Dawes
On Sat, Jul 07, 2007 at 11:16:40AM -0400, Brian Evans wrote: >Hello. > >I am having difficulties using a compiled source version of your 4.6.0 >release as it locks up my Noritake Primo Alpha machine, AlphaServer 800 >5/500 to be precise. > >The odd thing is that your pre-compiled binaries for alpha

Re: [XFree86] 4.6.0 breaks XDM

2006-08-09 Thread David Dawes
tempted to copy my old files (from 4.3.9). It flashed a black screen >and came up the login screen again when I tried that. So I removed >those and now I'm back at square one. If you check the install log created by Xinstall.sh, you should be able to find the backup cop

Re: [XFree86] Greetings

2006-07-05 Thread David Dawes
On Tue, Jul 04, 2006 at 06:58:00PM -0700, Tariq Ismail Dalvi wrote: >Hello Mark > >I think you cannot stop junk advertisement mailers by Keyword or even login >and password >on any mailing list becouse they are subscribers too of the list and not >outsiders in very rear case >any outsider shall be

Re: [XFree86] Greetings

2006-07-02 Thread David Dawes
On Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 11:56:05AM -0700, Mark Vojkovich wrote: >On Sun, 2 Jul 2006, Tariq Ismail Dalvi wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I m one of the subscriber of your mailing list just want to suggest that >> make your mailing list modrate anyone including me ll be glad to monitor it >> for you for t

Re: [XFree86] "Elf_RelocateEntry() "gettoken" Unsupported relocation type 28 (0x1c)"

2006-06-27 Thread David Dawes
u. David -- David Dawes X-Oz Technologies www.XFree86.org/~dawes www.x-oz.com Index: elfloader.c === RCS file: /home/x-cvs/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/loader/elfloader.c,v r

Re: [XFree86] XFree86-4.6.0: patch required to build mga_hal driver module

2006-06-26 Thread David Dawes
On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 02:23:05PM +0200, Peter Breitenlohner wrote: >When building the XFree86-4.6.0 mga_hal driver module I had to apply the >attached patch correcting a bad function prototype. Thanks for the patch. I'll commit it now. David ___ XFre

Re: [XFree86] Configuring NeoMagic chipset on a Toshiba Portege 7010CT for live distributions

2006-06-13 Thread David Dawes
--+ >>| University of Alberta | | >>| Edmonton, Alberta | Standard disclaimers apply| >>| T6G 2H1 | | >>| CANADA | | >>

Re: [XFree86] Display glitch using new Linux on old Laptop

2006-06-13 Thread David Dawes
On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 10:03:35AM -0700, Mark Vojkovich wrote: >On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, paul womack wrote: > >> Mark Vojkovich wrote: >> >If you were using the neomagic driver and the rendering >> > was wrong while the vga driver rendered correctly, that implies >> > a HW acceleration problem wit

Re: [XFree86] "Elf_RelocateEntry() "gettoken" Unsupported relocation type 28 (0x1c)"

2006-05-23 Thread David Dawes
doesn't get to it first. The second patch, with some adaption to handle symbol revalidation and other changes, should address the first problem, and I'll add that -- thanks. David -- David Dawes X-Oz Technologies www.XFree86.o

[XFree86] Announce: XFree86 4.6.0 released

2006-05-09 Thread David Dawes
/. The next release, 4.7.0, is planned for the first half of 2007. If you find XFree86 useful and would like to help support our work, please visit our donations page: http://www.xfree86.org/donations/ Enjoy. David -- David Dawes X-Oz Technologies ww

[XFree86] Re: Fourth XFree86 4.6.0 release candidate

2006-04-25 Thread David Dawes
On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 02:30:28PM -0400, David Dawes wrote: >The fourth release candidate for XFree86 4.6.0 is now available. The source >tarball can be found at: > > ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/develsnaps/XFree86-4.5.99.904.tar.bz2 > >Preview documentation for the 4

Re: [Bulk] [XFree86] Fourth XFree86 4.6.0 release candidate

2006-04-24 Thread David Dawes
On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 02:03:47PM -0300, Gilmar Mendes wrote: >Success on: > slackware-10.1; > linux 2.6.13; > glib-2.10.1; > gtk+-2.8.16; > fluxbox-0.9.14. > > athlon optimized. > > :) g4lnx Thanks for the report. David _

Re: [XFree86] Fourth XFree86 4.6.0 release candidate

2006-04-24 Thread David Dawes
On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 09:03:04AM -0700, Tom Williams wrote: >David Dawes wrote: >>Please report problems/success, etc here, and send me any documentation >>updates that you may have. >Successful installation here (Slackware 8 based Linux system w/ 2.6.16.9 >kernel, gl

