[Xpert]Tearing on overlay surfaces

2001-12-03 Thread Dag B
On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Mark Vojkovich wrote: On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Billy Biggs wrote: Why does it take so long to copy the data to the framebuffer? Can't we use DMA here? Does it really take that long to just copy 512k? It's a little more than that because the driver is using 4:2:2

Re: [Xpert]Tearing on overlay surfaces

2001-12-03 Thread Peter Surda
Hi! On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 10:11:38PM -0800, Mark Vojkovich wrote: DMA won't make the transfer go any faster (it will probably be slower unless you're using 2x+ AGP), but it won't eat the CPU. The only drivers that do this are NVIDIA's binary drivers and supposedly some experimental ATI

[Xpert]i740

2001-12-03 Thread Javier Martín García López
Hi. Anyone knows how to overclock a i740 in Xfree 4.x. I have Suse 7.2 linux 4.4.4. Xfree 4.x -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel.91 4059384

Re: [Xpert]Tearing on overlay surfaces

2001-12-03 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mon, 2001-12-03 at 10:43, Peter Surda wrote: On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 10:11:38PM -0800, Mark Vojkovich wrote: DMA won't make the transfer go any faster (it will probably be slower unless you're using 2x+ AGP), but it won't eat the CPU. The only drivers that do this are NVIDIA's binary

RE: [Xpert]xserver not restoring text mode properly with Matrox G450?

2001-12-03 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mon, 2001-12-03 at 07:24, Clive Crous wrote: :) I get a similar problem with : nvidia tnt2 64 mandrake 8.1 or 8.0 not always but occasionaly (with or without FB) no DRI (not for nvidia) X server crashes when i flip from X - text tty - X again then text mode consoles

Re: [Xpert]xserver not restoring text mode properly with Matrox G450?

2001-12-03 Thread Greg Norris
No, everything's pure XFree86... On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 11:22:19PM -0500, Ross Vandegrift wrote: Are you using the HAL module from Matrox? I have had the same problem with my G400 and the solution was to stop using HAL - it does sloppy textmode restoration. I have no idea why it would

Re: [Xpert] DMA lockup (Was: Tearing on overlay surfaces)

2001-12-03 Thread Peter Surda
On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 01:18:29PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: (I am a co-author of the DMA-enabled Xv*PutImage for r128 you mentioned) As you probably have detailed reports on how this DMA-enhanced Xv*PutImage works on nvidia, don't you have stability problems with certain players? I

Re: [Xpert] DMA lockup (Was: Tearing on overlay surfaces)

2001-12-03 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mon, 2001-12-03 at 14:05, Peter Surda wrote: On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 01:18:29PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: (I am a co-author of the DMA-enabled Xv*PutImage for r128 you mentioned) As you probably have detailed reports on how this DMA-enhanced Xv*PutImage works on nvidia, don't you

Re: [Xpert]Tearing on overlay surfaces

2001-12-03 Thread volodya
On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Mark Vojkovich wrote: On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Billy Biggs wrote: Mark Vojkovich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I noticed nasty tearing when using my DVD player + XVideo. This is in contrast to the i810 driver which will wait to blit if called during the retrace. My

[Xpert]backing store question

2001-12-03 Thread safemode
I have a matrox G450 and dri being loaded. I dont use any 3d things though. Would it be best to compile X without dri and not load it? Would that provide some kind of speedup? It just seems like refreshing the screen while moving a window over another should be more smooth on an athlon 850.

[Xpert]Re:

2001-12-03 Thread np90ze

Re: [Xpert]Tearing on overlay surfaces

2001-12-03 Thread Kenneth Culver
On Monday 03 December 2001 03:45 am, you wrote: On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Mark Vojkovich wrote: On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Billy Biggs wrote: Why does it take so long to copy the data to the framebuffer? Can't we use DMA here? Does it really take that long to just copy 512k? It's a

[Xpert]ctrl+s (Scroll lock)

2001-12-03 Thread John Peter Tapsell
Hi, In a console, pressing ctrl+s turns on the scroll lock indicator, halts output etc then pressing scroll lock turns it off. (pressing ctrl+s again does not work) However, in an X-term, ctrl+s again halts output etc, but I cannot find a way to turn it off again. It is really annoying

[Xpert]i740 driver module under 4.1.0

2001-12-03 Thread Jez Bromley
Has anyone been able to get the Intel 740 driver working succesfully with XFree86 4.1.0? I have tried both using the distributed binaries (Linux-ix86-glibc2.2) and compiling from source (both with and without compiler optimisations). When compiling myself the binaries build fine, but when

Re: [Xpert]ctrl+s (Scroll lock)

