Re: XFree vs. xorg

2004-08-06 Thread Mike
Nathan Kroll wrote: I have recently become aware of the fact that Debian is still using XFree86 4.3 on all of its releases and seems to have no plans on converting to xorg. Is this true? Is there development underway for make xorg the new default x server? I'm just wondering because it seems odd t

Re: XFree vs. xorg

2004-08-06 Thread Florian Ernst
Hello! On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 11:12:50AM -0500, Nathan Kroll wrote: > I have recently become aware of the fact that Debian is still using > XFree86 4.3 on all of its releases and seems to have no plans on > converting to xorg. Is this true? Is there development underway for > make xorg the new d

Re: XFree vs. xorg

2004-08-06 Thread matt zagrabelny
On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 11:12, Nathan Kroll wrote: > I have recently become aware of the fact that Debian is still using > XFree86 4.3 on all of its releases and seems to have no plans on > converting to xorg. Is this true? Is there development underway for > make xorg the new default x server? > >

XFree vs. xorg

2004-08-06 Thread Nathan Kroll
I have recently become aware of the fact that Debian is still using XFree86 4.3 on all of its releases and seems to have no plans on converting to xorg. Is this true? Is there development underway for make xorg the new default x server? I'm just wondering because it seems odd to me that debian is

Re: Xnest keyboard map lost? (Woody, XFree 4.1)

2004-08-01 Thread Web Michael
Martin, I had the same problem under linux. Try to disable the X-keyboard extension with the option "-kb". Example: " Xnest -query localhost -kb :11" . Please tell me, if it works. Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PRO

Xfree dfsg and very long applications start time

2004-05-15 Thread Axel
Hello, I have upgraded xfree in Sid to 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1. Now all the graphical applications take a very long time to start, typically a few minutes. Once they have started, they work fine. I checked the logs, but I couldn't see anything helpful to understand what's going on. Anybod

Re: xfree and windowmaker

2004-04-16 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 08:15:35PM +0200, kevin thackray wrote: > not load font > -*-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,-*-*-medium-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*. > Trying fixed. > /usr/lib/GNUstep/System/Applications/WPrefs.app/WPrefs warning: could > not load font > -*-helvetica-medium-r-n

Re: xfree and windowmaker

2004-04-15 Thread Aurel
It may be a WMaker problem Install wmakerconf (apt-get install wmakerconf). launch it and go to Appearance Tab, you can choose the font for each component. Aurel. kevin thackray wrote: I was using previewsly a slackware so i am not very handy with debian scripts (which i find it quit powerfull

xfree and windowmaker

2004-04-15 Thread kevin thackray
I was using previewsly a slackware so i am not very handy with debian scripts (which i find it quit powerfull). I have a font size problem with my window manager (wmaker) : all my apps aprears really big as osd dispay is ok. in x config i have : == XFConfig-4=== # Font section #

XFree Cursor Themes

2004-03-28 Thread Simon Watson
Hi, I'm having great problems using the different themes of cursor in XFree86. I'm using the update-alternatives method to change to "whiteglass" theme - and this works to a point. When gdm loads, all is fine - but when I log into Gnome - the icons become "huge", sort of 32x32 as opposed to 24x24.

XFree Cursor Themes

2004-03-28 Thread Simon Watson
Hi, I'm having great problems using the different themes of cursor in XFree86. I'm using the update-alternatives method to change to "whiteglass" theme - and this works to a point. When gdm loads, all is fine - but when I log into Gnome - the icons become "huge", sort of 32x32 as opposed to 24x24.

Re: Mouse problem with kernel 2.6.3 and Xfree 4.3.0-2

2004-03-14 Thread Manu
thanks It definitely helped!!! Manu --- ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, > > that works for me with kernel 2.6.3 and XFree 4.3: > > i had to add the modules > > mousedev > psmouse > > in /etc/modules > > hth > > ben > > Manu w

Re: After XFree/KDE upgrades fonts shrunk about 5 points

2004-03-10 Thread Brad Sims
On Wednesday 10 March 2004 11:24 pm, Brad Sims wrote: > I did this: > DisplaySize     382 279 > (my screen is 15" horz x 11" vert > but nothing... > Am I doing it wrong? Got it I wanted DisplaySize 260 195 1024 /100 dpi is 10.24" or 260 mm So just for the archives the formula for screen size

