Re: [Xpert]TFT goes white on DPMS monitor suspend

2003-01-03 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
sections in the configuration. The logs show no errors, just that DPMS was loaded successfully. I assume that the problem stays with a particular head and not a particular monitor when you switch them ? I have a TFT screen which powersaves to white. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer

Re: [Xpert]overlays forces depth 8 on root window

2003-01-03 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
is that many of the apps which need an 8bit visual are too stupid to look beyond the default :-(. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [Xpert]How do I make my colors _perfect_?

2002-12-17 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
, is that on average using the default setup gives more accurate color than trusting the info provided by the monitor itself :-( -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert

Re: [Xpert]How to start a secound X-server move the apps to that

2002-12-16 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
/vnc/ Now two implementations: http://www.realvnc.com/ and http://www.tightvnc.com/ -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [Xpert]could not open default font 'fixed'

2002-12-16 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
than a directory full of TrueType fonts. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

Re: [Xpert]High X server CPU usage when drawing - more info

2002-12-12 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
be very slow when *reading* AGP memory (I don't think this is your problem since that happens when the window is large). -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert

Re: [Xpert]Alt-Fx bug still there

2002-12-12 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
) and one with an ATI R128 (r128 driver). (These machines are all running Red Hat 6.2) -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Xpert]High X server CPU usage when drawing - more info

2002-12-12 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, Rafael E. Herrera wrote: Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote: Sometimes pixmaps are stored in offscreen video memory, sometimes in system memory. Maybe you are resizing your window such that the pixmaps don't fit in video memory so the server puts some in system memory

Re: [Xpert]IIYAMA 17' TFT damaged screen, geforce4 Ti4200 and linux

2002-12-12 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
that the manufacturers consider to be acceptable. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

Re: [Xpert]xscreensaver entry functions

2002-12-10 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/mga/mga_driver.c or must other drivers for examples of its use. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [Xpert]CVS Build Failing

2002-12-09 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

Re: [Xpert]Hit bound texture in upload

2002-12-08 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
stuff, but I think this means it is out of video memory. I note that your graphics card only has 16Mb. If I'm wrong and it is complaining about system memory, swap wouldn't help - it is very unlikely that your disk could feed data to the graphics chip fast enough. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison

Re: [Xpert]XFree86 -configure fails

2002-12-06 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
is supported in current CVS. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

Re: [OFFTOPIC] spam scoring (was: [Xpert]*****SPAM***** Extractinga KeySym from an action routine)

2002-12-03 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
, since From addresses can be forged. If we do it, I'd give mail a negative scored for coming from a subscriber, so that it still gets tested for content and viruses. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna

Re: [Xpert]2 mice - 2 pointer ?!?

2002-12-03 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
From: Dr Andrew C Aitchison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Where does the pointer come in ? I'm not saying that for a flight simulator it isn't useful to have more than one mouse or trackball; I'm all in favour of an X extension for that (I wouldn't be suprised to hear that there already is one

Re: [Xpert]2 Mice - 2 Pointer ?!?

2002-11-29 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
(usually the window in which you can type). How would you use 2 pointers ? * I do see the point in using two mice, scroll-wheels or trackballs: to allow applications to control more things. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Xpert]2 Mice - 2 Pointer ?!?

2002-11-29 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
. *Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

Re: [Xpert]Mailing List Archive?

2002-11-24 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
(immediately, at least) find mailman's archives at the Web site. Meanwhile, FTP connections to ftp.xfree86.org are timing out. The box which services ftp.xfree86.org died on Friday. I don't know whether that would affect pipermail archives. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS

Re: [Xpert]XF86 4.2.0 and IBM T210

2002-11-24 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
240 MHz so Modeline 2048x1536@60 238.8 2048 2136 2232 2488 1536 1552 1568 1600 many work, or you may need to experiment by adding +hsync, -hsync, +vsync and or -vsync at the end of that line. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Xpert]Radeon 7000 TVout Modeline

2002-11-23 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
) are worth. I tried thousends options, PanelSize, composite_sync, NoDDC... None of them had any effect. You don't mention Interlace which is a flag on ModeLine. PAL TV pictures are interlaced, so that might help, although the card might be doing that already. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison

Re: [Xpert]XFree86 Automatic generated modelines have a max refreshrate of 85Hz?

