Re: [Cooker] XFree86 4.0.1 problems
Also sprach [EMAIL PROTECTED] : > 2) After installing the libraries of 4.0.1, some applications behave >differently than under 3.3.6 - for example, xdvi (from plain Mandrake >7.1) does not show the buttons on the right side any more when the >4.0.1 shared libraries are installed. The problem disappears when >installing the older 3.3.6 libraries. > >A small X-application named bibview (available from ftp.dante.de or >any TeX archive; I also can provide a src-rpm if that is of some >help) compiles fine with both 3.3.6 and 4.0.1; but it gives runtime >errors saying > > XtMakeGeometryRequest - parent not composite > >when running with the 4.0.1 libraries. Simply intalling the 3.3.6 >libraries again makes everything running without problems. > >Is this a known, intended change in the behaviour of the X-libraries, >or is it a bug? I had the same problem with bibView, which i used some times ago. I build a Mdk rpm recently (a nightmare till a found an already existing srpm), but only to find it unusable :-( So i switched to Pybligographic, that manage not only bibtex but alos other biblio formats. Have, a try, it's quite nice. Concerning xdvi, i have no such problems altough. -- Guillaume Rousse Murphy's law : If anything can go wrong, it will. O'Tool's commentary : Murphy was an optimist.
[Cooker] XFree86 4.0.1 problems
Hello, I'm not sure if this is the correct mailing list for my problem(s); so I beg your pardon and advice if this mailing is inappropriate. I have a Mandrake 7.1 up and running, and installed the XFree86-*-4.0.1-17mdk rpm's on top of it, both servers and libraries. I encountered two problems: 1) With both the above mentioned 4.0.1 server as well as the 4.0 server available as part of the plain Mandrake 7.1 distribution the Elsa Gloria Synergy graphics card is unable to get a 1280x1024 resolution at a reasonable refresh rate at 24bpp depth. The reason reported by by the Xserver is that the maximum allowed pixel clock for the TI Permedia 2 chip is 110 MHz. This is ridiculous as I'm happily running the same graphics card with a 135 MHz pixel clock with the 3DLabs server of version 3.3.6. Does anyone know if the pixel clock can be configured within the XF86Config-4 file, or if the servers behaviour to assume a maximum pixel clock of 110 MHz can be overwritten? I have found similar problem reports on the XFree mailing lists for other graphics cards as well, but there never seems to have been an answer. 2) After installing the libraries of 4.0.1, some applications behave differently than under 3.3.6 - for example, xdvi (from plain Mandrake 7.1) does not show the buttons on the right side any more when the 4.0.1 shared libraries are installed. The problem disappears when installing the older 3.3.6 libraries. A small X-application named bibview (available from ftp.dante.de or any TeX archive; I also can provide a src-rpm if that is of some help) compiles fine with both 3.3.6 and 4.0.1; but it gives runtime errors saying XtMakeGeometryRequest - parent not composite when running with the 4.0.1 libraries. Simply intalling the 3.3.6 libraries again makes everything running without problems. Is this a known, intended change in the behaviour of the X-libraries, or is it a bug? Thank you very much, Chris Marquardt. -- Christian Marquardt GFZ Potsdam, Div. 1 | Tel.: (+49) 331-288-1168 Am Telegrafenberg | Fax: (+49) 331-288-1169 D-14473 Potsdam | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
