[Xpert]how to create video drivers?

2001-10-05 Thread Luie delos Santos
Hello All, I have a video card that is not supported by X. How do I create drivers for X? Would anybody please point me in the right direction? Thanks... Luie __ www.edsamail.com ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Xpert]Most Reliable Card for XFree86?

2001-10-05 Thread Kevin Brosius
Faiz Kazi wrote: > > > > I'm putting together a large network of X terminals, and I have the > opportunity to pick any card I want for the several nodes. > > This question is asked very frequently on the newbie list, and we > see a lot of opinions. > Which are/is the video card(s) that are con

Re: [Xpert]setting minimum refresh rate

2001-10-05 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 10:28:56AM +0100, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote: > I have submitted a patch (4955) to make the server use the monitor > hsync and vrefresh values probed by DDC when the config file doesn't > specify them. Bless you sir, I've been wanting that for over a year. -- G. Branden

Re: [Xpert]Trident Chipsets & Xv support

2001-10-05 Thread Ken Koster
On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 09:46:19PM +0100, Alan Hourihane wrote: > Can I urge people with Trident chips (laptops especially) to get the > latest CVS code to test Xv support and provide some feedback. > I have a Cyberblade I1 in a Compaq Preserio 1200 laptop. With XFree 4.0.3 or 4.1.0 attempting

Re: [Xpert]setting minimum refresh rate

2001-10-05 Thread Kjetil Torgrim Homme
[Dr Andrew C Aitchison] Thank you for your work in this area! > I've assumed that the config file always knows what it is doing. Yes, but the X server should be as self-configuring as possible. The question is "what's possible?" :-) > With this patch, leaving this values out of the monito

Re: [Xpert]gamma correction problems

2001-10-05 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote: > On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Mark Vojkovich wrote: > > >You can't touch XF86VidModeGetGamma(). It's written in > > stone already. > > xgamma -gamma 0 > Gamma values must be between 0.100 and 10.000 > > Is there enough room on the stone to use a v

Re: [Xpert]DPMS supported on FireGL??

2001-10-05 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, Chuck Slivkoff wrote: > DPMS is enabled per the XFree86.0.log. Are you sure ? grep -i dpms : (II) Loading extension DPMS (II) FIREGL4(0): DPMS capabilities: StandBy Suspend Off; RGB/Color Display grep -i dpms : (II) Loading extension DPMS (II) I810(0): DPMS capabilities: St

Re: [Xpert]Re: [xfree86] fix for fickering i815 LCDs

2001-10-05 Thread Harald Koenig
On Oct 05, Stefan Dirsch wrote: > Hi > > I integrated this patch now in our XFree86 CVS. Should be soon also in official > XFree86 CVS. thanks -- and thanks for quoting my patch. only this way I realized that I've sent the wrong diff file, which still includes debug output. please remove (or

Re: [Xpert]DPMS supported on FireGL??

2001-10-05 Thread Chuck Slivkoff
DPMS is enabled per the XFree86.0.log. Michel Dänzer wrote: > > On Fri, 2001-10-05 at 02:53, Chuck Slivkoff wrote: > > > I was wondering if anyone here has had any experience with the FireGL > > graphics adapters. Specifically, I'm trying to determine whether or not > > these boards support DPM

RE: [Xpert]DPMS supported on FireGL??

2001-10-05 Thread George Jones (IT)
Title: RE: [Xpert]DPMS supported on FireGL?? Which FireGL are you referring to? I'd like to know if they're supported myself, as I have an old FireGL 2000 lying around and though it might be cool to use since it has dual video outs. George E. Jones IV Store Systems Support Borders Group Inc.

Re: [Xpert]Trident Chipsets & Xv support

2001-10-05 Thread Egbert Eich
Geoffrey Hausheer writes: > > > > > Another update on My Twinhead Powerslim 600 with the Cyber9525DVD: > > > > I changed the hsync hardcoded adjustment to 0 (it was initally 23) > > > > I left the vsync at -2. > > > > > > This will break it for others. We still don't know exactly how to

Re: [Xpert]Problem with Radeon Vivo 64DDR

2001-10-05 Thread Derrik Pates
On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, AV72 wrote: > I've installed my Mandrake8 and upgraded XFree86 to the version 4.1.0 to > enable the accelleration of this card, but something doesn't work yet. > I've looked at my XF86Config-4 and added the line Load "gfx" but i've no > better result . You mean Load "glx" or

[Xpert]Problem with Radeon Vivo 64DDR

2001-10-05 Thread AV72
Hi there I've installed my Mandrake8 and upgraded XFree86 to the version 4.1.0 to enable the accelleration of this card, but something doesn't work yet. I've looked at my XF86Config-4 and added the line Load "gfx" but i've no better result . When i try to run a 3D application i recive this error

Re: [Xpert]gamma correction problems

2001-10-05 Thread Davor Buvinic Gonella
On Friday 05 October 2001 12:53 am, Mark Vojkovich wrote: >    You can't touch XF86VidModeGetGamma().  It's written in > stone already.  All you can do is add new functions.  But I'm not > sure if it's worth that.  You can tell if it's a standard gamma > ramp by looking at the ramp.  Also, doesn'

[Xpert]Re: [xfree86] fix for fickering i815 LCDs

2001-10-05 Thread Stefan Dirsch
Hi I integrated this patch now in our XFree86 CVS. Should be soon also in official XFree86 CVS. Stefan On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 09:46:49AM +0200, Harald Koenig wrote: > Hi, > > the patch below fixes the flickering LCD problem for notebooks with > i815 chip like the ASUS M1300. it works fine w

Re: [Xpert]setting minimum refresh rate

2001-10-05 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
On 4 Oct 2001, Kjetil Torgrim Homme wrote: > XFree86 is now very clever, and can usually tell what modes will work > and which modes won't by asking your monitor and video card. This > means that we can use mostly the same XF86Config file on a variety of > workstations. The results aren't alway

Re: [Xpert]gamma correction problems

2001-10-05 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Mark Vojkovich wrote: >You can't touch XF86VidModeGetGamma(). It's written in > stone already. xgamma -gamma 0 Gamma values must be between 0.100 and 10.000 Is there enough room on the stone to use a value like 0.0 or -1.0 to indicate that there is no current value, or