Re: After XFree/KDE upgrades fonts shrunk about 5 points

2004-03-10 Thread Brad Sims
On Wednesday 10 March 2004 8:09 pm, Josh Metzler wrote: > I recommend > setting the DisplaySize parameter in the Monitor section in your > XF86Config-4.  This will result in X setting the true dpi of your monitor. > I did this: DisplaySize 382 279 (my screen is 15" horz x 11" vert but nothin

Re: After XFree/KDE upgrades fonts shrunk about 5 points

2004-03-10 Thread Josh Metzler
On Wednesday 10 March 2004 07:43 pm, Brad Sims wrote: > Any ideas? Gnome fonts share in the shrinkage > > Everything looks normal in /etc... (ie I didn't change anything) KDM no longer includes the -dpi 100 argument in /etc/kde3/kdm/Xservers. So, if you are starting things from KDM, that may be

After XFree/KDE upgrades fonts shrunk about 5 points

2004-03-10 Thread Brad Sims
Any ideas? Gnome fonts share in the shrinkage Everything looks normal in /etc... (ie I didn't change anything) -- "Next week, a doctor with a flashlight shows us where sales projections come from." - Dogbert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Mouse problem with kernel 2.6.3 and Xfree 4.3.0-2

2004-03-07 Thread Pigeon
On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 04:44:41AM -0800, Manu wrote: > Hi > > I am having a problem with my mouse (Psaux) and cannot > figure out what it is. It not working at all. > Everything else work but my mouse... > > I have attached the log when booting with kernel 2.6.3 > > and my Xfree86 configuration

Re: Mouse problem with kernel 2.6.3 and Xfree 4.3.0-2

2004-03-07 Thread ben
hi, that works for me with kernel 2.6.3 and XFree 4.3: i had to add the modules mousedev psmouse in /etc/modules hth ben Manu wrote: Hi I am having a problem with my mouse (Psaux) and cannot figure out what it is. It not working at all. Everything else work but my mouse... I have attached

Re: Mouse problem with kernel 2.6.3 and Xfree 4.3.0-2

2004-03-07 Thread Kenneth Macdonald Karlsen
Manu wrote: Hi I am having a problem with my mouse (Psaux) and cannot figure out what it is. It not working at all. Everything else work but my mouse... I have attached the log when booting with kernel 2.6.3 and my Xfree86 configuration any idea? Thanks Manu _

Re: ATI drivers 3.7.0 for XFree 4.3 *just now* released?!?

2004-03-07 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 14:25:09 -0800 Number Six <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh, and the upshot of the Slashdot post is these are the first > OFFICIAL ATI drivers for XFree 4.3.0 --- but that's not true. I swear > my memory is that there have been 4.3.0 drivers posted on ATI&#x

Re: ATI drivers 3.7.0 for XFree 4.3 *just now* released?!?

2004-03-06 Thread hanasaki
On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 02:21:32PM -0800, Number Six wrote: >> Why does ATI claim they are just now released, and what does Slashdot >> think so as well? Oh, and the upshot of the Slashdot post is these are the first OFFICIAL ATI drivers for XFree 4.3.0 --- but that's not true.

Re: ATI drivers 3.7.0 for XFree 4.3 *just now* released?!?

2004-03-06 Thread Nick Lidakis
spomething this specific but do you have any insight about xv support? in 9800? in the latest drivers? etc? "All radeons have open source 2D support." This is according to the DRI website. I had problems with Xv and overlay under Xfree 4.2 and my 9700 pro. It all works nicely now

[Fwd: Re: ATI drivers 3.7.0 for XFree 4.3 *just now* released?!?]

2004-03-06 Thread Nick Lidakis
of which card they had. There is a sticky thread at the Rage3D Linux forum here: http://www.rage3d.com/board/forumdisplay.php?s=7237387fb3bcfc501d16f7cbfe59dee4&forumid=61 I have a ATI radeon 9700 Pro, and 2D in Debian's unstable Xfree 4.3. Xv and overlay is fixed. According to the f

Re: ATI drivers 3.7.0 for XFree 4.3 *just now* released?!?

2004-03-06 Thread Number Six
pport? in 9800? in the > latest drivers? etc? > > > I have a ATI radeon 9700 Pro, and 2D in Debian's unstable Xfree 4.3. Xv > > and overlay is fixed. Boy, I'm stupid. Over and out. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ATI drivers 3.7.0 for XFree 4.3 *just now* released?!?