[XFree86] Fourth XFree86 4.6.0 release candidate

2006-04-23 Thread David Dawes
, and send me any documentation updates that you may have. The latest version of xtest (4.0.14) can be found at: ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/xtest/XFree86-xtest-4.0.14.tar.bz2 David -- David Dawes X-Oz Technologies www.XFree86.org/~

[XFree86] Third 4.6.0 release candidate

2006-04-08 Thread David Dawes
The third release candidate for XFree86 4.6.0 is now available. The source tarball can be found at: ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/develsnaps/XFree86-4.5.99.903.tar.bz2 Please report problems/success, etc here. David -- David Dawes X-Oz Technologies

Re: [XFree86] frame buffer problem pls help

2006-04-02 Thread David Dawes
On Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 12:06:47PM -0700, Mark Vojkovich wrote: > Use "XFree86 -configure" instead. There is a native Matrox >driver that you should be using. Autoconfig, in my opinion, >erroneously configures to use a framebuffer driver even when >the mga driver is available. Or you could jus

Re: [XFree86] Where is Xtrans.h??

2006-03-27 Thread David Dawes
On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 11:57:34AM -0800, Antonio Ciorri wrote: >I downloaded the latest 4.5.99.902, I noticed that it is missing ~/X11/Xtrans >when looking for Xtrans.h > > Does anybody could tell me where to find Xtrans.h? It is in the following location in the source tree: xc/lib/xtrans

Re: [XFree86] Re: Second 4.6.0 release candidate

2006-03-21 Thread David Dawes
On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 08:02:23PM +, Andrew C Aitchison wrote: >On Mon, 20 Mar 2006, David Dawes wrote: > >> The second release candidate for XFree86 4.6.0 is now available. >> The source tarball can be found at: >> >> ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/develsn

[XFree86] Second 4.6.0 release candidate

2006-03-20 Thread David Dawes
here. David -- David Dawes X-Oz Technologies www.XFree86.org/~dawes www.x-oz.com ___ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@XFree86.Org http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] Question about XFree86 4.5.99.901 snapshot

2006-03-17 Thread David Dawes
On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 07:05:19PM -0800, Tom Williams wrote: >David Dawes wrote: >>> Sounds good! Are you aware of this issue I posted about a few days ago: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/xfree86@xfree86.org/msg20133.html >>> >> >> I haven&#

Re: [XFree86] Question about XFree86 4.5.99.901 snapshot

2006-03-16 Thread David Dawes
On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 09:25:33AM -0800, Tom Williams wrote: >David Dawes wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 07:53:41AM -0800, Tom Williams wrote: >> >>> David Dawes wrote: >>> >>>> On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 05:54:02PM -0500, David Dawes wrote: &

Re: [XFree86] Question about XFree86 4.5.99.901 snapshot

2006-03-16 Thread David Dawes
On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 07:53:41AM -0800, Tom Williams wrote: >David Dawes wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 05:54:02PM -0500, David Dawes wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 08:23:17AM -0800, Tom Williams wrote: >>> >>>> Hi! I just installed

Re: [XFree86] Question about XFree86 4.5.99.901 snapshot

2006-03-09 Thread David Dawes
On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 07:53:41AM -0800, Tom Williams wrote: >David Dawes wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 05:54:02PM -0500, David Dawes wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 08:23:17AM -0800, Tom Williams wrote: >>> >>>> Hi! I just installed

Re: [XFree86] Question about XFree86 4.5.99.901 snapshot

2006-03-08 Thread David Dawes
On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 05:54:02PM -0500, David Dawes wrote: >On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 08:23:17AM -0800, Tom Williams wrote: >>Hi! I just installed the XFree86 4.5.99.901 snapshot (which fixed my >>xterm installation problem, thanks guys! :)) and it runs fine. I >>wanted to

Re: [XFree86] Question about XFree86 4.5.99.901 snapshot

2006-03-08 Thread David Dawes
On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 08:23:17AM -0800, Tom Williams wrote: >Hi! I just installed the XFree86 4.5.99.901 snapshot (which fixed my >xterm installation problem, thanks guys! :)) and it runs fine. I >wanted to try the "-autoconfig" option to see what it would do and it >generated these messages:

Re: [XFree86] About the setup of the xfree86, I need your help

2006-02-08 Thread David Dawes
On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 10:12:00AM -0800, Mark Vojkovich wrote: >I don't know how that XF86Config file was generated, but that >is very wrong. Run "XFree86 -configure" to generate an XF86Config >file. Your current XF86Config seems to think you have 4 video cards. No, this is an automatically

Re: [XFree86] Configuration problems with Intel 82865G plus PS2 and USB mouse

2006-01-25 Thread David Dawes
majority of situations. XFree86 4.5.0 also allows some mixing of static (XF86Config) and automatic configuration. See the -appendauto option in the XFree86(1) man page. The goal I'm working towards with XFree86 configuration is completely optional static preferen

