[branden@deadbeast.net: [picone@titan.eti.br: xf86cfg problems]]

2000-12-08 Thread Seth Arnold
Temporarily gone. Explanation cut; i'm tired of typing it. (archives full explanation.) - Forwarded message from Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Envelope-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivery-date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 09:28:26 -0800 Resent-Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 09:24:50 -0800 (PST) X-Envelop

Re: r128 driver still borked in XF4.0.1-9pre10

2000-12-08 Thread Michel Dänzer
Michael Flaig wrote: > > > > > Does XF4 work on your Pismo now ? > > > > > > > > No, not the -8 packages. Waiting for new ones... > > > > > > Have you downloaded the xfree4 from deb > > > http://people.debian.org/~branden/ woody/powerpc/ > > > > > > they are now -10 ... > > > > Well, I would have

Re: the continuing adventures of XFree86 4.0.1

2000-12-08 Thread Michel Dänzer
"Christian T. Steigies" wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 11:30:15PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > "Christian T. Steigies" wrote: > > > > > I have no PCI bus, I don't see PCI mentioned in the config file, is > > > there a way to stop loading that? > > > > Have you worked on the PCI code now? On

Re: 24+8 bit color depth overlay for ATI 3D RagePro?

2000-12-08 Thread Michel Dänzer
Louis Tsui wrote: > Is 24+8 bit color depth overlay supported for ATI 3D RagePro by XF 4.0.1? Hardly. The only drivers I know support this are glint and mga. Michel -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \ memb

[branden@deadbeast.net: [picone@titan.eti.br: xf86cfg problems]]

2000-12-08 Thread Seth Arnold
Temporarily gone. Explanation cut; i'm tired of typing it. (archives full explanation.) - Forwarded message from Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Envelope-to: sarnold@localhost Delivery-date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 09:28:26 -0800 Resent-Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 09:24:50 -0800 (PST) X-Envelo

Re: How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-08 Thread Karl Hammar
About starting X from init. --- This works: # tail -1 /etc/inittab t0:2:respawn:/root/bin/runx # cat /root/bin/runx #!/bin/sh /usr/bin/X11/X :1 vt10 & pid=$! sleep 2 export DISPLAY=:1 set > /tmp/set.log /usr/bin/X11/xterm >& /tmp/x.log # or your X

Re: r128 driver still borked in XF4.0.1-9pre10

2000-12-08 Thread Michel Dänzer
Michael Flaig wrote: > > > > > Does XF4 work on your Pismo now ? > > > > > > > > No, not the -8 packages. Waiting for new ones... > > > > > > Have you downloaded the xfree4 from deb > > > http://people.debian.org/~branden/ woody/powerpc/ > > > > > > they are now -10 ... > > > > Well, I would have

Re: the continuing adventures of XFree86 4.0.1

2000-12-08 Thread Michel Dänzer
"Christian T. Steigies" wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 11:30:15PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > "Christian T. Steigies" wrote: > > > > > I have no PCI bus, I don't see PCI mentioned in the config file, is > > > there a way to stop loading that? > > > > Have you worked on the PCI code now? O

Re: 24+8 bit color depth overlay for ATI 3D RagePro?

2000-12-08 Thread Michel Dänzer
Louis Tsui wrote: > Is 24+8 bit color depth overlay supported for ATI 3D RagePro by XF 4.0.1? Hardly. The only drivers I know support this are glint and mga. Michel -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \ mem

Re: How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-08 Thread Karl Hammar
About starting X from init. --- This works: # tail -1 /etc/inittab t0:2:respawn:/root/bin/runx # cat /root/bin/runx #!/bin/sh /usr/bin/X11/X :1 vt10 & pid=$! sleep 2 export DISPLAY=:1 set > /tmp/set.log /usr/bin/X11/xterm >& /tmp/x.log # or your