2004-03-06 Thread Number Six
ge3D Linux forum here: > http://www.rage3d.com/board/forumdisplay.php?s=7237387fb3bcfc501d16f7cbfe59dee4&forumid=61 > > I have a ATI radeon 9700 Pro, and 2D in Debian's unstable Xfree 4.3. Xv > and overlay is fixed. > > According to the forum, there is a "hotfix"

Re: ATI drivers 3.7.0 for XFree 4.3 *just now* released?!?

2004-03-06 Thread Number Six
On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 02:21:32PM -0800, Number Six wrote: > Why does ATI claim they are just now released, and what does Slashdot > think so as well? Oh, and the upshot of the Slashdot post is these are the first OFFICIAL ATI drivers for XFree 4.3.0 --- but that's not true. I swea

ATI drivers 3.7.0 for XFree 4.3 *just now* released?!?

2004-03-06 Thread Number Six
What am I not getting? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/06/1436223&mode=nested http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html The release date for 3.7.0 on the ATI site is 3/2/04. But the fglrx-4.3.0-*_3.7.0-3_i386.deb .debs I downloaded from: http://xoomer.virgilio.it/flavi

Re: Bad News -- Xfree 4.4 is out

2004-02-29 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 02:21:04AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 09:06:34PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > > This means that unless SOMETHING is done about the license, it has just > > become Non-Free. Sorry. > > Before spreading FUD, please understand that "GPL-incompatible"

Re: Xfree 4.4 is out

2004-02-29 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > Great news! 4.4 version is out. > > http://www.xfree.org/#newrel > > Finally my card is there (ati radeon 9800) Look for the Xfree86 license problem in lwn.net before you get too happy. Until that mess is sorted out one way or another, you will fi

Re: Bad News -- Xfree 4.4 is out

2004-02-29 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sun, 2004-02-29 at 21:21, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 09:06:34PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > > Sorry Folks... but XFree86 v4.4 is GPL incompatible: > > > > to quote from http://xfree86.org/legal/licenses.html > > > > quote > > What about GPL-compatibility? > > > > T

Re: Bad News -- Xfree 4.4 is out

2004-02-29 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 09:06:34PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > Sorry Folks... but XFree86 v4.4 is GPL incompatible: > > to quote from http://xfree86.org/legal/licenses.html > > quote > What about GPL-compatibility? > > The 1.1 license is not GPL-compatible. To avoid new issues with > ap

Re: Bad News -- Xfree 4.4 is out

2004-02-29 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sun, 2004-02-29 at 14:47, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > Great news! 4.4 version is out. > > http://www.xfree.org/#newrel > > Finally my card is there (ati radeon 9800) Sorry Folks... but XFree86 v4.4 is GPL incompatible: to quote from http://xfree86.org/legal/licenses.html quote What a

Xfree 4.4 is out

2004-02-29 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
Great news! 4.4 version is out. http://www.xfree.org/#newrel Finally my card is there (ati radeon 9800) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: woes with xfree 4.3 ...

2004-02-22 Thread Clemens Schwaighofer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Brad Sims wrote: | On Friday 20 February 2004 12:05 am, Chris Metzler wrote: | |>I use "apparently" and "supposedly" because I haven't experienced |>this myself, since I haven't yet upgraded; but that's what I've read |>in various places today, includin

Re: woes with xfree 4.3 ...

2004-02-20 Thread Brad Sims
On Friday 20 February 2004 12:05 am, Chris Metzler wrote: > I use "apparently" and "supposedly" because I haven't experienced > this myself, since I haven't yet upgraded; but that's what I've read > in various places today, including a thread about it at /. of all > places) I can verify both for y

(Solution) DRI Problems with latest XFree

2004-02-20 Thread Brad Sims
Glxinfo showed no DRI, XFree86.log and dsmeg showed that it did load and was working properly. (though it wasn't) A gentleman in #debian-devel suggested that I downgrade xlibmesa-dri to version xlibmesa-dri_4.3.0-0pre1v5_i386.deb and bang it now works . -- The Internet is the most powerful stu

Re: woes with xfree 4.3 ...

2004-02-19 Thread Chris Metzler
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 14:48:53 +0900 Clemens Schwaighofer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Roberto Sanchez wrote: > | Clemens Schwaighofer wrote: > | > |> Hi, > > | > | Did you install xlibmesa-gl and xlibmesa-dri? They replace > | xlibmesa3-gl and

Re: woes with xfree 4.3 ...