2001-12-03 Thread Peter Toneby
On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 02:37:01PM +, John Peter Tapsell wrote: Hi, In a console, pressing ctrl+s turns on the scroll lock indicator, halts output etc then pressing scroll lock turns it off. (pressing ctrl+s again does not work) However, in an X-term, ctrl+s again halts output

[Xpert]Re: Screen blanking/DPMS with Sun Ultra1

2001-12-03 Thread fmccor
(I am seconding your request and forwarding it to the XFree86 list to add it to my request already there. I am also forwarding it to the general sparclinux list because it is not debian specific. I hope this does not cause you a problem.) On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Moritz Bunkus wrote: Hello

Re: [Xpert]ctrl+s (Scroll lock)

2001-12-03 Thread John Peter Tapsell
On Monday 03 December 2001 15:03, you wrote: On Mon, 2001-12-03 at 15:37, John Peter Tapsell wrote: In a console, pressing ctrl+s turns on the scroll lock indicator, halts output etc then pressing scroll lock turns it off. (pressing ctrl+s again does not work) However, in an X-term,

[Xpert]G400 on SMP linux

2001-12-03 Thread Peter Zijlstra
Hi, I know there are some issues with the linux kernel that prevent the G400 from working properly on an SMP machine. Is there someone working on this problem ? If so I would like to help out. I have multiple linux machines and a kdb enabled kernel, so I can help trace an debug. However I have

[Xpert]crash in xf86fbman.c : patch proposition

2001-12-03 Thread Jacques GANGLOFF
Hi, I tracked down a server crash located in xf86fbman.c. The crash was in function AllocateArea. The problem is a broken link in the chained list of areas. The link breaks when no new item in the list is allocated which occurs in some rare cases (which I could reproduce). Here is a fix : 1.

Re: [Xpert]Re: [Re: Screen blanking/DPMS with Sun Ultra1]

2001-12-03 Thread fmccor
On 3 Dec 2001, Eric wrote: I have no CG6 to test, but perhaps give this a try: write 0xFF to offset 0x280008 in the CG6 register space I would guess (0x00 to the same location to unblank) for BW2, offset into regs may be 0x21 This is what I glean from an obscure

Re: [Xpert]nforce and OpenBSD

2001-12-03 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Sylvarnes wrote: Hi, I'm wondering about buying an nforce based mobo. I use OpenBSD, so I can't use nvidias binary only, --require krenel-patch, drivers for Linux only. So the question is: do the nv[1] driver work with nforce? (On any platform, of course) The

Re: [Xpert]Tearing on overlay surfaces

2001-12-03 Thread Billy Biggs
Well for planar formats, 720 luma samples is 720 bytes, and that just doens't align nicely. But yes, if you're using 4:2:2, 720*2 is nice and round. I'm not following you. 720 luma is 128 bit aligned. 720/128 = 5.625 720/32 = 22.5 So in a planar format where you have the

Re: [Re: [Xpert]Re: [Re: Screen blanking/DPMS with Sun Ultra1]]

2001-12-03 Thread Eric
fmccor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the pointer. My particular case (not the original post) is the same problem with a Creator3D (driver=sunffb). Would you have an idea what it's offset might be? No idea whatsoever. Grep around in /usr/include or /usr/platform on a

Re: [Xpert]Tearing on overlay surfaces

2001-12-03 Thread Ewald Snel
Hi, [...] It's a little more than that because the driver is using 4:2:2 internally. Copying the way it is doing you can't get much more than 160 MB/sec and uses the CPU the whole time. Hrm, I hope it doesn't just double each chroma scanline. I'm in fear now. Wish that was

Re: [Xpert]Tearing on overlay surfaces

2001-12-03 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Peter Surda wrote: Hi! On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 10:11:38PM -0800, Mark Vojkovich wrote: DMA won't make the transfer go any faster (it will probably be slower unless you're using 2x+ AGP), but it won't eat the CPU. The only drivers that do this are NVIDIA's binary

Re: [Xpert]backing store question

2001-12-03 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On 3 Dec 2001, safemode wrote: I have a matrox G450 and dri being loaded. I dont use any 3d things though. Would it be best to compile X without dri and not load it? People are generally saying 2D goes faster without the DRI loaded. That's something I noticed before as well. Would

Re: [Xpert]crash in xf86fbman.c : patch proposition

2001-12-03 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Jacques GANGLOFF wrote: Hi, I tracked down a server crash located in xf86fbman.c. The crash was in function AllocateArea. The problem is a broken link in the chained list of areas. The link breaks when no new item in the list is allocated which occurs in some rare

[Xpert]Aiptek pctablet 5000U (USB)