Re: building xfree86 4 for debian/arm

2000-12-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 06:09:51PM +, Peter Maydell wrote: > # remove the upstream symlink X -> XFree86 > rm /.1/usr/local/src/xfree86-4.0.1/debian/tmp/usr/X11R6/bin/X > rm: cannot remove > `/.1/usr/local/src/xfree86-4.0.1/debian/tmp/usr/X11R6/bin/X': No such file or > directory > make: *** [

building xfree86 4 for debian/arm

2000-12-08 Thread Peter Maydell
Has anybody had any success in building xfree86 4 for debian/arm? I tried building 4.0.1-10pre11v1 from the source packages at people.debian.org/~branden/woody/ this successfully made it through the process of building binaries and installing them into the debian/tmp directory, but then fell over

[stuart@apk.net: root-only access to X & my fix]

2000-12-08 Thread Branden Robinson
- Forwarded message from Stuart Krivis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Stuart Krivis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: root-only access to X & my fix Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 10:12:21 -0500 Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Real-To: [EMAIL PROTECTE

[picone@titan.eti.br: xf86cfg problems]

2000-12-08 Thread Branden Robinson
- Forwarded message from Reinaldo Picone Barbosa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Reinaldo Picone Barbosa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: xf86cfg problems Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 13:04:37 -0200 Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL

xlibs package install error

2000-12-08 Thread John Reid
hi all, FYI, the xlibs package produces the following error on my system (woody) Preparing to replace xlibs 4.0.1-7 (using .../xlibs_4.0.1-10_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement xlibs ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.0.1-10_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/us

Read more carefully; mine is the opposite problem.

2000-12-08 Thread Thomas E. Vaughan
On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 04:50:13PM +0100, Charl P. Botha wrote: > > Please excuse this noise, but whatever the hell happened with searching a > particular mailing list archive before angering everyone on it with a > question that's been answered at least 10 times in the same week?!! > > I'm referr

Re: How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-08 Thread Joshua Shagam
On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 09:51:07AM +0100, Cajus Pollmeier wrote: > Am Friday 08 December 2000 09:33 schrieb Joshua Shagam: > > Ah, okay, that makes more sense. The shellscript is probably the easiest > > way in that case. Try starting up a getty using your shellscript instead > > of /bin/login; I

Re: building xfree86 4 for debian/arm

2000-12-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 06:09:51PM +, Peter Maydell wrote: > # remove the upstream symlink X -> XFree86 > rm /.1/usr/local/src/xfree86-4.0.1/debian/tmp/usr/X11R6/bin/X > rm: cannot remove `/.1/usr/local/src/xfree86-4.0.1/debian/tmp/usr/X11R6/bin/X': No >such file or directory > make: *** [deb

building xfree86 4 for debian/arm

2000-12-08 Thread Peter Maydell
Has anybody had any success in building xfree86 4 for debian/arm? I tried building 4.0.1-10pre11v1 from the source packages at people.debian.org/~branden/woody/ this successfully made it through the process of building binaries and installing them into the debian/tmp directory, but then fell ove

RANT: reading mailing list archives

2000-12-08 Thread Charl P. Botha
Please excuse this noise, but whatever the hell happened with searching a particular mailing list archive before angering everyone on it with a question that's been answered at least 10 times in the same week?!! I'm referring to the whole "user not authorized to run the X server" issue... -- cha

gdm and xdm just stopped working

2000-12-08 Thread Thomas E. Vaughan
After running dselect this morning, I noticed that gdm would fail to start the X server. So I installed xdm instead, and it has the same problem. xinit and startx still work. --begin /var/log/xdm.log-- X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting. xdm error (pid 756): ser

[stuart@apk.net: root-only access to X & my fix]

2000-12-08 Thread Branden Robinson
- Forwarded message from Stuart Krivis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Stuart Krivis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: root-only access to X & my fix Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 10:12:21 -0500 Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Real-To: [EMAIL PROTECT

[picone@titan.eti.br: xf86cfg problems]

2000-12-08 Thread Branden Robinson
- Forwarded message from Reinaldo Picone Barbosa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Reinaldo Picone Barbosa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: xf86cfg problems Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 13:04:37 -0200 Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAI

xlibs package install error

2000-12-08 Thread John Reid
hi all, FYI, the xlibs package produces the following error on my system (woody) Preparing to replace xlibs 4.0.1-7 (using .../xlibs_4.0.1-10_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement xlibs ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.0.1-10_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/u

woody packages on potato systems (was: Upgrading to Xfree 4.01)

2000-12-08 Thread Johannes Beigel
Hm. I have a woody system, so that's not really important for me, but.. Seth Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Emmanuel, 4.0.1 is *not* for potato. If you want to run 4.0.1 on potato, > please search for Charl P. Botha's packages built for potato. Shouldn't all Debian-Packages work always as l

Read more carefully; mine is the opposite problem.