2004-02-19 Thread Clemens Schwaighofer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Roberto Sanchez wrote: | Clemens Schwaighofer wrote: | |> Hi, | | Did you install xlibmesa-gl and xlibmesa-dri? They replace | xlibmesa3-gl and xlibmesa3-dri, respectively. Yes of course. If I remeber correctly, thats even done automatically. I have al

Re: woes with xfree 4.3 ...

2004-02-19 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Clemens Schwaighofer wrote: Hi, Yesterday I ugraded 4.3, and actually I didn't except any problems because I had several other distributions running it without problem, but ... Well, in basic, everything is fine, except that DRI doesn't work. XFree says its enabled, but glxinfo AND

woes with xfree 4.3 ...

2004-02-19 Thread Clemens Schwaighofer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Yesterday I ugraded 4.3, and actually I didn't except any problems because I had several other distributions running it without problem, but ... Well, in basic, everything is fine, except that DRI doesn't work. XFree says its en

Corrupt keymapping after a failed upgrade to XFree 4.3.0

2004-02-02 Thread Pål Dahle
le, but would like to get some more insight into the underlying problem. I don't see any warnings or error messages in the XFree log file. Any suggestions? Cheers, Paal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: question on xfree 4.3

2004-02-01 Thread Doug Holland
On Sunday 01 February 2004 02:40 am, Rob Weir wrote: > On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 04:03:18PM +0530, Sanjay Chigurupati said > > > Hi, > > was looking to upgrade xfree 4.3 . After looking around, find that its on > > debian mirror, but some patching is on. > > > &g

Re: question on xfree 4.3

2004-02-01 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 04:03:18PM +0530, Sanjay Chigurupati said > > Hi, > was looking to upgrade xfree 4.3 . After looking around, find that its on > debian mirror, but some patching is on. > > does anyone know when it will be made available? It is already available, i

Re: ATI radeon 9200, 2.6 kernel, xfree 4.3 - but still bad performance (dri failing?)

2004-01-29 Thread Alan Chandler
On Monday 26 January 2004 6:34 pm, Michael Biebl wrote: an, > > i also own a radeon 9200 and had similar problems. What does lsmod show, > is the agpgart and radeon module loaded? Yes > When I switched to 2.6 these two modules were loaded in my case, but dri > didn't work also. > The trick was, th

Re: ATI radeon 9200, 2.6 kernel, xfree 4.3 - but still bad performance (dri failing?)

2004-01-29 Thread Alan Chandler
On Tuesday 27 January 2004 2:01 pm, Michael Biebl wrote: > hanasaki wrote: > > I have DRI working but check out my glxgears output! ... > > Hi Alan, > > I think we're getting closer ;-) > Did you check if the via_agp module was loaded without problems and You are confusing me with Hanasaki - I don

Re: ATI radeon 9200, 2.6 kernel, xfree 4.3 - but still bad performance (dri failing?)

2004-01-27 Thread Michael Biebl
LeVA wrote: [..] I have also a 9200 radeon with xfree4.3. The fact is, that the 9200 chipset is not supported by XFree4.3's 'radeon' driver. This is what I see when I try to load that driver: (...) (II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon chipsets: ATI Radeon QD (AGP), (...) ATI Radeon 9000 If (AGP),

Re: ATI radeon 9200, 2.6 kernel, xfree 4.3 - but still bad performance (dri failing?)

2004-01-27 Thread LeVA
ver. So I have to use the fglrx driver if I want to use up what this card is really for... XFree4.4rc2's radeon driver can do the fullscreen xv with xawtv, and can play video with -vo xv with mplayer. You decide what you want to do, but I don't like this card now as much as I liked it

Re: ATI radeon 9200, 2.6 kernel, xfree 4.3 - but still bad performance (dri failing?)

2004-01-27 Thread Michael Biebl
hanasaki wrote: I have DRI working but check out my glxgears output! 1453 frames in 5.0 seconds = 290.600 FPS This is less than 20% of what you have! Could you help me out? Below is the output of lsmod thanks lsmod Module Size Used by radeon116332 2 [...]

Re: ATI radeon 9200, 2.6 kernel, xfree 4.3 - but still bad performance (dri failing?)

