Re: [Xpert]How do I get rid of this cannot open PEX Roman_M message
On Thu, 2001-11-29 at 06:52, Yom, Francis wrote: I have X running but I keep seeing this message in my log. How do I get rid of it. Don't load the PEX module, you don't need it. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
Re: [Xpert]X will not find font server after partition change.
On Thu, 2001-11-29 at 06:03, Cloter M wrote: Thx Safemode, for some reason: 1) I didn't know that, and 2) I did an upgrade from RH 7.0, and the setup was kept with xfs... I did what you said and it works, and the fonts seem to work better now, what a surprise! :) I also removed xfs from all run levels (is there anything else I should look into to make sure my upgrade didn't miss anything?) Take care, Cloter p.s.: I also got multihead to work (in 1/2 hr), really nice!! safemode [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I assume this is X 4.x If it is then you do realize that you shouldn't be using xfs. It's not necessary. the x font server is inside the X server now. Just add Load freetype in the module list to get true type font support. add your font paths in the X config file and you're set. Of course if it's 3.x just ignore this. While it's true that you don't _need_ a font server anymore, that doesn't mean you _shouldn't_ use one. There are many advantages in using a font server, and I'm not aware of any major drawbacks. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
RE: [Xpert]Multi-head displays - why so difficult?
Certain cards seem to butt heads (Different ATi chipsets especially. Rage 128's and Radeons hate each other.), and DRI/OpenGL is unreasonably twitchy in multihead setups. -Original Message- From: Egbert Eich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 11:10 AM To: Mark Vojkovich Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Xpert]Multi-head displays - why so difficult? Mark Vojkovich writes: On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The XFree86 project showed a 12 headed system running on an IBM Netfinity with 12 Matrox G200 PCI cards at LinuxTag in Germany a year or two ago. I'm currently running two cards on my machine - a PC with an NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS AGP on one head and NVIDIA TNT2 PCI on the other. When I worked at VA Linux Systems many people had 2 and 3 headed systems with XFree86 4.0, most of them running with Xinerama as I am now. This stuff is readily available with XFree86, but only with particular video drivers. For the 12 head display this is true. We had to use Matrox cards as they didn't require softbooting which is not possible on higher PCI buses on the Netfinity due to a brain dead architecture of the Intel chipset used in this box. For the common case where one just wants to run 2 or 3 heads on a standard PC one can use pretty much any graphics card available. I'm frequently testing configurations with a mix of *different* graphics cards including ancient ISA boards. There weren't many setups I couldn't get to work. The only problem I do recall was when I was trying to get a dual MGA G200 card (with two G200 chips) to work with a G450 dual head card. This configuration didn't work appearantly due to limitations in the binary only HAL library provided by Matrox. Therefore I really don't understand the big fuzz about getting multihead to work! Egbert. ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
Re: [Xpert]Server crash with xv: backtrace available
Michel Dnzer wrote: On Wed, 2001-11-28 at 13:37, Jacques GANGLOFF wrote: > I am using the Xv extension on my toshibal 1800-400 > laptop (trident Ai1d) with mplayer. I am able to reproduce > a server crash. But I don't know how to backtrace > the problem. > > I have tried the -core option for X, but no > core seems to be dumped. Resource limits probably don't allow it to be generated. > I tried also to run X in a gdb console but the server hangs. You can only run the server inside gdb in a remote session as you can't interact with gdb otherwise. Beware that gdb normally doesn't grok XFree86 modules. A patched version 4.x is available from XFree86, patches for 5.x have been posted here. Alternatively, you can build a static server for debugging. Good luck! -- Earthling Michel Dnzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast Hi, I have backtraced the problem with the patched gdb and I got : (gdb) bt #0 0x80a2e7c in AllocateArea () #1 0x80a304d in localAllocateOffscreenArea () #2 0x80a3969 in localAllocateOffscreenLinear () #3 0x80a2b24 in xf86AllocateOffscreenLinear () #4 0x84160f1 in ?? () #5 0x8417139 in ?? () #6 