Re: [XFree86] X.org and XFree86

2005-12-21 Thread David Dawes
On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 05:17:13PM +1000, Nicholas Kaye-Smith wrote: >I'm a little bewildered by X.org and Xfree86 so I have a few questions: >1. How are they different? (especially since they are both implementations >of the x window system) >2. Is Xfree86 still being developed? >3. Does XFree86 s

Re: [XFree86] Spam via XFree86.Org

2005-11-26 Thread David Dawes
On Sat, Nov 26, 2005 at 10:00:24AM -0800, Lionel Lecoq wrote: >How come neither the Gnome nor the KDE lists have spam? >Why don't you ask them what they use to filter it out... A filter plus subscriber restrictions largely satisfy this, as is evidenced by the zero spam level on [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [XFree86] Problem Upgrading XFree86 version 4.2 to 4.5

2005-10-19 Thread David Dawes
On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 05:02:54PM +0800, Alvin Ng Yu-Jin wrote: > > >Running > >1. Version XFree86 4.5.0 >2. RedHat 8 kernel 2.4.18-14 >3. S3 SAVAGE Video card > > > >Hi There, > > > >I'm getting a problem after attempting to upgrade XFree86 from version >4.2.0 to 4.5.0. I used the X

Re: [XFree86] hanging of processes when switching from console to Xwindows....

2005-07-13 Thread David Dawes
On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 01:44:34PM +0530, sireeshonline V wrote: >hi, > > I had compiled the XFree86 4.5.0 for tinyX Xfbdev server using >the following configuration in the host.def file > >#define BuildServersOnly YES >#define KDriveXServer YES >#define TinyXServer

Re: [XFree86] xlsfont says KDrive can't see scalable fonts in fonts.dir

2005-06-28 Thread David Dawes
On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 01:24:38PM -0700, x nooby wrote: >According to xlsfont, KDrive does not see my scalable >fonts listed in the fonts.dir file. > > >I'm trying to figure out how to make KDrive/TinyX use >Microsoft's free TrueType fonts. I do not believe it >is using them because when I run xl

Re: [XFree86] Trying to build Xvesa KDrive (with scalable font support.)

2005-06-18 Thread David Dawes
@@ -467,6 +474,9 @@ /* * Flush any pending keystrokes */ +flags = fcntl (fd, F_GETFL); +flags |= NOBLOCK; +fcntl (fd, F_SETFL, flags); while ((n = read (fd, buf, sizeof (buf))) > 0) ; return fd; David -- David Dawes

Re: [XFree86] Trying to build Xvesa KDrive (with scalable font support.)

2005-06-16 Thread David Dawes
On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 12:30:15PM -0700, x nooby wrote: >Hi David, > >> > Could not open default font 'fixed' >> >> You will need at least some bitmap fonts installed >> (for "fixed"). The >> Xvesa from a default XFree86 4.5.0 build is about >> 850kB, not 8MB. > >You are right, the Xvesa is on

Re: [XFree86] Trying to build Xvesa KDrive (with scalable font support.)

2005-06-15 Thread David Dawes
ers, which I'll commit soon. With this patch it is possible to build the TinyX servers with support for TrueType fonts. If that's what you need, check out the current development version of XFree86 in a few days from now, and add the following to your host.def: #de

Re: [XFree86] XActivateScreenSaver() toggles, kinda

2005-06-02 Thread David Dawes
On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 12:50:14AM +0100, Zefram wrote: >XFree86 version 4.3.0 > >sleep 1; xset s activate; sleep 1; xset s activate; sleep 1; xset s activate > >The first "xset s activate" activates the screen saver. The second >one *de*activates it. The third one does nothing visible. Actually

Re: [XFree86] Mouse support for dual monitors

2005-05-15 Thread David Dawes
m, determine if there are multiple screens and automatically start an additional copy of the window manager for each extra screen. It sounds like icewm doesn't do either of these things, but starting two copies yourself is equivalent to what fvwm is doing. David > > > >On May 1

Re: [XFree86] Question about Intel GMA900 Graphics Cards & X Windows

2005-05-13 Thread David Dawes
On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 09:20:45PM -0400, Evan McIlvride wrote: >I recently purchased a Dell Inspiron 1200 Laptop and have been trying to >get XFree86 working on my machine. My chipset is the Mobile Intel >910GML and the graphics card is the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator >900. I'm trying to ge

Re: [XFree86] Mouse support for dual monitors

2005-05-13 Thread David Dawes
On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 03:20:32PM -0400, Paul Maguire wrote: >I have two monitors configured in XF86Config as Screen 0 and Screen 1. >Screen 0 is my left monitor. >I can't right click and bring up my menu on my right montior (Screen 1). >It works on my left monitor but when I move the mouse over t

Re: [XFree86] 4.5 for darwin 7.x

2005-05-05 Thread David Dawes
On Thu, May 05, 2005 at 03:29:15PM +0400, Igor wrote: >Hello to all >I can't find ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.5.0/binaries a binaries for >darwin 7.x. Is it mean that support of this version is stopped? I don't have access to a Darwin 7.x platform in order to build the binaries. That's the onl

Re: [XFree86] gamma correction outside driver?

