Re: I am a stupid idiot for posting a FAQ, but...
At 07:18 AM 10/31/00 -0800, Michael Epting wrote: On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 09:38:45PM -0500, Buddha Buck wrote: The bright ones here will be saying "Oh gods, he's going to ask about libGLU, isn't he?" Brandon wrote an excellent answer on 17 Sep, which is in the list archives. Briefly, to quote him: snip - as root, cp *libGLU* /usr/lib --- This works for me. I'll give this a try when I get home, but I think I'll follow another posters advice and use /usr/local/lib instead. I don't like to play games behind dpkg's back within /usr, /etc, /var, and so on. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I am a stupid idiot for posting a FAQ, but...
At 07:18 AM 10/31/00 -0800, Michael Epting wrote: On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 09:38:45PM -0500, Buddha Buck wrote: The bright ones here will be saying Oh gods, he's going to ask about libGLU, isn't he? Brandon wrote an excellent answer on 17 Sep, which is in the list archives. Briefly, to quote him: snip - as root, cp *libGLU* /usr/lib --- This works for me. I'll give this a try when I get home, but I think I'll follow another posters advice and use /usr/local/lib instead. I don't like to play games behind dpkg's back within /usr, /etc, /var, and so on. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X suddenly exits. Segv???
At 03:14 AM 9/22/00 -0700, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: Package: xserver-xfree86 Version: 4.0.1-0phase2v7 Twice I've had X suddenly exit on me. Both times, iirc, it was when I pushed the "X" button to close a Mozilla frame via the WM. I don't know if it's a segv or what; it just suddenly snicks out, then `gdm' restarts. Once it was this version, another time before it was the previous (?) phase 2 binary. Has this happened to anyone else? I think that has happened to me once, but three or four times I have waken up to find that my X session has reset in the middle of the night (I tend to stay logged in for days/weeks at a time). The last two times that has happened coincided with network outages (cable modem reset the first time, router[1] turned off and disassembled last night) This morning, I woke up to find that Enlightenment now believes that my X server no longer has XSHM support. I don't know which version of the X packages I'm running, I upgraded last night. Also, it seems like DPMS works with xdm, but not with Enlightenment. I'm using the stock Matrox G400 driver. Any ideas with these issues? [1] our router is an old PowerMac, used because it was the spare computer in the house -- and therefore less expensive than building a dedicated Debian box. As it is, for 5 machines, we have 4 networks, 4+ operating systems, 4 dedicated hubs/bridges/translators, etc. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X suddenly exits. Segv???
At 03:14 AM 9/22/00 -0700, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: Package: xserver-xfree86 Version: 4.0.1-0phase2v7 Twice I've had X suddenly exit on me. Both times, iirc, it was when I pushed the X button to close a Mozilla frame via the WM. I don't know if it's a segv or what; it just suddenly snicks out, then `gdm' restarts. Once it was this version, another time before it was the previous (?) phase 2 binary. Has this happened to anyone else? I think that has happened to me once, but three or four times I have waken up to find that my X session has reset in the middle of the night (I tend to stay logged in for days/weeks at a time). The last two times that has happened coincided with network outages (cable modem reset the first time, router[1] turned off and disassembled last night) This morning, I woke up to find that Enlightenment now believes that my X server no longer has XSHM support. I don't know which version of the X packages I'm running, I upgraded last night. Also, it seems like DPMS works with xdm, but not with Enlightenment. I'm using the stock Matrox G400 driver. Any ideas with these issues? [1] our router is an old PowerMac, used because it was the spare computer in the house -- and therefore less expensive than building a dedicated Debian box. As it is, for 5 machines, we have 4 networks, 4+ operating systems, 4 dedicated hubs/bridges/translators, etc.