0x80a674f in xf86XVPutImage () #7 0x82adf72 in ?? () #8 0x82b43cf in ?? () #9 0x82b2709 in ?? () #10 0x80b0176 in Dispatch () #11 0x80c02db in main () #12 0x4006a2eb in __libc_start_main (main=0x80bfd78 main>, argc=2, ubp_av=0xb9f4, init=0x806cb54 _init>, fini=0x817690c _fini>, rtld_fini=0x4000c130 _dl_fini>, stack_end=0xb9ec) at ../sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c:129 CVS version 4.1.99 The crash (SIGSEGV) occurs when I use mplayer in fullscreen mode with the trident driver (Ai1d chipset) and in a very particular situation : mplayer is launched within a StarOfiice presentation. The problem occurs only when the presenatation is in windowed mode. My question : I would like to correct this problem. Could somebody help me by telling me how to efficientely track this error. Is it possible to print the parameters passed to the xf86AllocateOffscreenLinear function ? What does exactly this function. In what situation may this function crash ? Thanks in advance, Jacques -- _ ( ) Jacques GANGLOFF ( Associate Professor ) LSIIT / GRAViR ( Bd Sbastien Brant ) 67400 Illkirch ( Tel : +33 (0)3 90 24 44 68 ) Fax : +33 (0)3 90 24 44 80 ( http://gravir.u-strasbg.fr )_
[Xpert]Please send me mail
Test, we are conducting research in the origin of some particular mail. Please help me out, we are working on project. Gerald Tomlin COMSCEUR Naples Italy SHIP SUPPORT/INFRASTRUCTURE PSC 817 BOX 23 FPO AE 09622-0023 DSN (314) 626-3580 Com 011-39081-568-3580 Fax 011-39081-568-3800 * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SIPR: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
RE: [Xpert]Multi-head displays - why so difficult?
Sprague, IT3 writes: Certain cards seem to butt heads (Different ATi chipsets especially. Rage ^^ please translate 128's and Radeons hate each other.), and DRI/OpenGL is unreasonably twitchy in multihead setups. To be helpful your reports ought to be more specific. It is possible that DRI and multihead don't work together well for all cards. These issues should be addressed although I expect that this will take time due to the lack of manpower. Egbert. ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
[Xpert]Documentation links
I am trying to learn the X protocol and how to program using X, and I am having a bit of a difficult time finding good free documentation on the subject. Anyone have links I should look at? If you'd like, I'll summarize what I have after a while, maybe it'd be good to put on the site (if it isn't there already...) Jonathan ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
RE: [Xpert]I'm leaving, permanently.
I suspect it has a connection with the email from Gerald Tomlin, subject: Please send me mail. Notice that they both on the same mail server. Maybe because of the virus yesterday from Kike? It was the W32/Badtrans-B Torjan. Gene -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jonathan Gardner Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 08:16 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; John Peter Tapsell; Sprague, IT3; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: [Newbie]Re: [Xpert]I'm leaving, permanently. On Thursday 29 November 2001 10:25 pm, John Peter Tapsell wrote: On Thursday 29 November 2001 13:01, Sprague, IT3 wrote: I've been ordered to unsubscribe from these lists and never return. I may still be able to send personal mail to list members, but this is unlikely. How come? Just curious :) Do tell He's in the military. You may never ever know exactly why. It's enough that he is obeying his orders. Just thank him for his service and wish him well. Jonathan ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
[Xpert][PATCH] Xv,Trident, and hsync/vsync
I have written a patch that allows the user to tweak the
Xv hsync/vsync offset values. It works great on my
Twinhead Powerslim 600 @ 800x600 with XvHsync=-23.
I think it will work on any trident chip, but I am not
sure if TridentInit() gets called when the resolution
changes, in which case this patch may only work for a
single resolution.
There are two new variables in the XF86Config file:
XvHsync and XvVsync
These variables will adjust the hsync/vsync values by some
amount (relative to the default, so if hsync would have
been 100, and you set xvHsync=-10, hsync will be 90)
This is my first patch to X, so if people could look it
over, and if someone could submit it (or tell me how)
assuming it is apropriate, that'd be great.
Note that this patch doesn't fix the problem of the offset
getting messed up when the screen is switched off and on
from the function keys, but that is a problem for another
day.