2002-11-20 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

Re: [Xpert]Matrox 4 screens

2002-11-20 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
) that the mapping from the pci ids to the sockets on the card ? (I have no reason to doubt that it is, but it is worth ruling it out). -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna

Re: [Xpert]Re: Newbie: Stated frequency limits are exceeded (GregShaw)

2002-11-18 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
new card without the driver on the CD included with the card ? Perhaps you should insist on a card with XFree86 drivers on that CD; I have one, so they do exist. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna

Re: [Xpert]Visuals, PixmapFormats and XImage

2002-11-18 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
in http://www.xfree86.org/pipermail/xpert/2002-July/019655.html I'd like confirmation that it supports these visuals, and isn't just advertising support. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna

Re: [Xpert]Radeon XVideo

2002-11-15 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
key support added (Keith Packard) which is later than 4.2.1 -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman

Re: [Xpert]8+24 Overlay Implementation

2002-11-12 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
the memory like our mga driver does for dual-head might be appropriate. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org

Re: [Xpert]two keyboards: Linux kernel patch and XInput driver

2002-11-12 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
it would need either two event queues, or a new parameter in the event queue to say which input group created the event. I don't know that area, but I'm not sure that such a change could be done without changing the protocol. I really don't like the sound of that. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison

Re: [Xpert]two keyboards: Linux kernel patch and XInput driver

2002-11-12 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, John Tapsell wrote: On Tuesday 12 November 2002 10:35 am, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote: I think it would need either two event queues, or a new parameter in the event queue to say which input group created the event. I don't know that area, but I'm not sure

Re: [Xpert]FW: Lots of IP traffic, no screen activity

2002-11-12 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
window manager on the display, not the remote machine. If not go for a lightweight window manager. Also avoid fancy backgrounds and other image heavy applications. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna

Re: [Xpert]Re: Matrox G550 and DDC problem

2002-11-11 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 07:05:49PM +, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote: That is a success; /root/XF86Config.new should have some info about the monitor. Some, but not much. Section Monitor #DisplaySize 330 270 # mm

Re: [Xpert]8+24 Overlay Implementation

2002-11-11 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
be a red herring. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

Re: [Xpert]Re: Matrox G550 and DDC problem

2002-11-10 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
, and there are objections to both, so I've given up worrying about the fact that one is used with -configure, and the other for the real server. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna

Re: [Xpert]Re: Matrox G550 and DDC problem

2002-11-10 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
Driver, version 0.5 (II) MGA(0): VESA VBE DDC supported (II) MGA(0): VESA VBE DDC Level 2 (II) MGA(0): VESA VBE DDC transfer in appr. 1 sec. (II) MGA(0): VESA VBE DDC read successfully That is a success; /root/XF86Config.new should have some info about the monitor. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison

Re: [Xpert]Matrox G550 and DDC problem

2002-11-09 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
know the DDC1 code requires no specific operating system support, but it doesn't support DDC2 only monitors, and may fail if called after the DDC2 support (the monitor can get stuck in DDC2 mode). -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL

Re: [Xpert]change input device on the fly?

2002-11-07 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
to use the other mouse. Is there a better way to do this? http://www.xfree86.org/pipermail/xpert/2001-April/007420.html -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert

Re: [Xpert]Controlling Render's appetite for dynamic colormap entries

2002-11-05 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
it isn't worth trying to think of a way of doing it, but there are already two solutions: 1 use a new color map - drawback color-map flashing 2 use a 15/16/24/... bit display I'm not sure that dynamic config for 8bit displays is a good use of developer resources. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison

Re: [Xpert]X Windows System problem for RedHat 8.0 on IBM ThinkpadR32 on Windows-hosted vmware

2002-11-03 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
attach the XF86Config contents and the crash log. When running under Windows-hosted vmware, use the vmware driver not the radeon driver. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna

Re: [Xpert]private mailing lists - an archive or read only access?

2002-11-03 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
moving to devel, only the people who read newbie reading xpert, and newbie stuff all moving to xpert :-). -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list

Patches in limbo - was Re: [Xpert]Re: Proposal for mouse speed acceleration settings

2002-11-02 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
who has a job is adding features or supporting hardware, or developing the server, ie *writing* code. Few of these poeple seem to have the time to take on new areas of the code, and are more interested in improving the bit they know well. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer

Re: Patches in limbo - was Re: [Xpert]Re: Proposal for mouse speed acceleration settings

2002-11-02 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
On Sat, 2 Nov 2002, Stephen Davies wrote: On Sat, 2 Nov 2002, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote: Speaking as someone in the outer circle (I'm on the private lists, but don't get to change the code) I think that the problem is that none one will commit a patch that they don't understand