Re: XFree86 -configure and bad mouse problem
Buddha Buck wrote: At some point in the past, my /dev/mouse got to be a link to a named pipe created by gpm (I think it was "gpmdata", but I could be wrong. I don't use gpm, so there was noting to listen to on that pipe. When I ran "XFree86 -configure", it switched my monitor to a graphics mode, and hung forever (at least 8 hours). After several attempts to You could have switched to another console by pressing ctrl-alt-f1/f2 and stoped the X server. ctrl-alt-backspace could have been your friend, too. Yup, I could have, if those had worked. ctrl-alt-delete didn't work either. The only thing that worked was a) telnetting in from another machine and killing the process, or b) pressing the reset button. Oh, yeah, pressing caps-lock and num-lock made the lights on my keyboard turn on and off, but while that is "normal", it isn't especially useful. [...] Now I'm simply having trouble logging in with XDM... Probably You are - as me - missing the "sessreg" binary. As long as no one here is willing :-) to reveal which packet that beast belongs to, try disabling the use of sessreg by uncommenting out the "use-sessreg" line in /etc/X11/xdm/xdm.options. Taken care of... XDM is working much better now. Boris -- Buddha Buck [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Just as the strength of the Internet is chaos, so the strength of our liberty depends upon the chaos and cacophony of the unfettered speech the First Amendment protects." -- A.L.A. v. U.S. Dept. of Justice -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: XFree86 -configure and bad mouse problem
Buddha Buck wrote: At some point in the past, my /dev/mouse got to be a link to a named pipe created by gpm (I think it was gpmdata, but I could be wrong. I don't use gpm, so there was noting to listen to on that pipe. When I ran XFree86 -configure, it switched my monitor to a graphics mode, and hung forever (at least 8 hours). After several attempts to You could have switched to another console by pressing ctrl-alt-f1/f2 and stoped the X server. ctrl-alt-backspace could have been your friend, too. Yup, I could have, if those had worked. ctrl-alt-delete didn't work either. The only thing that worked was a) telnetting in from another machine and killing the process, or b) pressing the reset button. Oh, yeah, pressing caps-lock and num-lock made the lights on my keyboard turn on and off, but while that is normal, it isn't especially useful. [...] Now I'm simply having trouble logging in with XDM... Probably You are - as me - missing the sessreg binary. As long as no one here is willing :-) to reveal which packet that beast belongs to, try disabling the use of sessreg by uncommenting out the use-sessreg line in /etc/X11/xdm/xdm.options. Taken care of... XDM is working much better now. Boris -- Buddha Buck [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just as the strength of the Internet is chaos, so the strength of our liberty depends upon the chaos and cacophony of the unfettered speech the First Amendment protects. -- A.L.A. v. U.S. Dept. of Justice
XFree86 -configure and bad mouse problem
At some point in the past, my /dev/mouse got to be a link to a named pipe created by gpm (I think it was gpmdata, but I could be wrong. I don't use gpm, so there was noting to listen to on that pipe. When I ran XFree86 -configure, it switched my monitor to a graphics mode, and hung forever (at least 8 hours). After several attempts to fix the problem, and several system resets (and the accompanying fscks), I was able to log in remotely and terminate the XFree86 process. The error message it returned indicated that no mouse was found (which lead me to discover the /dev/mouse problem). While XFree86 was trying to identify my mouse with no timeout or other way of stopping it, my system console was completely unusable and for extended periods of time. I'd consider that a bug, even if it was caused by a misconfiguration on my end. Once the mouse issue was resolved, XFree86 -configure worked well. Now I'm simply having trouble logging in with XDM... -- Buddha Buck [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just as the strength of the Internet is chaos, so the strength of our liberty depends upon the chaos and cacophony of the unfettered speech the First Amendment protects. -- A.L.A. v. U.S. Dept. of Justice
Re: XFree86 4.0.1
Greetings, XFree86 4.0.1 is out now, as many of you are aware, I'm sure. I emailed Branden Robinson, the X maintainer, a week or two ago, and have yet to receive any responses or anything. Can anyone tell me what's going on with regards to packaging XFree86 4.0.1? Like, does Branden know about this, and have it on his agenda? I'd feel much more comfortable knowing that he's working on fixing up XFree86 3.3.6 for potato or something, than to be completely in the dark! While I agree that I'd rather know that he's working on something than be left completely in the dark, I also feel that what's going on was enlightened by his last message on the subject, weeks before 4.0.1 was released. In that message, he stated: 1) He knew 4.0.1 was going to be release in June 2) Work on 4.0 would -not- happen and (importantly) 3) Getting potato was his highest priority, and that nothing was likely to happen with 4.x until potato was out the door. Until Branden said so, I had no idea that there was a planned 4.0.1 release. As such, I assume that he is much more familiar with the inner workings of X development than I am, and am therefore -certain- that he know that 4.0.1 has been released, and that XFree86 is now using CVS for development. Based on that, I don't think anything's going to happen wrt 4.0.1 until Potato ships, and I think Branden is fully aware of what's going on. Regards, Alex. -- Buddha Buck [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just as the strength of the Internet is chaos, so the strength of our liberty depends upon the chaos and cacophony of the unfettered speech the First Amendment protects. -- A.L.A. v. U.S. Dept. of Justice