Thanks,
.Geoff
(The patch is against CVS)
-
diff -u clean/trident.h modified/trident.h
--- clean/trident.h Thu Nov 29 08:06:13 2001
+++ modified/trident.h Thu Nov 29 08:05:41 2001
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@
CARD32 videoFlags;
intkeyOffset;
#endif
+int OverrideHsync;
+int OverrideVsync;
OptionInfoPtr Options;
} TRIDENTRec, *TRIDENTPtr;
diff -u clean/trident.man modified/trident.man
--- clean/trident.man Thu Nov 29 08:06:13 2001
+++ modified/trident.manThu Nov 29 08:05:41 2001
@@ -82,6 +82,18 @@
.BI Option \*qNoPciBurst\*q \*q boolean \*q
Turn off PCI burst mode, PCI Bursting is on by default.
Default: off.
+.TP
+.BI Option \*qXvHsync\*q \*q real \*q
+Override the default Horizontal-sync value for the Xv extension.
+This is used to center the Xv image on the screen. By default the values
+are assigned based on the video card.
+Default: undefined.
+.TP
+.BI Option \*qXvVsync\*q \*q real \*q
+Override the default Vertical-sync value for the Xv extension.
+This is used to center the Xv image on the screen. By default the values
+are assigned based on the video card.
+Default: undefined.
.SH SEE ALSO
XFree86(1), XF86Config(__filemansuffix__), xf86config(1), Xserver(1),
X(__miscmansuffix__)
.SH AUTHOR
diff -u clean/trident_dac.c modified/trident_dac.c
--- clean/trident_dac.c Thu Nov 29 08:06:14 2001
+++ modified/trident_dac.c Thu Nov 29 08:09:00 2001
@@ -436,6 +436,12 @@
pTrident-hsync -= 8;
break;
}
+ pTrident-hsync+=pTrident-OverrideHsync;
+ pTrident-vsync+=pTrident-OverrideVsync;
}
/* Enable Chipset specific options */
diff -u clean/trident_driver.c modified/trident_driver.c
--- clean/trident_driver.c Thu Nov 29 08:06:15 2001
+++ modified/trident_driver.c Thu Nov 29 08:05:41 2001
@@ -229,7 +229,9 @@
OPTION_NOMMIO,
OPTION_NOPCIBURST,
OPTION_CYBER_SHADOW,
-OPTION_CYBER_STRETCH
+OPTION_CYBER_STRETCH,
+OPTION_XV_HSYNC,
+OPTION_XV_VSYNC
} TRIDENTOpts;
static const OptionInfoRec TRIDENTOptions[] = {
@@ -246,6 +248,8 @@
{ OPTION_MMIO_ONLY,MMIOonly, OPTV_BOOLEAN, {0}, FALSE },
{ OPTION_CYBER_SHADOW, CyberShadow, OPTV_BOOLEAN, {0}, FALSE },
{ OPTION_CYBER_STRETCH,CyberStretch, OPTV_BOOLEAN, {0}, FALSE },
+{ OPTION_XV_HSYNC, XvHsync, OPTV_INTEGER, {0}, FALSE },
+{ OPTION_XV_VSYNC, XvVsync, OPTV_INTEGER, {0}, FALSE },
{ -1, NULL, OPTV_NONE, {0}, FALSE }
};
@@ -1284,6 +1288,18 @@
pTrident-MUXThreshold)) {
xf86DrvMsg(pScrn-scrnIndex, X_CONFIG, MUX Threshold set to %d\n,
pTrident-MUXThreshold);
+}
+pTrident-OverrideHsync = 0;
+if (xf86GetOptValInteger(pTrident-Options, OPTION_XV_HSYNC,
+ pTrident-OverrideHsync)) {
+ xf86DrvMsg(pScrn-scrnIndex, X_CONFIG, Xv Hsync set to %d\n,
+ pTrident-OverrideHsync);
+}
+pTrident-OverrideVsync = 0;
+if (xf86GetOptValInteger(pTrident-Options, OPTION_XV_VSYNC,
+ pTrident-OverrideVsync)) {
+ xf86DrvMsg(pScrn-scrnIndex, X_CONFIG, Xv Vsync set to %d\n,
+ pTrident-OverrideVsync);
}
if (xf86ReturnOptValBool(pTrident-Options, OPTION_SHADOW_FB, FALSE)) {
if (!pTrident-Linear)
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RE: [Xpert]I'm leaving, permanently.
