Re: [newbie] XFree 86 4.1.0????
On Tue, 10 Jul 2001 09:05, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Monday 09 July 2001 01:40 pm, Cliff Gosden wrote: When I ran the program to check which binaries it said there were no binaries for this version (i.e LM8) so I didn't proceed. Cliff http://pclinuxonline.com/article.php?sid=75 Texstar is a good ol' TX Luser. He often makes major upgrades available much the same as Chris Molnar use to for KDE. I use a lot of cooker updates, but for major items like XFree, and between chasing failed dependencies and other snags ... it's a lot easier to let a hand like Texstar do it for you ;) I have been using Texstar's RPMs for quite some time now. His site, http://www.pclinuxonline.com, has some very good information on installing KDE 2.2 beta 1 from Cooker, and he has rebuilt the kdenetwork package to play nicer with LM8 systems. Newbies, Has anyone had any positive or negative experiences with the latest version4.1.0 of Xfree 86? As I aluded to above, I've been usin Texstar's rebuilt Mandrake cooker rpms for over a month, no problems. I should say tho that he also has some newer 4.1 rpms, but they disable anti aliasing for 8 to 14 pt fonts. So I haven't bothered with those. ftp://ftp.eastwind.net/pub/mirrors/texstar/Xfree-4.1.0/ This behaviour (not anti-aliasing fonts between 8 and 14 pts) is standard in the XFree86 4.1 release. This (and other AA related stuff) can be adjusted in /etc/X11/XftConfig. I have full anti-aliasing for most fonts on my system. I have been using XFree86 4.1 from MandrakeFreq 2 for several weeks now and I can say it is great. It's a bit quicker than 4.0.3 and the AA fonts look much nicer. Of course, your graphics hardware has to support it, and version 4.1 has even greater hardware support than before. To anybody wishing to upgrade to XFree 4.1, I would recommend that you download and install at least the first CD of MandrakeFreq 2. I initially tried just upgrading the XFree RPMs to 4.1, but afterwards I couldn't start X. The Freq install fixed everything up :-) -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. -- Jeremy S. Anderson
Re: [newbie] XFree 86 4.1.0????
I just installed DualHead on my Mandrake workstation. (Like two weekends ago.) Well in trying to do this, the Matrox site went down, and I couldn't find the right driver I needed. In hopes trying to get the drivers to work and blah blah blah, I downloaded and installed XF86 4.1.0. I downloaded the Xinstall.sh and all the files it needed. I then did a sh Xinstall.sh and it went through and did everything. There was a time where it was asking me some questions I believe. (I can't remember. I was installing so many things that weekend it was crazy.) It took quite some time to configure and install, but once it did, everything runs smoothly. I haven't had any problems with it, and I'm running the Matrox G400 MAX, and since then I've had no problems. Then again I didn't have any problems before hand either. I only upgraded that because I thought maybe it would help with supporting the new driver I was trying to use. So I installed it when I didn't need to, but I haven't had any problems either way. tdh -- T. Holmes - UNIXTECHS.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Real Men Us Vi! Uptime: 1:12PM up 4 days, 16:18, 8 users, load averages: 0.01, 0.02, 0.00 Your Fortune Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards. -- Aldous Huxley | Newbies, | Has anyone had any positive or negative experiences with the latest version | 4.1.0 of Xfree 86? | Jim --
Re: [newbie] XFree 86 4.1.0????
The Conways wrote: Has anyone had any positive or negative experiences with the latest version 4.1.0 of Xfree 86? Jim, No real experience, but if you upgrading from 3.3.6, be aware that some drivers that existed for 3.3.6 do not exist for 4.1.0. Randy Kramer
Re: [newbie] XFree 86 4.1.0????
Randy Kramer wrote: The Conways wrote: Has anyone had any positive or negative experiences with the latest version 4.1.0 of Xfree 86? Jim, No real experience, but if you upgrading from 3.3.6, be aware that some drivers that existed for 3.3.6 do not exist for 4.1.0. Randy Kramer I'm sticking with 3.3.6. My graphics card does not like XFree 4.x. I am using the NVIDIA GeForce card. I have been happy with it. I have learned from another user that moving to higher version XFree doesn't mean that your graphics performance will be better. Some cards will show poorer graphics in the higher version of XFree. Roman Registered Linux User #179293 su is not the root of your problem but the start of a new journey
Re: [newbie] XFree 86 4.1.0????