2004-01-26 Thread Michael Biebl
n package "xserver-xfree" and "xlibmesa-dri" are from experimental - giving the following version string in the log XFree86 Version 4.3.0.1 (Debian 4.3.0-0pre1v5 20031207095205 [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Hi Alan, i also own a radeon 9200 and had similar problems. What does lsmod show,

Re: ATI radeon 9200, 2.6 kernel, xfree 4.3 - but still bad performance (dri failing?)

2004-01-25 Thread Roberto Sanchez
hanasaki wrote: Below output should answer your question. It is an ATI 9000 based board from PowerColor 128MB and outputs for VGA, DVI and TV 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R250 If [Radeon 9000] (rev 01) 01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rad

Re: ATI radeon 9200, 2.6 kernel, xfree 4.3 - but still bad performance (dri failing?)

2004-01-25 Thread Alan Chandler
> On Sunday 25 January 2004 8:46 am, Peter Schönfeld wrote: > > Hi, > > > > try http://kano.mipooh.net/ there is a script called > > > > install-radeon-debian.sh, run it as root with X not running. OK took the plunge 1) It has replaced the XFree open source dr

Re: ATI radeon 9200, 2.6 kernel, xfree 4.3 - but still bad performance (dri failing?)

2004-01-25 Thread Alan Chandler
On Sunday 25 January 2004 8:46 am, Peter Schönfeld wrote: > Hi, > > try http://kano.mipooh.net/ there is a script called > > install-radeon-debian.sh, run it as root with X not running. > Why that one, and not (for instance) install-radeon-agpgart-debian.sh Thats a pretty scary thing to do. I

Re: ATI radeon 9200, 2.6 kernel, xfree 4.3 - but still bad performance (dri failing?)

2004-01-25 Thread Peter Schönfeld
ve switched back to Debian, I can get > it to work, and I can't find out whats wrong. > > I am using a standard "kernel-image-2.6.0-1-k7" debian package > > "xserver-xfree" and "xlibmesa-dri" are from experimental - giving the > following vers

Re: ATI radeon 9200, 2.6 kernel, xfree 4.3 - but still bad performance (dri failing?)

2004-01-24 Thread hanasaki
kernel 2.6.1 xfree 4.3 from experimental (pinned) The x4.3 does a very nice job finding the card, agp and drm. What chipset do you have? -Roberto -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ATI radeon 9200, 2.6 kernel, xfree 4.3 - but still bad performance (dri failing?)

2004-01-24 Thread Roberto Sanchez
hanasaki wrote: I have had zero success with the 3D. I was using straight sarge with its xfree4.2 and 2D acceleration. Downloaded the ATI stuff and still no luck. Same situation with my current setup, below: debian sarge kernel 2.6.1 xfree 4.3 from experimental (pinned) The x4.3

Re: ATI radeon 9200, 2.6 kernel, xfree 4.3 - but still bad performance (dri failing?)

2004-01-24 Thread Alan Chandler
On Saturday 24 January 2004 11:31 pm, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Alan Chandler wrote: > > I an trying to get my radeon 9200 based graphics to perform properly with > > 3D. It worked with Gentoo, but now I've switched back to Debian, I can > > get it to work, and I can't find out whats wrong. > > [SNI

Re: ATI radeon 9200, 2.6 kernel, xfree 4.3 - but still bad performance (dri failing?)

2004-01-24 Thread hanasaki
I have had zero success with the 3D. I was using straight sarge with its xfree4.2 and 2D acceleration. Downloaded the ATI stuff and still no luck. Same situation with my current setup, below: debian sarge kernel 2.6.1 xfree 4.3 from experimental (pinned) The x4.3 does

Re: ATI radeon 9200, 2.6 kernel, xfree 4.3 - but still bad performance (dri failing?)

2004-01-24 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Alan Chandler wrote: I an trying to get my radeon 9200 based graphics to perform properly with 3D. It worked with Gentoo, but now I've switched back to Debian, I can get it to work, and I can't find out whats wrong. [SNIP] (WW) RADEON(0): [agp] AGP not available [SNIP] Are you loading the agpg

ATI radeon 9200, 2.6 kernel, xfree 4.3 - but still bad performance (dri failing?)

2004-01-24 Thread Alan Chandler
I an trying to get my radeon 9200 based graphics to perform properly with 3D. It worked with Gentoo, but now I've switched back to Debian, I can get it to work, and I can't find out whats wrong. I am using a standard "kernel-image-2.6.0-1-k7" debian package "xserver

question on xfree 4.3

2004-01-22 Thread Sanjay Chigurupati
Hi, was looking to upgrade xfree 4.3 . After looking around, find that its on debian mirror, but some patching is on. does anyone know when it will be made available? regards, Sanjay -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Cont

Re: Xfree setup: does AGP require anything special?