2000-12-08 Thread Thomas E. Vaughan
On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 04:50:13PM +0100, Charl P. Botha wrote: > > Please excuse this noise, but whatever the hell happened with searching a > particular mailing list archive before angering everyone on it with a > question that's been answered at least 10 times in the same week?!! > > I'm refer

Re: How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-08 Thread Joshua Shagam
On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 09:51:07AM +0100, Cajus Pollmeier wrote: > Am Friday 08 December 2000 09:33 schrieb Joshua Shagam: > > Ah, okay, that makes more sense. The shellscript is probably the easiest > > way in that case. Try starting up a getty using your shellscript instead > > of /bin/login;

Re: authorized users [rfe]

2000-12-08 Thread Kyle Sallee
Ah, now I understand. /etc/Xserver is no longer used. I edited /etc/Xwrapper.config and put allowed_users=console as the first line and my startx problems disappeared. I'm just reiterating it to make it easier to find for everyone else with startx unauthorized user problem. On Thu, 7 Dec 2000,

RANT: reading mailing list archives

2000-12-08 Thread Charl P. Botha
Please excuse this noise, but whatever the hell happened with searching a particular mailing list archive before angering everyone on it with a question that's been answered at least 10 times in the same week?!! I'm referring to the whole "user not authorized to run the X server" issue... -- ch

gdm and xdm just stopped working

2000-12-08 Thread Thomas E. Vaughan
After running dselect this morning, I noticed that gdm would fail to start the X server. So I installed xdm instead, and it has the same problem. xinit and startx still work. --begin /var/log/xdm.log-- X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting. xdm error (pid 756): se

woody packages on potato systems (was: Upgrading to Xfree 4.01)

2000-12-08 Thread Johannes Beigel
Hm. I have a woody system, so that's not really important for me, but.. Seth Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Emmanuel, 4.0.1 is *not* for potato. If you want to run 4.0.1 on potato, > please search for Charl P. Botha's packages built for potato. Shouldn't all Debian-Packages work always as

Re: authorized users [rfe]

2000-12-08 Thread Kyle Sallee
Ah, now I understand. /etc/Xserver is no longer used. I edited /etc/Xwrapper.config and put allowed_users=console as the first line and my startx problems disappeared. I'm just reiterating it to make it easier to find for everyone else with startx unauthorized user problem. On Thu, 7 Dec 2000,

XFree86 4.0.1 on PowerPC status report

2000-12-08 Thread Branden Robinson
Bad news. 4.0.1h is broken on PowerPC because a clever trick was being played with va_lists that happens not to be portable to PowerPC. Once I have a patch I'll apply it and all will be cool again. -- G. Branden Robinson| If a man ate a pound of pasta and a Debian GNU/Linux

Re: the continuing adventures of XFree86 4.0.1

2000-12-08 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 11:30:15PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > "Christian T. Steigies" wrote: > > > I have no PCI bus, I don't see PCI mentioned in the config file, is there a > > way to stop loading that? > > Have you worked on the PCI code now? On PPC it also works without PCI, and I > think

XFree86 4.0.1 on PowerPC status report

2000-12-08 Thread Branden Robinson
Bad news. 4.0.1h is broken on PowerPC because a clever trick was being played with va_lists that happens not to be portable to PowerPC. Once I have a patch I'll apply it and all will be cool again. -- G. Branden Robinson| If a man ate a pound of pasta and a Debian GNU/Linux

