Re: Intent to package: Xconfigurator
On Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 09:40:18AM -0800, Kenneth Scharf wrote: > While at it, why not add monitor detection, like windows can do? I plan on doing that, but the VESA DDC specifications are not freely available, I'm going to call VESA today and see if I can find out anything about the specs, I would have used their website but it sucks. -- Stephen Crowley [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] -* Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for my public key. PGP#22714B25 *-
Re: Intent to package: Xconfigurator
While at it, why not add monitor detection, like windows can do? Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 01:23:29 -0500 From: Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Intent to package: Xconfigurator On Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 08:22:08PM -0600, Stephen Crowley wrote: > I know some of you may want to shoot me but Xconfigurator is the redhat > Xfree configuration utility, it's a hacked up xf86config that scans the > pci bus to auto-detect the vid card, has a monitor database, and has a nice > looking slang interface too. It will need a quite a few modifications to > work with debian so I'm wondering if I should just split the tree and make > my own version. Any comments? Uh, I was kind of planning on recruiting some folks to rip that thing open and Debianizing it for the potato release. I already have the latest Red Hat diffs in my X work directory on various machines, and was going to go through them for potato X. I'm just still working on kicking slink X out of the nest. Would you mind doing this work under the umbrella of the X Strike Force? I'd like to ship the X configurator in xserver-common once it's ready for prime time. == Amateur Radio, when all else fails! http://www.qsl.net/wa2mze Debian Gnu Linux, Live Free or . _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Intent to package: Xconfigurator
John Hasler wrote: > Stephen Crowley quotes: > > Except as contained in this notice, neither the name of the XFree86 > > Project or Red Hat Software shall not be used in advertising or otherwise > > to promote the sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior > > written authorization from the XFree86 Project. > > The license looks DFSG-ok, but I wonder if Red Hat really means to delegate > that power to XFree86. Also: " ... neither ... shall not ... " If I read this correctly, this paragraph requires us to use both these names without permission :-) Richard Braakman
Re: Intent to package: Xconfigurator
On Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 08:22:08PM -0600, Stephen Crowley wrote: > I know some of you may want to shoot me but Xconfigurator is the redhat > Xfree configuration utility, it's a hacked up xf86config that scans the > pci bus to auto-detect the vid card, has a monitor database, and has a nice > looking slang interface too. It will need a quite a few modifications to > work with debian so I'm wondering if I should just split the tree and make > my own version. Any comments? Uh, I was kind of planning on recruiting some folks to rip that thing open and Debianizing it for the potato release. I already have the latest Red Hat diffs in my X work directory on various machines, and was going to go through them for potato X. I'm just still working on kicking slink X out of the nest. Would you mind doing this work under the umbrella of the X Strike Force? I'd like to ship the X configurator in xserver-common once it's ready for prime time. -- G. Branden Robinson | The errors of great men are venerable Debian GNU/Linux | because they are more fruitful than the [EMAIL PROTECTED] | truths of little men. cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ | -- Friedrich Nietzsche pgpHgl4QXG2py.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Intent to package: Xconfigurator
Stephen Crowley quotes: > Except as contained in this notice, neither the name of the XFree86 > Project or Red Hat Software shall not be used in advertising or otherwise > to promote the sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior > written authorization from the XFree86 Project. The license looks DFSG-ok, but I wonder if Red Hat really means to delegate that power to XFree86. -- John HaslerThis posting is in the public domain. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do with it what you will. Dancing Horse Hill Make money from it if you can; I don't mind. Elmwood, Wisconsin Do not send email advertisements to this address.
Re: Intent to package: Xconfigurator
Sorry to reply to myself but I left part of the license off. On Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 08:22:08PM -0600, Stephen Crowley wrote: > Copyright (c) 1994 by The XFree86 Project, Inc. > Copyright (c) 1998 Red Hat Software, Inc. > > Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a > copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), > to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation > the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, > and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the > Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: > > The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in > all copies or substantial portions of the Software. > > THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR > IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, > FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL > THE XFREE86 PROJECT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, > WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF > OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE > SOFTWARE. Except as contained in this notice, neither the name of the XFree86 Project or Red Hat Software shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the XFree86 Project. -- Stephen Crowley [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] -* Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for my public key. PGP#22714B25 *-
Intent to package: Xconfigurator
I know some of you may want to shoot me but Xconfigurator is the redhat Xfree configuration utility, it's a hacked up xf86config that scans the pci bus to auto-detect the vid card, has a monitor database, and has a nice looking slang interface too. It will need a quite a few modifications to work with debian so I'm wondering if I should just split the tree and make my own version. Any comments? ftp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/redhat/redhat-5.2/SRPMS/SRPMS/Xconfigurator-3.82-1.src.rpm use alien --to-tgz to convert it to a tarball Copyright: Copyright (c) 1994 by The XFree86 Project, Inc. Copyright (c) 1998 Red Hat Software, Inc. Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE XFREE86 PROJECT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. -- Stephen Crowley [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] -* Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for my public key. PGP#22714B25 *-