2004-01-18 Thread Uwe Dippel
On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 01:40:13 +0100, Jonathan Matthews wrote: > Unfortunately, I'm not doing a great job. I did a netinstall from > debian-installer (12-01-04, FWIW, and it *rocks*!), but can't seem to > get X to come up at all. My usual approaches in such cases: 1. (as proposed by another pos

Re: Xfree setup: does AGP require anything special?

2004-01-17 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 12:34:27AM +, Jonathan Matthews wrote: > Doing a bit of advocay, I've managed to convince a friend to try Debian > on his newly put-together PC for a bit, while he saves up the £165 WinXP > tax. > > Unfortunately, I'm not doing a great job. I did a netinstall from >

Re: Xfree setup: does AGP require anything special?

2004-01-17 Thread Bijan Soleymani
On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 12:34:27AM +, Jonathan Matthews wrote: > I'll happily post any config files here, but (off the top of my head) > the problem is that X bombs after a couple of seconds with "no screens > found". He's got a NVidia FX mumble in there. I know that some nvidia cards will

Re: Xfree setup: does AGP require anything special?

2004-01-17 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Jonathan Matthews wrote: Doing a bit of advocay, I've managed to convince a friend to try Debian on his newly put-together PC for a bit, while he saves up the £165 WinXP tax. Unfortunately, I'm not doing a great job. I did a netinstall from debian-installer (12-01-04, FWIW, and it *rocks*!), b

Re: Xfree setup: does AGP require anything special?

2004-01-17 Thread rnmscott
Have you tried Knoppix or something like that to see if that works graphically? If so, you can take the X config stuff from there - Original Message - From: Jonathan Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, January 18, 2004 11:34 am Subject: Xfree setup: does AGP require an

Xfree setup: does AGP require anything special?

2004-01-17 Thread Jonathan Matthews
Doing a bit of advocay, I've managed to convince a friend to try Debian on his newly put-together PC for a bit, while he saves up the £165 WinXP tax. Unfortunately, I'm not doing a great job. I did a netinstall from debian-installer (12-01-04, FWIW, and it *rocks*!), but can't seem to get X t

chip selection in xfree snapshot

2004-01-14 Thread Attila Csosz
Hi, I compiled the latest snapshot xfree for my ATI 9800 Pro card. My question: which is the best selection from chipsets while running "xf86config" ; ("ati" or "radeon")? Thanks Attila -- - - M

Re: could you give a link for xfree 4.3 deb-s for woody? thanks

2004-01-13 Thread Axel Burwitz
Attila Csosz wrote: > http://opensource.nchc.org.tw./apt/xfree86-4.3/woody ./ rgds Axel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: could you give a link for xfree 4.3 deb-s for woody? thanks

2004-01-12 Thread Kevin B. McCarty
Put in /etc/apt/sources.list : deb http://backports.org/debian/ stable/pre xfree86 deb-src http://backports.org/debian/ stable/pre xfree86 See here for more information: http://backports.org/installation.html regards, -- Kevin B. McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Physics Department WWW: http://www.pr

could you give a link for xfree 4.3 deb-s for woody? thanks

2004-01-12 Thread Attila Csosz
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Re: xfree 4.3 in sid anytime soon?

2004-01-04 Thread Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka
On Sat, 2004-01-03 at 19:19, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka wrote: > > On Sat, 2004-01-03 at 17:57, GCS wrote: > > > >>On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 12:05:56PM -0500, Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>wrote: > >> > >>>Since it was released about 10 months ago, shouldn't this alre

Re: xfree 4.3 in sid anytime soon?

2004-01-03 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka wrote: On Sat, 2004-01-03 at 17:57, GCS wrote: On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 12:05:56PM -0500, Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Since it was released about 10 months ago, shouldn't this already be known? Yup, you are right. Anyway, they did break it last time: I had a h

Re: xfree 4.3 in sid anytime soon?

2004-01-03 Thread Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka
On Sat, 2004-01-03 at 17:57, GCS wrote: > On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 12:05:56PM -0500, Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Since it was released about 10 months ago, shouldn't this already be > > known? > Yup, you are right. Anyway, they did break it last time: I had a hard > session on up

Re: xfree 4.3 in sid anytime soon?