Re: the continuing adventures of XFree86 4.0.1

2000-12-08 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 04:11:57PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > Please wait until you see source for 10pre11v2. There's no point wasting > your time building v1 since I'm committing some fairly important bug fixes. Its running already... no problem. When will the new source be out? I am kin

Re: How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-08 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
Am Friday 08 December 2000 09:33 schrieb Joshua Shagam: > Ah, okay, that makes more sense. The shellscript is probably the easiest > way in that case. Try starting up a getty using your shellscript instead > of /bin/login; I believe you'd want to add '-l /path/to/the/shellscript' to > the end of

Re: How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-08 Thread Joshua Shagam
On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 09:26:47AM +0100, Cajus Pollmeier wrote: > Am Friday 08 December 2000 09:22 schrieb Joshua Shagam: > > On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 08:42:57AM +0100, Cajus Pollmeier wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > > > I'm trying to run X from an init script during boot up like this: > > > > > > #!/bin/

Re: How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-08 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
Am Friday 08 December 2000 09:22 schrieb Joshua Shagam: > On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 08:42:57AM +0100, Cajus Pollmeier wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I'm trying to run X from an init script during boot up like this: > > > > #!/bin/bash > > while true; do > > su - kiosk -c /usr/X11R6/bin/startx > > done > >

Re: How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-08 Thread Joshua Shagam
On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 08:42:57AM +0100, Cajus Pollmeier wrote: > Hi! > > I'm trying to run X from an init script during boot up like this: > > #!/bin/bash > while true; do > su - kiosk -c /usr/X11R6/bin/startx > done Why are you doing this? Why not run xdm? It's not THAT time-consuming to

How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-08 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
Hi! I'm trying to run X from an init script during boot up like this: #!/bin/bash while true; do su - kiosk -c /usr/X11R6/bin/startx done Starting this manually as root works as expected. While booting I get: X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting. var: allowed_users, value:

24+8 bit color depth overlay for ATI 3D RagePro?

2000-12-08 Thread Louis Tsui
Hi, Is 24+8 bit color depth overlay supported for ATI 3D RagePro by XF 4.0.1? Thank you. Louis

Re: the continuing adventures of XFree86 4.0.1

2000-12-08 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 11:30:15PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > "Christian T. Steigies" wrote: > > > I have no PCI bus, I don't see PCI mentioned in the config file, is there a > > way to stop loading that? > > Have you worked on the PCI code now? On PPC it also works without PCI, and I > think

Re: the continuing adventures of XFree86 4.0.1

2000-12-08 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 04:11:57PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > Please wait until you see source for 10pre11v2. There's no point wasting > your time building v1 since I'm committing some fairly important bug fixes. Its running already... no problem. When will the new source be out? I am ki

Re: How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-08 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
Am Friday 08 December 2000 09:33 schrieb Joshua Shagam: > Ah, okay, that makes more sense. The shellscript is probably the easiest > way in that case. Try starting up a getty using your shellscript instead > of /bin/login; I believe you'd want to add '-l /path/to/the/shellscript' to > the end of

Re: How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-08 Thread Joshua Shagam
On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 09:26:47AM +0100, Cajus Pollmeier wrote: > Am Friday 08 December 2000 09:22 schrieb Joshua Shagam: > > On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 08:42:57AM +0100, Cajus Pollmeier wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > > > I'm trying to run X from an init script during boot up like this: > > > > > > #!/bin

Re: How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-08 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
Am Friday 08 December 2000 09:22 schrieb Joshua Shagam: > On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 08:42:57AM +0100, Cajus Pollmeier wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I'm trying to run X from an init script during boot up like this: > > > > #!/bin/bash > > while true; do > > su - kiosk -c /usr/X11R6/bin/startx > > done > >

Re: How to start X during bootup as user

2000-12-08 Thread Joshua Shagam
On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 08:42:57AM +0100, Cajus Pollmeier wrote: > Hi! > > I'm trying to run X from an init script during boot up like this: > > #!/bin/bash > while true; do > su - kiosk -c /usr/X11R6/bin/startx > done Why are you doing this? Why not run xdm? It's not THAT time-consuming t