2005-05-03 Thread David Dawes
nd that. Perhaps David Dawes knows. I see he's >worked on the i830 driver. I no longer have access to the relevant documentation, and don't recall if was omitted because of hardware limitations or other reasons. Someone with access to the hardware specs should be able to provide a

Re: [XFree86] .sh installer & extract

2005-05-03 Thread David Dawes
On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 03:46:06PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hi > >On FreeBSD 5.3 The X .sh script fails and asks for a place a copy of >extract.exe in same directory as the script. > >Where can I find the source for extract_ it does not seem to be listed?? The binary is included with the b

Re: [XFree86] Updating Old X-Server Wihth new NeoMagic Driver!!

2005-05-03 Thread David Dawes
On Sun, Apr 24, 2005 at 02:59:32AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >High there; > >I am running an old Linux 5.1 System which includes a NeoMagic Card to be >selected when >I configure via YAST the X-Server but it all but gives me a lousy vga16 >resolution :( Where can I obtain a NeoMagic Driver

Re: [XFree86] mailing list updates

2005-04-22 Thread David Dawes
On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 08:00:50PM -0400, David Dawes wrote: >The XFree86 mailing lists have been modified on an experimental >basis to require subscription for posting. Perhaps this will be >enough to eliminate the < 0.1% of spam that our existing filtering >does not already catch

Re: [XFree86] problems report

2005-04-21 Thread David Dawes
On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 06:19:53PM +0200, Youkun Gao wrote: >it should be this one This log doesn't show any problems, and doesn't match your original report at all, so it looks like you've got things working since then. As for getting 1024x768, use 16-bit rather than 24-bit. 2MB isn't enough fo

Re: [XFree86] problems report

2005-04-20 Thread David Dawes
On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 02:00:37PM +0200, Youkun Gao wrote: >do you mean the following log? No, the file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", created when you run the XFree86 server. David ___ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@XFree86.Org http://XFree86.Org/mailman/lis

Re: [XFree86] problems report

2005-04-19 Thread David Dawes
On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 01:00:43PM +0200, Youkun Gao wrote: >VIDEO DRIVER: > >Neomagic nm2200 > >OPERATING SYSTEM: > >Red Hat Linux release 9 (shrike) >kernel 2.4.20-8 on an i686 > >VIDEO CARD: > > >MODEL: > >Compaq presario 1925 (laptop integrate video card) > >GRAPHICS CHIPSET: > >

Re: [XFree86] server crash

2005-04-19 Thread David Dawes
On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 11:42:39AM -0400, Sean Hamilton wrote: >Fatal server error: >Cannot run in framebuffer mode. Please specify busIDsfor all >framebuffer devices It looks like autoconfig's fbdev fallback needs some refinement. Either create a static configuration based on what is sh

Re: [XFree86] Vmware 5.0.0 build-13124 autoconfigure did not work using XFree86 Version 4.5.0

2005-04-19 Thread David Dawes
On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 04:14:10AM -0700, David Nicholson wrote: >I am having problem trying to use XFree86 Version 4.5.0. This is >installed on Solaris 9 u7 x86 hosted > >on a Vmware 5.0.0 build-13124. Attached Xfree86.0.log and DxDiag.txt > >(--) PCI: (0:15:0) VMware Inc [VMware SVGA II] PCI Dis

[XFree86] mailing list updates

2005-04-19 Thread David Dawes
The XFree86 mailing lists have been modified on an experimental basis to require subscription for posting. Perhaps this will be enough to eliminate the < 0.1% of spam that our existing filtering does not already catch. The existing filtering (spam assassin plus a home-grown filter) will remain in

Re: [XFree86] CVS error on command line?

2005-04-02 Thread David Dawes
On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 09:19:56PM -0300, Dedeco wrote: >Hello, > on page http://www.xfree86.org/cvs/ where there are instructions for >access the CVS repository. I copied the command below: > > >If you do not want to set $CVSROOT instead you can run cvs as: > > cvs -d [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [XFree86] help please!