On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Gene Dascher wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jonathan Gardner Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 08:16 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; John Peter Tapsell; Sprague, IT3; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: [Newbie]Re: [Xpert]I'm leaving, permanently. On Thursday 29 November 2001 10:25 pm, John Peter Tapsell wrote: On Thursday 29 November 2001 13:01, Sprague, IT3 wrote: I've been ordered to unsubscribe from these lists and never return. I may still be able to send personal mail to list members, but this is unlikely. How come? Just curious :) Do tell He's in the military. You may never ever know exactly why. It's enough that he is obeying his orders. Just thank him for his service and wish him well. I suspect it has a connection with the email from Gerald Tomlin, subject: Please send me mail. Notice that they both on the same mail server. Maybe because of the virus yesterday from Kike? It was the W32/Badtrans-B Torjan. That's where my mind was going... Although remember that this is just speculation. Even if it seems to make sense: this Gerald does claim SHIP SUPPORT/INFRASTRUCTURE, and they're using what looks like microsoft's Internet Mail service; that virus could well have caused no end of trouble. If so, I'll note it's probably a misguided knee-jerk reaction. Although if one wanted to technically argue about it, reading the archives on the web, and posting as a non-member isn't really returning to being subscribed to the list. (although it is splitting hairs just a little)... I'd just like to say live long and prosper, and note that it's somewhat depressing that the community has lost such a frequently helpful contributor. -- Regards, [EMAIL PROTECTED] My website: http://www.iain.thomas.dial.pipex.com/ XMMS now playing: Blur - Music Is My Radar ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
Re: [Xpert]PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse
On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Serdar Ozler wrote: I have a problem in XFree86 4.1. I'm using XFree86 4.1 on Mandrake 8.1, and was using it on Mandrake 8.0. The problem is about mouse and keyboard. I have found a stupid solution: When 2 or 3 happens, I close X as I said before, and then use another computer to solve keyboard problem. I login to the main computer by using the other computer, and execute the following command as a superuser: # cat /dev/psaux Then I close cat by using Ctrl+C, and when I return to the main computer, everything is fine... OK, are you running gpm (console mouse support)? Got the right mouse type selected? (both in your XF86Config, and, er, /etc/sysconfig/mouse) Tried en/dis-abling gpm? Tried updating your kernel? I seem to recall something a little while back about PS/2 resynchronisation/hotplug support causing problems not too dissimilar... -- Regards, [EMAIL PROTECTED] My website: http://www.iain.thomas.dial.pipex.com/ XMMS now playing: Dire Straits - Twisting By The Pool ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
Re: [Xpert]Documentation links
On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Jonathan Gardner wrote: I am trying to learn the X protocol and how to program using X, and I am having a bit of a difficult time finding good free documentation on the subject. Anyone have links I should look at? If you'd like, I'll summarize what I have after a while, maybe it'd be good to put on the site (if it isn't there already...) Are you sure? If what you want to do is write normal programs, you should seriously consider using one of the many toolkits available, such as WxWindows, Motif/Lesstif, Qt, or GTK+. If you really want basics, look for documentation about XLib; although it'll take a lot more work to make things look pretty. Look at the source of programs like xedit, xev, xclock for examples. I doubt you want to talk X-protocol with the server; unless you want to do clever tricks like snooping mouse/keyboard/display content, deliberately injecting mouse/keyboard/other events, or manipulate windows. Unless you're doing something very special-purpose, or writing a window manager; I'd suggest either Qt (KDE is written using this), at www.trolltech.com, or GTK+ (GNOME is written using this), at www.gtk.org, or even Motif/Lesstif (Netscape is a Motif app; nedit works with either) at www.lesstif.org. At least the GTK+ team have a fairly substansial document/tutorial leading one through the creation of GTK applications. Or, if speed isn't a main concern, but cross-platform support might be useful, you could use Java; http://java.sun.com has lots of documentation. Or, you could script it in TCL or somesuch... -- Regards, [EMAIL PROTECTED] My website: http://www.iain.thomas.dial.pipex.com/ XMMS now playing: The Sunflowers - Brown Eyed Girl ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