Re: [Xpert]can't restart X

2002-10-31 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
server completed with the wrong return code, or DDC on DVI meant that the xdm gave up waiting for the server to restart. *tune with DisplayManager*startAttempts or DisplayManager*openRepeat in /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config I never got to the bottom of this. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer

Re: [Xpert]More 6 head stuff

2002-10-31 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
, I'd use Option NoDDC Ideally this line should go in the Monitor section for each fixed sync monitor (or any monitor without DDC support), but if that doesn't work, try the corresponding Device section. Sorry I didn't spot that earlier. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer

[Xpert]realglx.c doesn't compile

2002-10-30 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
may be the solution. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna Index: realglx.c === RCS file: /home/CVS/XFree86/xc/extras/Mesa/src/X/realglx.c,v

Re: [Xpert]Apple 23 HD Cinema Modeline

2002-10-30 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
may do this with a radeon). If so, could you send us the part of the logfile between Monitor info and end of Monitor info (these are not the exact strings; mine are I2C Monitor info and end of I2C Monitor info). -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL

Re: [Xpert]running 8-bit PC apps under 24- or 32-bpp X?

2002-10-30 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
support DirectColor visuals (most recent and current hardware). I've started looking at implementing this, but can;t promise when it will be ready; I'm a volounteer, and work and life take priority. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Xpert]Apple 23 HD Cinema Modeline

2002-10-30 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
v_sync_end 1206 v_blanking: 1212 v_border: 0 (II) RADEON(1): Monitor name: Apple Cinema (II) RADEON(1): Monitor name: HD Display (II) RADEON(1): End of DDC Monitor info Does this work: Modeline 1920x1200 155.0 1920 1984 2016 2144 1200 1203 1206 1212 -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer

Re: [Xpert]Overlay, xf8_32bpp, documentation?

2002-10-29 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
explaining all of this because it seems that documentation about this is hard to find. I'm sure I wont be the only one who finds it useful if you do. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna

Re: [Xpert]Matrox G550 and DDC problem

2002-10-29 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
was the only one to support DDC). Since both methods work for me on my original Millennium I've not had any incentive to persue that matter. Inertia seems to have left the current state for a couple of years. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Xpert]Separate Build Tree

2002-10-29 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
, chicken feet, bloodletting, or other deep arcana? I'm thinking here of something akin to the GCc build process that lets you unpack the sources in one directory, say, $HOME/gcc-3.2, then configure and build in another directory, say, $HOME/gcc-build. xc/config/util/mkshadow/README -- Dr. Andrew C

Re: [Xpert]dpms to detect physically shut off monitor?

2002-10-28 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
. the DDC spec requires that graphics card supplies enough power for the monitor to reply even when turned off, so you can't even assume that the monitor is on if you get a reply. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Xpert]Multi-Screen with nvidia Matrox

2002-10-28 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
VendorName matrox Driver mga # update this with the PCI id of your card. Consult the output # of the 'lspci' command. BusID PCI:5:0:0 Optionhw cursor off Screen 1 EndSection -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL

Re: [Xpert]Author/maintainer for R128 driver?

2002-10-27 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
new machines with r128 cards. I have a Mach64 and an r128 driving displays on my desktop, so I'll to take a little more effort to watch that software rot is not setting in. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna

Re: [Xpert]Doublehead radeon 7500 problem

2002-10-27 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
# [bool] Identifier Card1 Driver ati VendorName ATI BoardName Radeon 7500 QW BusID PCI:1:0:0 Screen 1 EndSection -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Xpert]Author/maintainer for R128 driver?

2002-10-26 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
: dawes; state: Exp; lines: +3 -1 180. ... 179. ... 178. Add an option to the r128 driver for enabling DMA for Xv image transfers (#5195, Michel Dänzer). -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna

Re: [Xpert]Re: 8-bit pseudocolur emulation on direct color hardware

2002-10-25 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Around 10 o'clock on Oct 23, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote: I'd like to do this. I'd be interested in helping out. I'll keep in touch with you. Are we just going for 8bit pseudocolor on 24 bit directcolor, or is it worth trying 5bit

Re: [Xpert]colour mouse cursor

2002-10-25 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
support RENDER or ARGB cursors yet. Is anything other than 8+24 overlay mode still using cfb ? -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [Xpert]colour mouse cursor

2002-10-25 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, Keith Packard wrote: Around 10 o'clock on Oct 25, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote: Is anything other than 8+24 overlay mode still using cfb ? No, and it shouldn't be a huge amount of work to fix this problem either. Maybe that is what Luugi Marsan is looking

Re: [Xpert]Overlay, xf8_32bpp, documentation?