2005-04-02 Thread David Dawes
On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 08:10:10PM +0100, Alan Cooney wrote: >Hi, Im a relative neewb (1 month) to linux, and have just reinstalled >XFree86 in an attempt to get TV in working. I installed version 4.4.0 >because I didn't realise there was a 4.5 version. I am now stuck with >a command promt. I wo

Re: [XFree86] solaris 10 help

2005-03-30 Thread David Dawes
On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 08:54:39AM -0800, Frederick Thomas wrote: >hello, > I need help with an issue. I recently downloaded solaris 10 from sun, and > found that their >Xorg implementation to be sorely lacking in functionality. I was wondering if >I could use one of >the binaries set avail

Re: [XFree86] 4.5.0 fonts sanity check

2005-03-29 Thread David Dawes
On Tue, Mar 29, 2005 at 02:32:59PM -0800, Jim Osborn wrote: >While I continue trying to restore fonts to my KDE konsoles, I'd like >to make sure the X end of things is solid. To that end, I've removed >everything from /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts except the URW symlink to >/usr/share/ghostscript/fonts

Re: [XFree86] New Debian Installation - Xserver will not run

2005-03-29 Thread David Dawes
On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 09:11:24PM -0800, Grant W Quinlan wrote: >I believe that the problem is because my hp-vf17 flat panel moniter is >not a recognized type. >Attached are the log file and the PCI bus scan output to help you update >the configuration files. > >Until then, what would I need to

Re: [XFree86] Re: 4.5.0 mga stuck at 1024x768

2005-03-28 Thread David Dawes
On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 08:50:08PM -0800, Jim Osborn wrote: >On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 12:37:19PM -0500, David Dawes wrote: >> I don't know what the state of the mga HAL module is. We should >> change the default to not load it if it no longer works. > >The latest HALli

Re: [XFree86] 4.5.0 mga stuck at 1024x768

2005-03-27 Thread David Dawes
On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 12:37:19PM -0500, David Dawes wrote: >On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 01:30:53AM -0800, Jim Osborn wrote: >>I've tried many Modes and Modeline specifications, taking the timings >>from my old 3.3.6 config, but they all produce this result. None of >>

Re: [XFree86] 4.5.0 mga stuck at 1024x768

2005-03-27 Thread David Dawes
On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 01:30:53AM -0800, Jim Osborn wrote: >I've installed the 4.5.0 binary, and compiled a new kernel mga.o >module using the 4.5.0 Xdrm.tgz sources. Although I don't think I >really need any of its features, I've also downloaded and installed >the latest mga_hal_drv.o module fro

Re: [XFree86] xinerama/menuconfig

2005-03-27 Thread David Dawes
On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 11:03:13AM +0100, Holger Pieta wrote: >Hi > >After some hours of struggling I was finaly able to bring xinerama up. >Problem: With xinerama the xterm shows no blinking cursor anymore and >"make menuconfig" hangs at startup (but not always) showing more or >less half of the m

Re: [XFree86] X server fails after i810fb insertion

2005-03-23 Thread David Dawes
On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 04:45:06PM +0530, mukund jampala wrote: >hi dawas, > >thanks for the response. > >> >After that I get a fb driver running. >> >but i miss the GUI on the Desktop & when I say startx, I get some >> >errors & I have attached the relevant Xserver_log file as well as the >> >conf

Re: [XFree86] X server fails after i810fb insertion

2005-03-22 Thread David Dawes
On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 05:10:03PM +0530, mukund jampala wrote: >hi all, > >I am unable to activate the X server on my Desktop after inserting the >i810fb driver as follows. > >modprobe i810fb vram=2 xres=1024 bpp=16 hsync1=30 hsync2=55 vsync1=50 >vsync2=85 accel=1 > >After that I get a fb driver r

Re: [XFree86] fatal server error(4.4.0)

2005-03-22 Thread David Dawes
On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 08:07:31PM -0800, chelfan wrote: > I am not able to start X session after i installed >Xfree864.4.0 > > i installed the folowing other than the mandatory >files > > Xdrm.tgz > Xnest.tgz > Xfsrv > Xvfb > > not able to 'make' in >/usr/X11R6/src/linux/kernel/xdrm files > > e

Re: [XFree86] XFree86 4.5.0 dri defunct

2005-03-21 Thread David Dawes
On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 04:16:36PM -0500, Nigel Sollars wrote: >Hi, > >I have a Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop that has the I845G card under 4.4.0 dri >worked nicely. > >Im still using the i830 kernel drm module I believe the latest version uses/needs the i915 DRI and kernel modules. David ___

Re: [XFree86] Problem building XF86-4.5.0 on FreeBSD 5.3-R

2005-03-19 Thread David Dawes
On Sat, Mar 19, 2005 at 01:50:33PM -0500, Gary E. RAFE, Ph.D. wrote: >I'm attempting to build XFree86-4.5.0 on a FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE system. > >"make World" dies in the directory "programs/Xserver" attempting >to link Xprt, as follows: > >LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../../exports/lib cc -o Xprt -pipe -O2 -marc