2004-01-03 Thread GCS
On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 12:05:56PM -0500, Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since it was released about 10 months ago, shouldn't this already be > known? Yup, you are right. Anyway, they did break it last time: I had a hard session on upgrading 4.3.0pre4 to pre5 without apt would remove

Re: xfree 4.3 in sid anytime soon?

2004-01-03 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Colin Watson wrote: I heard from someone that the reason 4.2 is still in unstable is because they don't want 4.3 filtering into testing before sarge is released. That true? I think that's a misrepresentation, at least at the moment. They don't want it filtering into testing before it *works* on a

Re: xfree 4.3 in sid anytime soon?

2004-01-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 02:37:46PM +1100, Jon wrote: > And further, will 4.4 be out by then? If so, what happens to the work > that's gone into packaging 4.3, ie. the stuff in experimental? Will > they just skip that and start packaging 4.4? You could, of course, answer questions like this by look

Re: xfree 4.3 in sid anytime soon?

2004-01-02 Thread Jon
> what's holding up x 4.3 from going into sid? > Is it going to be a long time? I'd also like to know this. Why is it that the Debian 'X Strike Force' can't get 4.3 into unstable? Note that 4.3 was released on the 27th of February 2003. Let's have a bet. Who thinks this 'strike force' can get 4

Re: xfree 4.3 in sid anytime soon?

2004-01-02 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 05:03:22PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > Should I just do it manually? Is it going to be a long time? No. Go pull it from experimental. - -- .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : `. `'` proud Debian admin

Re: xfree 4.3 in sid anytime soon?

2004-01-01 Thread Nano Nano
On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 11:22:49PM -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > > > Hi Nano Nano (are you from Mork's planet?), > I'm using 4.3 from experminatal. Are you aware that 'expermintal' is not > a complete distro like stable/testing/unstable. So you only get the > package you need and when you update, you

Re: xfree 4.3 in sid anytime soon?

2004-01-01 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 05:03:22PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > what's holding up x 4.3 from going into sid? > > There's some xv-enhancements for my old C&T chip I need. > I did it manually once. I don't feel like messing with experimental. > Hi Nano Nano (are you from Mork's planet?), I'm using 4.

xfree 4.3 in sid anytime soon?

2004-01-01 Thread Nano Nano
what's holding up x 4.3 from going into sid? There's some xv-enhancements for my old C&T chip I need. I did it manually once. I don't feel like messing with experimental. Should I just do it manually? Is it going to be a long time? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec

Problems to install XFree C headers

2003-12-11 Thread Jose Francisco Neto
Hello All, First of all I must tell that I'm not a subscriber. I'm trying to compile wine but I'm facing the above problem. config.status: executing windows commands *** Warning: X development files not found. Wine w

Re: xfree won't start w/ video card sis630

2003-12-09 Thread emilp
--On Tuesday, December 09, 2003 17:01:38 -0700 Terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: XFree cannot start. When I select the option to start the program to make adjustments, the monitor flashes from black to a small window with the monitor's settings and the message "out of range&quo

xfree won't start w/ video card sis630

2003-12-09 Thread Terry
XFree cannot start. When I select the option to start the program to make adjustments, the monitor flashes from black to a small window with the monitor's settings and the message "out of range". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscrib

Problems to install XFree C headers

2003-12-09 Thread Jose Francisco Neto
Hello All, I'm trying to compile wine but I'm facing the above problem. config.status: executing windows commands *** Warning: X development files not found. Wine will be built without *** X support, which currently does

Re: When will the new XFree make it into Debian?

2003-12-07 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Tom Allison wrote: Roberto Sanchez wrote: I know this has been discussed to death already. But what is holding up XFree86 4.3 from making it into unstable? I have been using 4.3 from experimental for a few months, but 4.3 was released almost a year ago and 4.4 will probably be out soon. Just wo

Re: When will the new XFree make it into Debian?

2003-12-07 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Mariano Kamp wrote: Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: __ I know this has been discussed to death already. But what is holding up XFree86 4.3 from making it into unstable? I have been using 4.3 from experimental for a few months, but 4.3 was released almost a year ago and 4.4 will

Re: When will the new XFree make it into Debian?