Re: [Xpert]Documentation links
On Friday 30 November 2001 12:27 am, Iain Thomas wrote: On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Jonathan Gardner wrote: I am trying to learn the X protocol and how to program using X, and I am having a bit of a difficult time finding good free documentation on the subject. Anyone have links I should look at? If you'd like, I'll summarize what I have after a while, maybe it'd be good to put on the site (if it isn't there already...) Are you sure? Yes, I am writing a python module to interface with a Vim server. Vim uses X protocol to communicate on X-capable platforms. So I need to learn a little X to talk with Vim. Maybe a little, maybe a lot. I use Qt (PyQt) to do regular ol' development stuff. snip good suggestion NOT to use X If you really want basics, look for documentation about XLib; although it'll take a lot more work to make things look pretty. Look at the source of programs like xedit, xev, xclock for examples. I doubt these kind of apps use the features I am looking for in particular. Just the docs, sir, and I'll be on me merry way. And Xlib is exactly what I am most interested in, but X Protocol is a little interesting. Jonathan ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
[Xpert]question on OpenGL support
Hello, I plan to get a new PC that shall have various Unices (Solaris, FreeBSD, Suse-Linux and maybe Redhat-Linux). An application that should be ported to these OSs is using OpenGL. I know that there is OpenGL support in various flavours like Mesa, DRI in XFree86 but also that there is e.g. OpenGL support from Nvidia (but only for Redhat(?)) with their own driver and also some Nvidia open-source (?) drivers e.g. for Linux and FreeBSD. Can someone recommend a graphics-card / OpenGL-implementation / driver combination? The card can be a professional CAD-card like the ELSA- Gloria-III or similar. Thanks in advance, Thomas ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
Re: [Xpert]Documentation links
On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Jonathan Gardner wrote: On Friday 30 November 2001 12:27 am, Iain Thomas wrote: On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Jonathan Gardner wrote: I am trying to learn the X protocol and how to program using X, and I am having a bit of a difficult time finding good free documentation on the subject. Anyone have links I should look at? If you'd like, I'll summarize what I have after a while, maybe it'd be good to put on the site (if it isn't there already...) Are you sure? Yes, I am writing a python module to interface with a Vim server. Vim uses X protocol to communicate on X-capable platforms. So I need to learn a little X to talk with Vim. Maybe a little, maybe a lot. I use Qt (PyQt) to do regular ol' development stuff. Oh, OK. snip good suggestion NOT to use X If you really want basics, look for documentation about XLib; although it'll take a lot more work to make things look pretty. Look at the source of programs like xedit, xev, xclock for examples. I doubt these kind of apps use the features I am looking for in particular. OK. Just the docs, sir, and I'll be on me merry way. ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/R6.6/xc/doc/hardcopy/ If you downloaded XFree86, have a look at xc/doc/hardcopy also. x.org don't have the R6.5.1 doc directory there anymore... And Xlib is exactly what I am most interested in, but X Protocol is a little interesting. Hmm. x.org have a link to http://www.rahul.net/kenton/xsites.framed.html, which seems to have a bunch of stuff. -- Regards, [EMAIL PROTECTED] My website: http://www.iain.thomas.dial.pipex.com/ XMMS now playing: Dido - Take My Hand ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
[Xpert]Problems with S3 twister
Hi, everyone: I downloaded the Twister driver (Savage_4.1.0_binary.tgz) for Linux (Xfree86 4.1.0) from S3 web pages. However, there's no HOW-TO information. Would anyone tell us how to use this driver (It contains two files, s3switch and savage_drv.o.)? Now, I got 320X200 when I ran X-window. Can anyone have any ideas to get higher resolution? I work with a LCD monitor with 1024x768 resolution. Thank you in advanve! Best regards, Garry Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Xpert]Framebuffer