Re: [XFree86] Only one Mode: 640x480

2005-03-18 Thread David Dawes
On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 12:29:22PM -0500, Louis Guillaume wrote: >David Dawes wrote: >>On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 09:23:49PM -0500, Louis Guillaume wrote: >> >>>David Dawes wrote: >>> >>>>On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 05:50:26PM -0500, Louis Guillaume wro

Re: [XFree86] Only one Mode: 640x480

2005-03-17 Thread David Dawes
On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 09:23:49PM -0500, Louis Guillaume wrote: >David Dawes wrote: >>On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 05:50:26PM -0500, Louis Guillaume wrote: >> >>>Hello all, >>> >>>Just updated to 4.5.0RC3, built from cvs. This is on NetBSD -current >&g

Re: [XFree86] Multiple graphics cards

2005-03-17 Thread David Dawes
On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 12:16:31AM +, Chris Bolton wrote: >Hi all, > >This has been bothering me all night. I've got 2 graphics cards and 3 >monitors and I'm struggling to get the second graphics card up and >running. The primary graphics card is an AGP NVIDIA 5900XT and the >secondary is

Re: [XFree86] Only one Mode: 640x480

2005-03-17 Thread David Dawes
On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 05:50:26PM -0500, Louis Guillaume wrote: >Hello all, > >Just updated to 4.5.0RC3, built from cvs. This is on NetBSD -current >(built yesterday). > >Now I only have one video mode: 640x480. > >The log shows several "Mode:" records that I'm unfamiliar with. It looks >like t

[XFree86] XFree86 4.5.0 release announcement

2005-03-17 Thread David Dawes
I am pleased to announce the release of XFree86 4.5.0. I think it is our best one yet, and I would like to thank all who have contributed to this release and helped make it a stellar one, as well as those who continue to support XFree86. Source tarballs and patches, as well as binaries for 18 plat

Re: [XFree86] 4.5.0 rc2 X Server hangs w/radeon 9200 card

2005-03-12 Thread David Dawes
On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 06:04:23PM -0500, David Dawes wrote: >On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 02:29:46PM -0800, Philippe Troin wrote: >>David Dawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 12:15:56PM -0800, Philippe Troin wrote: >>> >D

Re: [XFree86] 4.5.0 rc2 X Server hangs w/radeon 9200 card

2005-03-07 Thread David Dawes
On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 02:29:46PM -0800, Philippe Troin wrote: >David Dawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 12:15:56PM -0800, Philippe Troin wrote: >> >David Dawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >v> > >> >> C

Re: [XFree86] 4.5.0 rc2 X Server hangs w/radeon 9200 card

2005-03-07 Thread David Dawes
On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 12:15:56PM -0800, Philippe Troin wrote: >David Dawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Can you send the 4.4.0 log for reference? > >Sure. > >While diffing both logs, I've noticed that 4.5.0rc2 detects this card >as PCI, while 4.4.0 dete

Re: [XFree86] XFree86 4.5.0 RC3 (4.4.99.903)

2005-03-07 Thread David Dawes
On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 12:03:40PM -0800, Philippe Troin wrote: >The linux-glibc22 binaries at: > >ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/snapshots/4.4.99.903/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc22/ > >actually contain FreeBSD binaries. I'll upload the correct set later today. David _

Re: [XFree86] Re: Xv doesn't work any more

2005-03-07 Thread David Dawes
On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 03:12:55AM -0500, Greg Stark wrote: >Mark Vojkovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>I'm assuming by not working, it looks like it's working from a client >> point of view, but the overlay just never shows. > >Well, I imagine that's the case. Or else mplayer is just fai

Re: [XFree86] Re: Xv doesn't work any more

2005-03-06 Thread David Dawes
On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 05:38:05PM -0800, Mark Vojkovich wrote: >On Sun, 6 Mar 2005, Greg Stark wrote: > >> Mark Vojkovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> >That sounds like a driver issue. You might want to look through >> > the cvs history for suspicious changes. This one looks suspicious:

[XFree86] XFree86 4.5.0 RC3 (4.4.99.903)

2005-03-06 Thread David Dawes
The third XFree86 4.5.0 release candidate is available. Source and some binaries can be found at: ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/snapshots/4.4.99.903/ Documentation is at: http://www.xfree86.org/4.4.99.903/ Preview documentation for 4.5.0 is at: http://www.xfree86.org/~dawes/pre-4.5/