2003-12-07 Thread Tom Allison
Roberto Sanchez wrote: I know this has been discussed to death already. But what is holding up XFree86 4.3 from making it into unstable? I have been using 4.3 from experimental for a few months, but 4.3 was released almost a year ago and 4.4 will probably be out soon. Just wondering. -Roberto Wh

Re: ATI Radeon 9800 XL / XFree 4.3?

2003-12-07 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Mariano Kamp wrote: On Sunday 07 December 2003 21:11, Roberto Sanchez wrote: Mariano Kamp wrote: Hi, I have an ATI Radeon 9800 XL card and want to use it with debian/unstable Kernel 2.6. From what my googling turned up so far I would need XFree 4.3? In unstable I "only" found XFre

Re: ATI Radeon 9800 XL / XFree 4.3?

2003-12-07 Thread Mariano Kamp
On Sunday 07 December 2003 21:11, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Mariano Kamp wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have an ATI Radeon 9800 XL card and want to use it with > > debian/unstable Kernel 2.6. > > > > From what my googling turned up so far I would need XFree 4.

re: When will the new XFree make it into Debian?

2003-12-07 Thread Mariano Kamp
Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: __ >I know this has been discussed to death already. But what is holding up >XFree86 4.3 from making it into unstable? I have been using 4.3 from >experimental for a few months, but 4.3 was released almost a year ago >and 4.4 will probably be ou

Re: When will the new XFree make it into Debian?

2003-12-07 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 15:19:24 -0500 Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know this has been discussed to death already. But what is holding > up XFree86 4.3 from making it into unstable? I have been using 4.3 > from experimental for a few months, but 4.3 was released almost a year > ago

When will the new XFree make it into Debian?

2003-12-07 Thread Roberto Sanchez
I know this has been discussed to death already. But what is holding up XFree86 4.3 from making it into unstable? I have been using 4.3 from experimental for a few months, but 4.3 was released almost a year ago and 4.4 will probably be out soon. Just wondering. -Roberto pgp0.pgp Descriptio

Re: ATI Radeon 9800 XL / XFree 4.3?

2003-12-07 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Mariano Kamp wrote: Hi, I have an ATI Radeon 9800 XL card and want to use it with debian/unstable Kernel 2.6. From what my googling turned up so far I would need XFree 4.3? In unstable I "only" found XFree 4.1. On apt-get.org I found XFree 4.3 for woody. Would I be able to u

ATI Radeon 9800 XL / XFree 4.3?

2003-12-07 Thread Mariano Kamp
Hi, I have an ATI Radeon 9800 XL card and want to use it with debian/unstable Kernel 2.6. From what my googling turned up so far I would need XFree 4.3? In unstable I "only" found XFree 4.1. On apt-get.org I found XFree 4.3 for woody. Would I be able to use it? Any other p

alternate apt source for xfree 4.3 woody backport?

2003-12-02 Thread tjm3
Hello. people.debian.org is still down. Is there a backup apt source for the xfree 4.3 backport for woody available? thanks, tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Radeon9200 + XFree 4.3 + DRI problem

2003-11-28 Thread Michael Lucas-Smith
Hi, I've read the hundreds of DRM problems related to using ATI Radeon cards 9x00+'s, but I've hit a wall that doesn't seem to have been described yet. Basically, I've got a Radeon9200. I've got the DRI trunk modules in my 2.6.0-test9 kernel, I've got the xfree86 4.3.0 DRI trunk version and those

Help: Xfree and P4 with hyperthreading - CRASH

2003-11-25 Thread Fabio Muzzi
Hello debian-user, I have installed a Debian Woody with a 2.4.22 kernel taken from Debian unstable on a Intel 865 mainboard with a Pentium4 processor with hyperthreading support. The kernel is configured as SMP and it can see the two "virtual" processors correctly. Everything works but X cra

Re: Building XFree 4.3

2003-11-20 Thread Mike Fedyk
On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 11:28:01PM +, . . wrote: > >>Hi everyone I'm tring to build Xfree 4.3 on my debian system because I > >>need a patch to the siliconmotion driver that has only been committed in > >>4.3.99. > >> > >>I'm trying tw

Re: Building XFree 4.3

2003-11-16 Thread . .
Hi everyone I'm tring to build Xfree 4.3 on my debian system because I need a patch to the siliconmotion driver that has only been committed in 4.3.99. I'm trying two separate paths, and I'm stuck in either. If you send us a diff, we can include it in the next release. Why d

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