2002-10-25 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
with planemasks and sometimes by using a depth 8 pixmap with 32 bit pixels (xf86overlay:512 OverlayRefreshPixmap). I'd be interested in anything you find out, since I expect I'll need to duplicate much of it for PseudoColor on DirectColor. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer

Re: [Xpert]Only 16 bpp mode via DVI, when 24 bpp is shown

2002-10-24 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
think that means your application can give the server 16-bit data if it wants to. Which application are you using to display your images ? (Could your problem be your desktop setup ?). -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Xpert]Problem with 16bit color display under XFree86 4.1.0

2002-10-24 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
+ green 0x7e0 + blue 0x1f I think you want: ((red 11) 0xf800) + ((green 5) 0x7e0) + (blue 0x1f) -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing

Re: [Xpert]8 over 24 app

2002-10-24 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
means that Richard couldn't use the feature; maybe that is why I can't find it with the current version. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list

Re: [Xpert]colour mouse cursor

2002-10-24 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
-- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

Re: [Xpert]Another CVS problem

2002-10-22 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

Re: [Xpert]XFree86 CVS and 1600x1024 (DVI) / Radeon

2002-10-21 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
:-) It also says that it is using the DAC in 6bit mode, which would not help. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Xpert]Problems with mga G450 and Overlay mode (8+24)

2002-10-21 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
Overlay on my G550, as well as my Millennium I. You aren't using -fbbpp 24 are you ? I'll have a look at the full config and log file if you send them to me. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna

Re: [Xpert]Problems with Type1 big fonts

2002-10-21 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
Load bitmap Load speedo Load type1 Are tt and freetype still incompatible ? -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list

Re: [Xpert]Virtual Terminal Question

2002-10-17 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
at the same time may confuse the servers or the card. Also, how is the modeline chosen for the vertual terminal consoles (ie - VT1,VT2,VT3..) and how can I force it to accept a set modeline? Thank you. Not an X question - probably a linux (kernel) question. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison

Re: [Xpert]mga + VDI

2002-10-17 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
something especial? Some people find they need the MATROX supplied mga_hal_drv.o and the option HAL. Some people can get there G550 to drive DVI flat panels without HAL. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna

Re: [Xpert]Matrox color problems

2002-10-16 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
colour modes. Could you send my your config file and /var/log/XFree86.0.log ? -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Xpert]Console

2002-10-16 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
be involved. Also, how can you output the current resolution and modeline the screen is displaying at any given point? Does xdpyinfo -ext XFree86-VidModeExtension | tail -2 tell you what you want ? -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Xpert]Matrox color problems

2002-10-16 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Ulrich Hobelmann wrote: Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote: On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Ulrich Hobelmann wrote: I've used the option NoHal in my config file, so the error message disappears, but now I only have 8bit colordepth! There must be something wrong in your /etc/X11

proof-reader's report on RE: [Xpert]!! Correction for i810 driver!!

2002-10-16 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
= (temp 0x3ff) - 31; } else { i810Reg-OverlayActiveStart = mode-CrtcHTotal - 32; i810Reg-OverlayActiveEnd = mode-CrtcHDisplay - 32; } -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Xpert]My 6 head PC can be seen here.

2002-10-15 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
successfully ? I'm suggesting that X -configure startx might remove at least one step from your sequence. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert

Re: [Xpert]does it detect an external VGA monitor?

2002-10-13 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
try a very recent CVS build and see if that helps. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Xpert]fastest refresh rate card

2002-10-12 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
together. Why do you want a high refresh rate ? -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

Re: [Xpert]List of potential XFree things

2002-10-11 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
logs in as bigletters ... -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

Re: [Xpert]Wrong DPI Value and strange looking fonts.

2002-10-11 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
. The screen resolution is 1280x1024x16. My Monitor is not able to provide DDC information. Why is the resolution set to '80x85 dots per inch' ? Does your config file have a DisplaySize statement ? -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Xpert]#DisplaySize 300 230 # mm ???

