Re: alt->meta->esc status quo
> "Charl" == Charl P Botha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Charl> Dear Debian-Xers, At the moment, I need to set the X Charl> resource xterm*metaSendsEscape to true and to do xmodmap -e Charl> "keysym Alt_L = Meta_L Alt_L" to get Alt+key combinations Charl> to work in an xterm, e.g. on the command-line (e.g. alt-f Charl> and alt-b for skipping words forwards and backwards) or in Charl> programs like JED. Charl> Am I doing something wrong, or is this how it's supposed to Charl> be? I've checked the xterm FAQ as well as the Charl> xserver-common FAQ and some of the old BTS reports, but Charl> couldn't find closure on this matter. Any clarification Charl> would be most welcome, as this matter comes up every so Charl> often. Use the resources 'XTerm*modifier: meta', or 'XTerm*modifier: alt', as you see fit. -tor -- Får i ulveklær
Re: alt->meta->esc status quo
> "Charl" == Charl P Botha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Charl> Dear Debian-Xers, At the moment, I need to set the X Charl> resource xterm*metaSendsEscape to true and to do xmodmap -e Charl> "keysym Alt_L = Meta_L Alt_L" to get Alt+key combinations Charl> to work in an xterm, e.g. on the command-line (e.g. alt-f Charl> and alt-b for skipping words forwards and backwards) or in Charl> programs like JED. Charl> Am I doing something wrong, or is this how it's supposed to Charl> be? I've checked the xterm FAQ as well as the Charl> xserver-common FAQ and some of the old BTS reports, but Charl> couldn't find closure on this matter. Any clarification Charl> would be most welcome, as this matter comes up every so Charl> often. Use the resources 'XTerm*modifier: meta', or 'XTerm*modifier: alt', as you see fit. -tor -- Får i ulveklær -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: XFree86 4.0.2 status
> "Michel" == Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Michel> There is a SYMFUNC for memcpy which is guarded by Michel> #if (defined(__powerpc__) && (defined(Lynx) || defined(linux))) || defined(__sparc__) || defined(__ia64__) Michel> /* * Some PPC, SPARC, and IA64 compilers generate calls to Michel> memcpy to handle * structure copies. This causes a Michel> problem both here and in shared * libraries as there is no Michel> way to map the name of the call to the * correct function. Michel> */ Yep, I noticed that one. In fact, I'm trying again now with just that one line modified. Thanks! -tor -- Får i ulveklær
Re: XFree86 4.0.2 status
> "Michel" == Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Michel> There is a SYMFUNC for memcpy which is guarded by Michel> #if (defined(__powerpc__) && (defined(Lynx) || defined(linux))) || defined(__sparc__) || defined(__ia64__) Michel> /* * Some PPC, SPARC, and IA64 compilers generate calls to Michel> memcpy to handle * structure copies. This causes a Michel> problem both here and in shared * libraries as there is no Michel> way to map the name of the call to the * correct function. Michel> */ Yep, I noticed that one. In fact, I'm trying again now with just that one line modified. Thanks! -tor -- Får i ulveklær -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: XFree86 4.0.2 status
> "Christian" == Christian T Steigies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Christian> Tell me... and _that_ part _was_ working in a previous Christian> build. And I did not change much on my build system Christian> since then, I only installed (and built) glibc2.2 and Christian> gcc-2.95.3 ;-) I got the same run-time errors on ARM, built with the same gcc/glibc. Phil Blundell suggested looking in xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/loader/xf86sym.c, and create appropriate system-dependent SYMVARS. I am about to look into that now. -tor -- Får i ulveklær
Re: XFree86 4.0.2 status
> "Christian" == Christian T Steigies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Christian> Tell me... and _that_ part _was_ working in a previous Christian> build. And I did not change much on my build system Christian> since then, I only installed (and built) glibc2.2 and Christian> gcc-2.95.3 ;-) I got the same run-time errors on ARM, built with the same gcc/glibc. Phil Blundell suggested looking in xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/loader/xf86sym.c, and create appropriate system-dependent SYMVARS. I am about to look into that now. -tor -- Får i ulveklær -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: XFree86 4.0.2 status
> "Branden" == Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Branden> If you absolutely have to make changes to the 4.0.2-1 Branden> sources, please do them by stealth Ok. Unfortunately the patches I sent you earlier don't build an X server for ARM, so I will do what you just said. (I.e. send you updated patches, once it is built cleanly, and upload binary-only as 4.0.2-1). -tor
Re: XFree86 4.0.2 status
> "Branden" == Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Branden> If you absolutely have to make changes to the 4.0.2-1 Branden> sources, please do them by stealth Ok. Unfortunately the patches I sent you earlier don't build an X server for ARM, so I will do what you just said. (I.e. send you updated patches, once it is built cleanly, and upload binary-only as 4.0.2-1). -tor -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: XFree86 4.0.2 status
> "Philip" == Philip Blundell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Philip> I'd suggest you go ahead and upload the client and library Philip> packages, even if you can't make the server work. That Philip> way at least the autobuilder can start to clear the Philip> backlog of packages that are stuck waiting for xlibs-dev Philip> to become available. Good enough, I will make a NMU upload tomorrow. (I just started another build, before seeing this message). -tor -- Får i ulveklær
Re: XFree86 4.0.2 status
> "Philip" == Philip Blundell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Philip> I'd suggest you go ahead and upload the client and library Philip> packages, even if you can't make the server work. That Philip> way at least the autobuilder can start to clear the Philip> backlog of packages that are stuck waiting for xlibs-dev Philip> to become available. Good enough, I will make a NMU upload tomorrow. (I just started another build, before seeing this message). -tor -- Får i ulveklær -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: XFree86 4.0.2 status