Re: [XFree86] 4.5.0 rc2 X Server hangs w/radeon 9200 card

2005-03-05 Thread David Dawes
On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 10:06:59PM -0800, Philippe Troin wrote: >Enclosed is the XFree86.log. A card of the same model (VisionTek >9200) in an other machine has no problem with rc2. > >A note about: >(II) RADEON(0): Video RAM override, using 131072 kB instead of 262144 kB >(**) RADEON(0): VideoRAM

Re: [XFree86] Re: 4.4.99.902 (rc2)'s Xdrm.tgz missing i830.* files

2005-03-05 Thread David Dawes
On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 10:35:22AM -0800, Philippe Troin wrote: >David Dawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 12:17:25PM -0800, Philippe Troin wrote: >> >[Note: I'm not subscribed to xfree86, please cc me on replies] >> >

Re: [XFree86] 4.4.99.902 (rc2)'s Xdrm.tgz missing i830.* files

2005-03-03 Thread David Dawes
On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 12:17:25PM -0800, Philippe Troin wrote: >[Note: I'm not subscribed to xfree86, please cc me on replies] > >I've downloaded: > > > ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/snapshots/4.4.99.902/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc22/Xdrm.tgz > >md5sum ba53177c27aa85608bc210d9cbb82acd Xdrm.tg

Re: [XFree86] CVS XFree86 i830 failure on DELL inspiron 2600

2005-02-28 Thread David Dawes
On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 04:59:26PM +0100, Nicolas Joly wrote: >On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 08:11:45PM -0500, David Dawes wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 04:05:43PM -0500, David Dawes wrote: >> >On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 07:35:37PM +0100, Nicolas Joly wrote: >> >> >&

Re: [XFree86] CVS XFree86 i830 failure on DELL inspiron 2600

2005-02-25 Thread David Dawes
On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 04:05:43PM -0500, David Dawes wrote: >On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 07:35:37PM +0100, Nicolas Joly wrote: >>I made some other tests today and noticed a few things: >> >>- The loop problem only occurs with the "unusual" 1024x600 mode. Even >>

Re: [XFree86] CVS XFree86 i830 failure on DELL inspiron 2600

2005-02-25 Thread David Dawes
On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 07:35:37PM +0100, Nicolas Joly wrote: >On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 08:44:16PM -0500, David Dawes wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 03:01:29PM +0100, Nicolas Joly wrote: >> >On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 05:04:15PM -0500, David Dawes wrote: >> >> On F

Re: [XFree86] Discrepancy in "autoconfig" vs "configure" command line options in XFree86 4.5.0 RC2

2005-02-24 Thread David Dawes
On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 10:25:58PM -0800, Tom Williams wrote: >Ok, when I read the man pages on XFree86 (man XFree86), the "-configure" >option is described: > >-configure >When this option is specified, the XFree86 server loads all video driver >modules, probes for available hardware, and write

Re: [XFree86] CVS XFree86 i830 failure on DELL inspiron 2600

2005-02-23 Thread David Dawes
On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 03:01:29PM +0100, Nicolas Joly wrote: >On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 05:04:15PM -0500, David Dawes wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 07:51:56PM +0100, Nicolas Joly wrote: >> >On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 04:20:12PM -0500, David Dawes wrote: >[...] >>

[XFree86] XFree86 4.5.0 RC2 (4.4.99.902)

2005-02-21 Thread David Dawes
The second XFree86 4.5.0 release candidate is available. Source and some binaries can be found at: ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/snapshots/4.4.99.902/ Documentation is at: http://www.xfree86.org/4.4.99.902/ Preview documentation for 4.5.0 is at: http://www.xfree86.org/~dawes/pre-4.5

Re: [XFree86] CVS XFree86 i830 failure on DELL inspiron 2600

2005-02-18 Thread David Dawes
On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 07:51:56PM +0100, Nicolas Joly wrote: >On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 04:20:12PM -0500, David Dawes wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 01:53:50PM +0100, Nicolas Joly wrote: >> >On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 06:23:24PM -0500, David Dawes wrote: >> >> On W

Re: [XFree86] CVS XFree86 i830 failure on DELL inspiron 2600

2005-02-17 Thread David Dawes
On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 01:53:50PM +0100, Nicolas Joly wrote: >On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 06:23:24PM -0500, David Dawes wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 09:00:43PM +0100, Nicolas Joly wrote: >> > >> >Hi, >> > >> >I just tried CVS XFree86 on my DELL In

Re: [XFree86] CVS XFree86 i830 failure on DELL inspiron 2600

2005-02-16 Thread David Dawes
On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 09:00:43PM +0100, Nicolas Joly wrote: > >Hi, > >I just tried CVS XFree86 on my DELL Inspiron 2600 with Intel 82830MP >Integrated Video running under NetBSD/i386, and got bad results ... >This machine worked flawlessly with the previous release (4.4.0), with >1024x768, depth