On Thu, 2001-11-29 at 18:20, dave wrote: Can you use them in Dual Headed systems? I've enabled them in the kernel. I've created /dev/fb0 /dev/fb1 (29 0/29 31) But do you actually have two framebuffer devices? /proc/fb tells. And I've added these lines to XF86Config: BusID PCI:1:0:0 Option fbdev /dev/fb0 BusID PCI:0:11:0 Option fbdev /dev/fb1 Is that with the fbdev driver? -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
[Xpert]problems running gnome
I just got this computer with redhat 7.1 already installed XFree86 is running properly and that's fine with me since I use old-fashion fvwm2 as a window manager. however a couple of users only use gnome and it seems to be that the users' .xinitrc is not being read at all. In their .xinitrc they have the gnome loading lines and when doing 'source' on it, gnome shows up and the fvwm2 things are still there!! the users have all the gnome stuff in their home directory but the system is not taking it into account. any suggestions how can I get the gnome environment from XFree86? thanks a lot andres ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
[Xpert]Re: [Dulug] problems running gnome
On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 at 1:41pm, Juan Andres Chavarria wrote I just got this computer with redhat 7.1 already installed XFree86 is running properly and that's fine with me since I use old-fashion fvwm2 as a window manager. however a couple of users only use gnome and it seems to be that the users' .xinitrc is not being read at all. In their .xinitrc they have the gnome loading lines and when doing 'source' on it, gnome shows up and the fvwm2 things are still there!! the users have all the gnome stuff in their home directory but the system is not taking it into account. any suggestions how can I get the gnome environment from XFree86? The file you want on a per user basis is ~/.Xclients . -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
[Xpert]Re: [Dulug] problems running gnome
The file you want on a per user basis is ~/.Xclients . it can also be a ~/.xsession if they are logging in from xdm/gdm/kdm -sv msg01884/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [xpert]i815 - overlay output
i finally got it i applied the patch to i810_driver.c Thanks Matt for the hint :) --- i810_driver-unpatched.cThu Nov 29 19:40:28 2001 +++ i810_driver.c Thu Nov 29 19:40:01 2001 @@ -1452,8 +1452,8 @@ } /* OVRACT Register */ - i810Reg-OverlayActiveStart = mode-CrtcHTotal - 32; - i810Reg-OverlayActiveEnd = mode-CrtcHDisplay - 32; + i810Reg-OverlayActiveStart = mode-CrtcHTotal - 16; + i810Reg-OverlayActiveEnd = mode-CrtcHDisplay - 16; /* Turn on interlaced mode if necessary */ You can get the binary at http://shell.dnload.com/i810_drv.o Markus ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
Re: [Xpert]G400 and multihead displays
Are you using the HAL driver (mga_hal_drv.o)? HAL library is required by G400 cards to do multiheads display. You can get it from Matrox site, and by the way the newest driver, if you don't have it. Karl Frank Kujawski wrote: I cannot find the how to on multiheaded displays. I have added two screen, monitor and devices to my XF86config-4 file. I have also changed first section. It looks like everything loads, I get complete sections on MGA(0) and MGA(1), but it bombs during the video transformation. I then get a 104 error. I have a Matrox G400 with 16M of memory. I also see both heads each taking 8 MB of memory, I would rather one to take 15 MB and the other take 1 MB. I have a 1600x1200x24 monitor and a 640x480x8 monitor. Does any body have any ideas, or have I not included the correct information. Frank ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
RE: [xpert]i815 - overlay output
Wait...
I think this is going to be i815M specific. You'll probably have
to check the chip revision to be sure. Do something like
if(pI810-PciInfo-chipRev == Whatever yours is) {
i810Reg-OverlayActiveStart = mode-CrtcHTotal - 16;
i810Reg-OverlayActiveEnd = mode-CrtcHDisplay - 16;
}
else {
i810Reg-OverlayActiveStart = mode-CrtcHTotal - 32;
i810Reg-OverlayActiveEnd = mode-CrtcHDisplay - 32;
}
I'll do some testing and see if this problem really only happens on
the i815M or if it will happen on all i810/i815 with an LCD. The
test above should at least be safe until we know for sure.