When I ran the program to check which binaries it said there were no binaries for this version (i.e LM8) so I didn't proceed. Cliff - Original Message - From: The Conways [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie Mandrake [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 6:22 PM Subject: [newbie] XFree 86 4.1.0 Newbies, Has anyone had any positive or negative experiences with the latest version 4.1.0 of Xfree 86? Jim
Re: [newbie] XFree 86 4.1.0????
Honestly, I'd say go with the usual saying, If it ain't broke, don't fix it! No need to upgraded at this point. I haven't noticed any performance differences, X has never crashed on me. The only reason I upgraded was because I thought it would help my issue with the drivers. (When the real issue was I didn't have the beta drivers to work with DualHead. All because the web page was down the whole weekend.) So if things work the way they are now, don't bother. If it does end up causing a head ache for you, you'll just be pissed because there was no reason to upgrade. tdh | Randy Kramer wrote: | | The Conways wrote: | Has anyone had any positive or negative experiences with the latest version | 4.1.0 of Xfree 86? | | Jim, | | No real experience, but if you upgrading from 3.3.6, be aware that some | drivers that existed for 3.3.6 do not exist for 4.1.0. | | Randy Kramer | | I'm sticking with 3.3.6. My graphics card does not like XFree 4.x. I am | using the NVIDIA GeForce card. I have been happy with it. | I have learned from another user that moving to higher version XFree | doesn't mean that your graphics performance will be better. | Some cards will show poorer graphics in the higher version of XFree. | | Roman | Registered Linux User #179293 | su is not the root of your problem | but the start of a new journey | -- -- T. Holmes - UNIXTECHS.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Real Men Us Vi! Uptime: 2:51PM up 4 days, 17:57, 9 users, load averages: 0.02, 0.01, 0.00 Your Fortune One thing the inventors can't seem to get the bugs out of is fresh paint.
Re: [newbie] XFree 86 4.1.0????
On Monday 09 July 2001 02:59 pm, Tim Holmes wrote: Honestly, I'd say go with the usual saying, If it ain't broke, don't fix it! No need to upgraded at this point. I haven't noticed any performance differences, X has never crashed on me. The only reason I upgraded was because I thought it would help my issue with the drivers. (When the real issue was I didn't have the beta drivers to work with DualHead. All because the web page was down the whole weekend.) So if things work the way they are now, don't bother. If it does end up causing a head ache for you, you'll just be pissed because there was no reason to upgrade. tdh | Randy Kramer wrote: | The Conways wrote: | Has anyone had any positive or negative experiences with the latest | version 4.1.0 of Xfree 86? | | Jim, | | No real experience, but if you upgrading from 3.3.6, be aware that some | drivers that existed for 3.3.6 do not exist for 4.1.0. | | Randy Kramer | | I'm sticking with 3.3.6. My graphics card does not like XFree 4.x. I am | using the NVIDIA GeForce card. I have been happy with it. | I have learned from another user that moving to higher version XFree | doesn't mean that your graphics performance will be better. | Some cards will show poorer graphics in the higher version of XFree. | | Roman | Registered Linux User #179293 | su is not the root of your problem | but the start of a new journey -- You are right. I used to update and upgrade all the time thinking things would be better. If it ain't broke, don't fix it! Roman Registered Linux User #179293 su is not the root of your problem but the start of a new journey
Re: [newbie] XFree 86 4.1.0????
On Monday 09 July 2001 01:40 pm, Cliff Gosden wrote: When I ran the program to check which binaries it said there were no binaries for this version (i.e LM8) so I didn't proceed. Cliff http://pclinuxonline.com/article.php?sid=75 Texstar is a good ol' TX Luser. He often makes major upgrades available much the same as Chris Molnar use to for KDE. I use a lot of cooker updates, but for major items like XFree, and between chasing failed dependencies and other snags ... it's a lot easier to let a hand like Texstar do it for you ;) Newbies, Has anyone had any positive or negative experiences with the latest version4.1.0 of Xfree 86? As I aluded to above, I've been usin Texstar's rebuilt Mandrake cooker rpms for over a month, no problems. I should say tho that he also has some newer 4.1 rpms, but they disable anti aliasing for 8 to 14 pt fonts. So I haven't bothered with those. ftp://ftp.eastwind.net/pub/mirrors/texstar/Xfree-4.1.0/ -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