2001-12-03 Thread revenger
hi, after i have installed the hid (USB Human Interface Device) i was able to use my pctablet. The problem is i cant move the pointer to the left or right (without pressing a button on the tablet pen) any idea where the problem could be located and how to fix it? Markus

Re: [Xpert]Aiptek pctablet 5000U (USB)

2001-12-03 Thread revenger
Whow I just solved the problem by myself :)) i just unloaded the usbmouse module On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 01:08:21AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi, after i have installed the hid (USB Human Interface Device) i was able to use my pctablet. The problem is i cant move the pointer to the

Re: [Xpert]Tearing on overlay surfaces

2001-12-03 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Billy Biggs wrote: Well for planar formats, 720 luma samples is 720 bytes, and that just doens't align nicely. But yes, if you're using 4:2:2, 720*2 is nice and round. I'm not following you. 720 luma is 128 bit aligned. 720/128 = 5.625 720/32 =

Re: [Xpert]Tearing on overlay surfaces

2001-12-03 Thread Billy Biggs
Mark Vojkovich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Well for planar formats, 720 luma samples is 720 bytes, and that just doens't align nicely. But yes, if you're using 4:2:2, 720*2 is nice and round. I'm not following you. 720 luma is 128 bit aligned. 720/128 = 5.625 720/32

[Xpert]Mouse speed

2001-12-03 Thread revenger
Does someone know how to slow down the X mouse speed? Markus ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

[Xpert]'make install' slightly broken on Linux with latest CVS from Dec. 3rd

2001-12-03 Thread Olivier Cahagne
Hi, XFree86 from Sunday and today fails at final step of 'make install'. 'make World' ran flawlessly, but, then, as root 'make install' fails. Software: Linux, kernel 2.4.16 (also tried 2.4.14 headers), glibc 2.1.3, egcs 2.91.66. For info, I've been running XFree86 from CVS 1 week old fine.

Re: [Xpert]Mouse speed

2001-12-03 Thread Miles O'Neal
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said... | |Does someone know how to slow down the X mouse speed? Well, there's the -a and -t options on the server, and then there's xset, for after the server is up... The man pages for Xserver and xset cover this. -Miles ___ Xpert

Re: [Xpert]Tearing on overlay surfaces

2001-12-03 Thread Peter Surda
On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 12:44:39PM -0800, Mark Vojkovich wrote: On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Peter Surda wrote: yet), which caused total machine lockup. Xine also causes lockup from Those are bugs in the ATI drivers. g thx for the praise. Michel was kind enough to explain to me why this is

Re: [Xpert]'make install' slightly broken on Linux with latest CVS from Dec. 3rd

2001-12-03 Thread Ross Vandegrift
#include linux/autoconf.h which doesn't exist. I couldn't find an autoconf.h in /usr anyway. It it again a problem with my setup ? I'm really going nuts as I've been compiling X from CVS for months flawlessly, and, suddenly, I have troubles compiling it. :/ You reinstalled your kernel

Re: [Xpert]'make install' slightly broken on Linux with latest CVS from Dec. 3rd

2001-12-03 Thread Olivier Cahagne
Ross, #include linux/autoconf.h which doesn't exist. I couldn't find an autoconf.h in /usr anyway. It it again a problem with my setup ? I'm really going nuts as I've been compiling X from CVS for months flawlessly, and, suddenly, I have troubles compiling it. :/ You reinstalled your

Re: [Xpert]backing store question

2001-12-03 Thread Keith Packard
Around 12 o'clock on Dec 3, Mark Vojkovich wrote: People are generally saying 2D goes faster without the DRI loaded. That's something I noticed before as well. I run a separate X server for 3D apps; not only does 2D get all of the memory that way, my laptop doesn't hang when suspending

Re: [Xpert]Egbert Eich did you fix alle the LCD problems in the SIS-630?

2001-12-03 Thread Rune Petersen
Hi there, It' is better, no more white screen, but its flickering black/white with 4 black vertical bands.. at least its an improvement, no more boring white. You said guess work? any other guesses, I'm willing to try them, just not something involving a hammer Rune Petersen - Original

Re: [Xpert]'make install' slightly broken on Linux with latest CVSfrom Dec. 3rd

2001-12-03 Thread Shawn Starr
/usr/include/linux/config.h:4 : linux/autoconf.h: No such file or directory you can rebuild this file with linux sources: either make menuconfig or xmenuconfig or config and then make dep. Shawn. On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Olivier Cahagne wrote: Hi, XFree86 from Sunday and today fails at final

[Xpert]popup windows

2001-12-03 Thread Daniel Secrieru
No one knows how to make popup windows with Xlib? Please... Dany Secrieru, LFC - The X-Platform http://www.lfc2.net/ _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

[Xpert]help: the struct of returned data

2001-12-03 Thread Martin_Ding2001
I want to use RECORD extension to record the changed area of screen. And in RECORD extension callback function, it returns a data. Unfortunately, I just don't know the struct of the data, could you help me? or give me some documents related! Thanks in advance!