Re: [XFree86] Bug was found

2005-02-16 Thread David Dawes
On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 08:07:38PM +0200, Rodion Vshevtsov wrote: >Hi to all! > >I've just now downloaded XFree86 server. Link are mentioned below: >ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.4.0/source/XFree86-4.4.0-src-3.tgz > >It seems there is an error in xc/programs/Xserver/os/xalloc.c file (line 18

Re: [XFree86] Question about XFree86 4.5.0 RC1

2005-02-13 Thread David Dawes
On Sat, Feb 12, 2005 at 11:14:11PM -0800, Tom Williams wrote: >Hi! I've just installed XFree86 4.5.0 RC1 on my Slackware 8 based Linux >system and so far it's running great! :) > >I tried running Gimp 2.2.3 and it complained about the fontconfig library >being too old. I had fontconfig 2.2.x i

[XFree86] XFree86 4.5.0 RC1 (4.4.99.901)

2005-02-08 Thread David Dawes
The first XFree86 4.5.0 release candidate is available. Source and some binaries can be found at: ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/snapshots/4.4.99.901/ Documentation is at: http://www.xfree86.org/4.4.99.901/ Preview documentation for 4.5.0 is at: http://www.xfree86.org/~dawes/pre-4.5/

Re: [XFree86] How does X choose between Monitors?

2005-01-07 Thread David Dawes
On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 09:18:00PM -0500, David Dawes wrote: >On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 11:34:27AM -0700, Michael Hamilton wrote: >>I have two 'Monitor' sections and two 'Screen' sections (A screen >>section for each monitor that might be plugged in at any given ti

Re: [XFree86] Next Upgrade?

2004-11-22 Thread David Dawes
On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 10:11:33AM -0500, jayjwa wrote: >When can we expect the next upgrade to XFree86? Currently, 4.4.0 seems to >be the last binary package put out. However, there have been some recent >security issues, namely with libXpm.so and a few others. Normally, in >this situation I'd

Re: [XFree86] How does X choose between Monitors?

2004-11-22 Thread David Dawes
On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 11:34:27AM -0700, Michael Hamilton wrote: >I have two 'Monitor' sections and two 'Screen' sections (A screen >section for each monitor that might be plugged in at any given time). > >-Does X choose a Monitor based on what it auto detects? >-How do I set it up to be able to

Re: [XFree86] /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/config

2004-11-14 Thread David Dawes
On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 03:43:48AM -0800, sakewish wrote: >Hello, > I recently installed 4.4.0-glibc23 on my system & >noticed that the directory & contents of >/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/config were no longer in the >Xprog.tgz binary. Is it elsewhere? The 4.2 "config" >directory and contents is work

Re: [XFree86] Report of XFree86 4.4.99.7 on NEC PC98

2004-09-21 Thread David Dawes
On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 04:12:04AM +0900, Satoshi Kimura wrote: >XFree86 Bug/Test Report Form > >Please fill in as many of the fields a possible, and return this form to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Replace the comments in [] with your own text. > >VERSION: > >XF86_VERSION 4.4.99.7 > >VI

Re: [XFree86] makekeys problem

2004-06-14 Thread David Dawes
On Sat, Jun 12, 2004 at 12:11:29PM +0800, Peng Hongbo wrote: >Hello all > I found a problem when running vsw4 testing with XFree86. >(/tset/XOPEN/strtkysym/Test 7 FAIL) It looks like we should add the XOPEN set of tests to our xtest distribution. David __

Re: [XFree86] Error while extracting files in Solaris 9

2004-06-14 Thread David Dawes
On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 11:40:42AM -, prabir sarkar wrote: >sir, >here are the details of a peculiar problem that i am facing:- >it is x-86 solaris 9 machine. > /xfree86 folder contents:- > >extract >extract.exe >gnu-tar >Xbin.tgz >Xdoc.tgz >Xetc.tgz >Xfenc.tgz >Xfnts.tgz >Xinstall.sh >Xlib.tg

Re: [XFree86] Report of XFree86 4.4.0 on NEC PC98 (1)

2004-06-07 Thread David Dawes
I've committed the three patches that you posted here. David On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 12:49:07AM +0900, Satoshi Kimura wrote: >XFree86 Bug/Test Report Form > >Please fill in as many of the fields a possible, and return this form to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Replace the comments in []

Re: [XFree86] Problem: Xvfb set wrong default depth

2004-06-07 Thread David Dawes
On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 09:43:16PM +0800, Peng Hongbo wrote: >Hello all > I am running Xvfb for testing. But I found it set a wrong >default depth. > > This is my steps. I run testing with 16bit depth. But I always >get the default depth 15. > Xvfb -screen 0 1024x768x16 :

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