> "Chris" == Chris Rutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Chris> I've heard now that a variety of different people are Chris> working on XF4 for arm -- could the people who actually Chris> are/ possibly stick their hand up; I'm willing to patch up Chris> anything that I can, but I don't wish to tread on anyone's Chris> toes... *one hand, hesitantly* I don't think you need to worry about the stepping part. The sooner any of us can show anything, the better. :-/ I've given it two more shots the last two days (it takes about 12 hours to build), after getting a working gcc/g++ and glibc22 in order. Each time I did something stupid (had uninstalled zlib-dev, and forgotten to reapply a couple of patches I hadn't given Branden yet, after getting new source). I'm doing another build right now. :^} -tor
Re: XFree86 4.0.2 status
> "Chris" == Chris Rutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Chris> I've heard now that a variety of different people are Chris> working on XF4 for arm -- could the people who actually Chris> are/ possibly stick their hand up; I'm willing to patch up Chris> anything that I can, but I don't wish to tread on anyone's Chris> toes... *one hand, hesitantly* I don't think you need to worry about the stepping part. The sooner any of us can show anything, the better. :-/ I've given it two more shots the last two days (it takes about 12 hours to build), after getting a working gcc/g++ and glibc22 in order. Each time I did something stupid (had uninstalled zlib-dev, and forgotten to reapply a couple of patches I hadn't given Branden yet, after getting new source). I'm doing another build right now. :^} -tor -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: building xfree86 4 for debian/arm
> "Peter" == Peter Maydell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Peter> I tried putting together some patches based on a Peter> combination of the 3.x ARM patches and the 4.0 patches for Peter> other non-x86 architectures; it's now falling over with a Peter> compile error in elfloader.c. It looks like the dynamic Peter> loader has no ARM support at all, and I don't think I can Peter> get away with just adding "|| defined(__arm__)" to cpp Peter> conditionals for this one :-> I have been playing with this for the last couple of weeks. After getting elfloader.c to compile with the most common relocation types (R_ARM_ABS32, R_ARM_REL32, R_ARM_PC24) defined, there are still a couple outstanding: (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a Elf_RelocateEntry() Unsupported relocation type 56 Elf_RelocateEntry() Unsupported relocation type 24 24 happens to be: #define R_ARM_GOTOFF24 /* 32 bit offset to GOT */ By itself this is pretty odd, but #56 is simply not defined in /usr/include/elf.h at all. I am rebuilding right now (a 10-hour process) with "Elf_Rel" rather than "Elf_Rela" setup, to see if that makes a difference. (Seing that ARM, like i386, unlike any of the other processors, is Little Endian). Peter> I've temporarily put my patches-so-far at: Peter> http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~pmaydell/misc/patches.txt Peter> if anybody else is interested. (NB that in particular the Peter> list of 'which drivers to build' in xfree86.cf is totally Peter> guesswork...) Framebuffer stuff. I have changed the section that starts with: #if defined(PpcArchitecture) || defined(Mc68020Architecture) to #if defined(PpcArchitecture) || defined(Mc68020Architecture) || \ defined(Arm32Architecture) -tor -- Får i ulveklær
Re: building xfree86 4 for debian/arm
> "Peter" == Peter Maydell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Peter> I tried putting together some patches based on a Peter> combination of the 3.x ARM patches and the 4.0 patches for Peter> other non-x86 architectures; it's now falling over with a Peter> compile error in elfloader.c. It looks like the dynamic Peter> loader has no ARM support at all, and I don't think I can Peter> get away with just adding "|| defined(__arm__)" to cpp Peter> conditionals for this one :-> I have been playing with this for the last couple of weeks. After getting elfloader.c to compile with the most common relocation types (R_ARM_ABS32, R_ARM_REL32, R_ARM_PC24) defined, there are still a couple outstanding: (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a Elf_RelocateEntry() Unsupported relocation type 56 Elf_RelocateEntry() Unsupported relocation type 24 24 happens to be: #define R_ARM_GOTOFF24 /* 32 bit offset to GOT */ By itself this is pretty odd, but #56 is simply not defined in /usr/include/elf.h at all. I am rebuilding right now (a 10-hour process) with "Elf_Rel" rather than "Elf_Rela" setup, to see if that makes a difference. (Seing that ARM, like i386, unlike any of the other processors, is Little Endian). Peter> I've temporarily put my patches-so-far at: Peter> http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~pmaydell/misc/patches.txt Peter> if anybody else is interested. (NB that in particular the Peter> list of 'which drivers to build' in xfree86.cf is totally Peter> guesswork...) Framebuffer stuff. I have changed the section that starts with: #if defined(PpcArchitecture) || defined(Mc68020Architecture) to #if defined(PpcArchitecture) || defined(Mc68020Architecture) || \ defined(Arm32Architecture) -tor -- Får i ulveklær -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: XFree86 4.0.1 architecture status
I shall give it a try. Give you a hollar tomorrow w/status. -tor > "Branden" == Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Branden> arm: I haven't heard a peep out of anyone about XF4 on Branden> the ARM. Would someone please contact me about this?
Re: XFree86 4.0.1 architecture status
I shall give it a try. Give you a hollar tomorrow w/status. -tor > "Branden" == Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Branden> arm: I haven't heard a peep out of anyone about XF4 on Branden> the ARM. Would someone please contact me about this? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