-Matt
i finally got it i applied the patch to i810_driver.c
Thanks Matt for the hint :)
--- i810_driver-unpatched.cThu Nov 29 19:40:28 2001
+++ i810_driver.c Thu Nov 29 19:40:01 2001
@@ -1452,8 +1452,8 @@
}
/* OVRACT Register */
- i810Reg-OverlayActiveStart = mode-CrtcHTotal - 32;
- i810Reg-OverlayActiveEnd = mode-CrtcHDisplay - 32;
+ i810Reg-OverlayActiveStart = mode-CrtcHTotal - 16;
+ i810Reg-OverlayActiveEnd = mode-CrtcHDisplay - 16;
/* Turn on interlaced mode if necessary */
You can get the binary at http://shell.dnload.com/i810_drv.o
Markus
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[Xpert]XWrapper
What happened to Xwrapper in the XFree86 v4.x series? -- James Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] WarTech Software Computers 210 N. College Ave #1 College Place,WA 99324 509.526.7624 http://cs.wwc.edu/~davija ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
[Xpert]good dual-head video card solution for KDE/Xinerama Font AA
Hello all, I'm thinking of replacing my Matrox G450 with another card (or two cards) that will be usable with KDE2, Xinerama and Font Anti-Aliasing. The card(s) need to support 1280x1024 in at least 24 bit color (with a refresh rate of 70Mhz or higher) So far I've eliminated all dual-head matrox cards and 3dfx voodoo cards. The G450 drivers don't allow X Acceleration in the secondary display when using Font Anti-Aliasing with QT, and Matrox doesn't seem to care/notice the problem. 3dfx Voodoo cards lock X if they are not set as the primary video card in the BIOS. Does anyone out there have a good solution that you know works for these requirements? Thanks for any advice you can lend, darrell ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
RE: [Xpert]good dual-head video card solution for KDE/Xinerama Font AA
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Darrell Esau Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 4:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Xpert]good dual-head video card solution for KDE/Xinerama Font AA The G450 drivers don't allow X Acceleration in the secondary display when using Font Anti-Aliasing with QT, and Matrox doesn't seem to care/notice the problem. Have you tried the merged display mode that is available in the latest Matrox Powerdesk utility? I've only gone as far as to enable AA fonts and work with Konqueror but that seems to be working fine. If it doesn't work with whatever software you are running please let me know. Randall ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
[Xpert]Re: 3D acceleration broken by upgrading from 4.0.3 to 4.1.0
On 29 Nov 2001, James Gallagher wrote: I hope this is not a FAQ, but if it is I can't find it! I upgraded from 4.0.3 to 4.1.0 to see if that would stop random display freezes. When I did 3D acceleration stopped working. In the XFree86.0.log I see that X could not load the drm software: (==) R128(0): Write-combining range (0xf800,0x100) [drm] failed to load kernel module r128 (II) R128(0): [drm] drmOpen failed (EE) R128(0): [dri] DRIScreenInit failed. Disabling DRI. I tried loading the r128 module by hand (as described in the 4.1.0 docs re: DRI) and get an error as follows: [root@dcz tmp]# insmod /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/drivers/char/drm/r128.o /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/drivers/char/drm/r128.o: init_module: Cannot allocate memory Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters You are presumeably using Red Hat Linux 7.1 with the stock kernel from the 2.4.2-2 I see there. I've also tried using my old XFree86 config file but that didn't help. Here's the specifics of my system: Red hat 7.1 (kernel 2.4.9-19), ATI Rage 128 (actually it's an Xpert 128). Your above insmod is showing you trying to load a 2.4.2 kernel module presumeably into the 2.4.19 kernel, which definitely wont work. You _never_ need to ever load any kernel module for DRM to work. XFree86 loads the required kernel module itself. If it doesn't then you either don't have the proper kernel, or don't have the module for the card you're using. None of our officially released kernels for Red Hat Linux 7.1 contain DRM modules that are compatible with 4.1.0. You need to use the Red Hat Linux 7.2 kernel RPM packages to have working DRM with XFree86 4.1.0. How I upgraded: 4.0.3 was installed from red hat's CDROM; I got 4.1.0 binaries from the xfree86 web site and ran the Xinstall program. It is recommended to use the XFree86 4.1.0 RPM packages that come with Red Hat Linux 7.2 instead of the binaries from xfree86.org, as they contain the latest stable bug fixes from the xf-4_1-branch, as well as numerous other fixes and enhancements, and will integrate in with the rest of the system better. There most likely will be an XFree 4.1.0 release for 7.1 sometime but the 7.2 packages are fine for now. Any help would be