2002-10-11 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
/ in 768 pixels @ 75dpi = 260.096 mm Or if you have a more precise screen you man be using the 100dpi fonts: 1024x768 @ 100dpi = 260.604 x 195.072 mm --- Your DisplaySize line starts with #, so probably isn't actually being used. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge

Re: [Xpert]Xv with G200: Size limits after upgrade to 4.2

2002-10-10 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
. Default: off. IIRC using the texture engine is slower than the video overlay, but it would use 3D memory, so might help in your particular case. Other than that you will have to modify the source of mga_storm32.c and compile the driver yourself. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer

Re: [Xpert]Re: Resize and Rotate extension progress report

2002-10-10 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
maps a lot, and if they do we probably have more cpu than they were expecting anyway, so I wouldn't be worried about. I don't appear to have a card which supports TrueColor but not DirectColor; are they common enough to worry about ? -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS

Re: [Xpert]xfree cvs matrox cursor

2002-10-09 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
? These new cursors are a feature (but require the RENDER extension to work). I guess removing the files would give you your old cursors back. I think the matrox driver had the old cursors because it doesn't support RENDER. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL

Re: [Xpert]command line options

2002-10-09 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
the XF86Config file. If you define several screens and layouts in your config file you can choose which one to start with something like startx -- -layout 1280x1024 or startx -- -layout 1024x768 See ServerLayout in man XF86Config for more. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer

Re: [Xpert]Time-machine messages

2002-10-09 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
to exclude spam, and the moderator has just submitted a bunch of accepts. Perhaps he took the mail off on holiday on his laptop, and he has just got back and hooked up to the net, so all posts got sent at once ? Or they got stuck on a mail server queue for a while. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison

Re: [Xpert]mga overlay: 8-bit windows turn black + AA fonts in gnomedissappear

2002-10-09 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
a difference running as root. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

Re: [Xpert]Magictouch Driver problems

2002-10-08 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
: Module magictouch does not have a magictouchModuleData data object. (EE) Failed to load module magictouch (invalid module, 0) (EE) No Input driver matching magictouch Those errors suggest that the module is too old for your server version. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer

Re: [Xpert]List of vesa mode names

2002-10-08 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
the whole Xfree86 source. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

Re: [Xpert]Lots of problems with Debian unstable on Matrox G200

2002-10-07 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
with the error (EE) No drivers available. Do you have a file /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/mga_drv.o The logfile suggests that this file may be missing. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna

Re: [Xpert]Colour balance (mga)

2002-10-06 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
and blue ramps, measure what appears on the screen, and use these measurements to calculate the data feed into XF86VidModeSetGammaRamp, perhaps with different values for each monitor, and re-measuring as the monitor ages. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL

Re: [Xpert]Colour balance (mga)

2002-10-05 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
no_accel, your 2D may be slow too. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

Re: [Xpert]Dual head support

2002-10-05 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

Re: [Xpert]Where can I get source

2002-10-02 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
get the source through the cvsweb interface at: http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/xc/programs/xset/xset.c The version which is at the head today is: http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/~checkout~/xc/programs/xset/xset.c?rev=3.26content-type=text/plain -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer

Re: [Xpert]Autoconfiguring

2002-10-01 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
without the screen blink of a DDC probe. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

Re: [Xpert]GLX module not loading

2002-09-30 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
remember correctly libutahglx was for XFree86 version 3.3. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman

Re: [Xpert]XML format for XF86Config

2002-09-30 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
for an example objection, and some links to other messages in the thread. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org

Re: [Xpert]Resize and Rotate extension progress report

2002-09-21 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
pointers to get me started, and assistance when I get stuck, from someone like Keith or Jim. In practical terms, you are right, we should deploy the working subset rather than wait. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk

Re: [Xpert]Dual Head with SIS 6326 and ATI Rage Fury 128

2002-09-20 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
a particular head on a dual-head card. Try just deleting these two lines. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org

Re: [Xpert]How to reinitialize the mouse / KVM problems

2002-09-18 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
seems to crash X. I take it that means that switching to the text console and back by typing Ctl + Alt + F1 then Ctl + Alt + F7 crashes X :-( Are you running gpm (mouse support for linux text console) ? It *may* help if that is configured to use IMPS/2 as well. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison

Re: [Xpert]Cannot build cvs HEAD -- No rule to make target `xf86noBus.o'

2002-09-18 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
build. I think this x86 stuff is for an x86 emulator to run video BIOS code on non x86 machines. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [Xpert]long long arithmetic in xserver modules

2002-09-17 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
it would be more sensible to define INT64 for your platform in xc/include/Xmd.h ? -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

[Xpert] Screen blanking with G550 + DVI

2002-09-12 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
that flat panels may note need as long a horizontal blanking time (fly-back) as CRTs. Does the DDC info in /vsr/log/XFree86.0.log suggest any modelines that the monitor likes ? Unfortunately XFree86 doesn't automatically use the modelines provided by DDC. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer

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