Re: [Xpert]popup windows

2001-12-03 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Daniel Secrieru wrote: No one knows how to make popup windows with Xlib? Please... XCreateWindow. A window is a window. I don't see what's so special about popup windows. Mark. ___ Xpert mailing

Re: [Xpert]popup windows

2001-12-03 Thread Kevin Brosius
Daniel Secrieru wrote: No one knows how to make popup windows with Xlib? Please... Simple example of a window in the first sample here: http://www.user1.netcarrier.com/~kbrosius/pages/elibs1.html. Cut out the Imlib2 parts for Xlib only. (It's based on Enlightenment E17 development

[Xpert]PATCH: i810 XvMC Fixes

2001-12-03 Thread Sottek, Matthew J
Adds support for both IA44 and AI44 subpictures. Corrects the palette order to match the exposed values. Removes IA44 from the list of XvImages supported. Removes IA44 fourcc definition from I810 header in favor of adding it to the common fourcc.h Any current clients will have to reverse the

[Xpert]Re:

2001-12-03 Thread Andy

[Xpert]Too many viruses of late

2001-12-03 Thread J Grant
Hello As pointed out by the .mil guy who had to leave, i too am now being questioned about this email list. I get reports of viruses emailed to me and the sysadmin regularly. Would it be possible to moderate this list? or a least filter the domains that spam tends to come from so that the

Re: [Xpert]Too many viruses of late

2001-12-03 Thread Keith Packard
Around 14 o'clock on Dec 4, J Grant wrote: Would it be possible to moderate this list? or a least filter the domains that spam tends to come from so that the majority do not get through? Could you moderate the First post from each new subscriber? that way people could not just spam the

Re: [Xpert]Too many viruses of late

2001-12-03 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Keith Packard wrote: Around 14 o'clock on Dec 4, J Grant wrote: Would it be possible to moderate this list? or a least filter the domains that spam tends to come from so that the majority do not get through? Could you moderate the First post from each new

Re: [Xpert]Too many viruses of late

2001-12-03 Thread J Grant
Hi Miles O'Neal wrote: Are you running anti-virus software? My company mail server is, it has not let any virus through so far, its just the email to me and the CC: to my sys admin/boss that means I get people inquiring all the time about why I am on lists that get viruses regularly. I agree

[Xpert]damn, another one with BADTRANS...

2001-12-03 Thread Raphael Amaury JACQUOT
From: Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] /iframe/BODY/HTML --_ABC0987654321DEF_-- --_ABC1234567890DEF_ Content-Type: audio/x-wav; name=Pics.DOC.scr Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-ID: EA4DMGBP9p TVqQAAME//8AALgAQAAA

Re: [Xpert]Too many viruses of late

2001-12-03 Thread Greg Black
Keith Packard wrote: | Around 15 o'clock on Dec 4, J Grant wrote: | | There are other solutions, i think sites like spamcop.org etc can | provide databases of common spam servers. But this all takes time, and I | believe KeithP has lots better things to do. | | The spam is just annoying,

[Xpert]Re:

2001-12-03 Thread David S. Miller
From: Eric [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 3 Dec 2001 12:29:51 PST Or, if the obscure header is part of the Solaris distribution, I have it and must have missed it while trying to go through the Solaris headers looking for likely names or strings. Could you tell me what it is?

[Xpert]Attempting virus filtering

2001-12-03 Thread Keith Packard
I'm attempting to eliminate virus postings to these lists; my first attempt is to disable all multipart/related messages, which seems to be a characteristic of the recent postings. It looks like this won't filter HTML mail from Outlook; I won't comment on whether that's a good thing or not...

[Xpert]Framebuffers

2001-12-03 Thread dave
How do you get them to work for multi-displays? I've built support for them in the kernel. I've created /dev/fb0 /dev/fb1 (29 0/29 31) And I've added these lines to XF86Config: BusID PCI:1:0:0 Option fbdev /dev/fb0 BusID PCI:0:11:0 Option fbdev /dev/fb1 But the second instance insists on using

Re: [Xpert]Framebuffers

2001-12-03 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mon, 2001-12-03 at 12:02, dave wrote: How do you get them to work for multi-displays? I've built support for them in the kernel. I've created /dev/fb0 /dev/fb1 (29 0/29 31) A device node doesn't make a device. Do you actually have two framebuffer devices? Check /proc/fb. And I've