appreciated and again, I apologize if this is a FAQ. If you're interested in tracking our RPM packages more closely, and following development, you might also like to join [EMAIL PROTECTED] I make test releases and send announcements there, as well as discussing issues that are specific to Red Hat Linux, etc. You can also try #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com if you'd like some realtime chatter. Hope this helps. TTYL -- -- Mike A. Harris Shipping/mailing address: OS Systems Engineer 190 Pittsburgh Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, XFree86 maintainer Ontario, Canada, P6C 5B3 Red Hat Inc.Phone: (705)949-2136 http://www.redhat.com ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris Red Hat XFree86 mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] General open IRC discussion:#xfree86 on irc.openprojects.net -- ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
Re: [Xpert]XWrapper
James Davis wrote: What happened to Xwrapper in the XFree86 v4.x series? It's no longer shipped/included by XFree86. The parameter checks and other security verifications were rolled into the core server. Some distro's still ship it, RH for example IIRC. -- Kevin ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
Re: [Xpert]How work is going?
On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Mark Vojkovich wrote: On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Gniazdowski wrote: Hi. How are developers doing with work on next relesa of XFree86 ? Some problems? Big changes? :) It's delayed because VA Linux laid off a bunch the people who were working on it. Most of them have new jobs already and have started working on it again. Delaye by how much ? May be there is still time to get GATOS patches in.. Vladimir Dergachev Mark. ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
[Xpert]BladeXP
Hi I am by no means a X expert and am trying the get my X working with my new notebook. The video card is a bladeXP and although though some of the other postings I have had some success, I still find that things are not quite right. For example the mouse acts very strangely and will at times jump all over the place and other times it works fine. I have the vga=791 line in lilo and and borrowed a XF86Config-4 to get it to this point. I tried the -configure but the result was a blank screen. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I might try next? Michael. -- Michael Piko Network Administrator Spherion Group Ltd Level 1, 493 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 3004 Tel: 61 3 9243 2385 Fax: 61 3 9820 2010Mob: 0419 884 153 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
Re: [Xpert]XWrapper
Where/how could I get ahold of a working version for something other than the distros that ship it? On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Kevin Brosius wrote: James Davis wrote: What happened to Xwrapper in the XFree86 v4.x series? It's no longer shipped/included by XFree86. The parameter checks and other security verifications were rolled into the core server. Some distro's still ship it, RH for example IIRC. -- Kevin ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
[Xpert]voodoo3 chip doc
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[Xpert]Dual screen
Title: Message Imake tvia cyberpro50xxgraphic card(4 pieces ormore) support multi monitor, but I can't find any doc describe this, ATI code is too complex! and I not sureother cards support this? Any one can help me? The important thingis how the multi card work together? Thanks best wishes! xhjin
[Xpert]Re: XWrapper
On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Kevin Brosius wrote: Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 18:53:00 -0500 From: Kevin Brosius [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: James Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii List-Id: General X Discussion xpert.XFree86.Org Subject: Re: XWrapper James Davis wrote: What happened to Xwrapper in the XFree86 v4.x series? It's no longer shipped/included by XFree86. The parameter checks and other security verifications were rolled into the core server. Some distro's still ship it, RH for example IIRC. It is needed for XFree86 3.3.6 servers still, which most distros still ship in addition to 4.x. -- -- Mike A. Harris Shipping/mailing address: OS Systems Engineer 190 Pittsburgh Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, XFree86 maintainer Ontario, Canada, P6C 5B3 Red Hat Inc.Phone: (705)949-2136 http://www.redhat.com ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris Red Hat XFree86 mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] General open IRC discussion:#xfree86 on irc.openprojects.net -- ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
[Xpert]I'm leaving, permanently.
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