Bug#390739: blank screen (no output) with mga g400

2006-10-02 Thread Chris Waters
it definitely looks like a nasty bug somewhere in X7.1. Probably in xserver-xorg-video-mga, possibly in xserver-xorg-core. If you need anything more from me to help track this down, please don't hestitate to ask. I'm more than willing to re-break my system to help debug. -- Ch

Bug#390739: blank screen (no output) with mga g400

2006-10-02 Thread Chris Waters
Package: xserver-xorg Version: 1:7.1.0-1 Severity: important I'm using an MGA G400, and with the new update to xorg 7.1, my screen suddenly stopped working. I can switch to the console at vt1, and the screen comes back. And X appears to be running fine (all the processes look ok, and I can hear

Re: Bug#365126: HELP!! Re: Bug#365126: wmrack - FTBFS: error: WMRack needs X Windows!!!

2006-04-29 Thread Chris Waters
o put Aaron's patch in the project patches section for future inclusion.) So, anyway, I'm pretty sure that Andreas has the right solution. It matches everything I know about the problem. We'll know for sure after my next upload hits the autobuilders. :) -- Chris Waters |

Thanks! (was Re: HELP!! Re: Bug#365126: wmrack...)

2006-04-29 Thread Chris Waters
will make that change (as well as the other change suggested by Aaron Ucko) ASAP. Thanks again. -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico-to fit into a single or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | volcaniconi- standalone haiku

Re: HELP!! Re: Bug#365126: wmrack - FTBFS: error: WMRack needs X Windows!!!

2006-04-28 Thread Chris Waters
pendency on libxt-dev. But I'd like to confirm this reasoning. If I'm right, this may affect a lot of packages... Still not subscribed to debian-x, please CC further replies. -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microsco

HELP!! Re: Bug#365126: wmrack - FTBFS: error: WMRack needs X Windows!!!

2006-04-28 Thread Chris Waters
am somewhat tight on disk space at present, and freeing enough would be non-trivial, so I wanted to ask for help first, in case this is a known problem, or, at least, simple for someone else to find. Please CC me, as I am not subscribed to debian-x (although, worst case, I do know how to find t

Re: runaway .xsession-errors vs. temp races: a compromise?

2004-07-10 Thread Chris Waters
On Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 01:04:19PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 02:28:33AM -0700, Chris Waters wrote: > > [...] people are used to the error file getting truncated. [...] > > I even made a patch for your consideration. > For the time being, I do n

runaway .xsession-errors vs. temp races: a compromise?

2004-07-06 Thread Chris Waters
le 2> /dev/null); then if ! ln -sf "$ERRFILE" "${TMPDIR:=/tmp}/xsession-$USER"; then message "warning: unable to symlink \"$TMPDIR/xsession-$USER\" to" \ -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico-to fit into a single or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | volcaniconi- standalone haiku

Re: Processed: 008_fix_xgetpw_macro.diff breaks Xlib API.

2004-04-23 Thread Chris Waters
On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 01:58:24PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 12:12:24AM -0700, Chris Waters wrote: > > So technically, what we have here is two bugs. One against OpenMotif > > for depending on X internal symbols (symbols with mandatorily > > u

Re: Processed: 008_fix_xgetpw_macro.diff breaks Xlib API.

2004-04-22 Thread Chris Waters
On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 11:28:24AM +1000, Daniel Stone wrote: > On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 11:51:58AM -0700, Chris Waters wrote: > > Now, I'll grant that large parts of X11 predate the C standards, but > > that's no excuse for ignoring the problem or pretending it doesn'

Re: Processed: 008_fix_xgetpw_macro.diff breaks Xlib API.

2004-04-21 Thread Chris Waters
that a leading underscore "denote[s] 'internal'" (or anything else but undefined behavior) is revealed as a danger to themselves and others. Now, I'll grant that large parts of X11 predate the C standards, but that's no excuse for ignoring the problem or pret

Re: libxrender1 dependency

2004-03-12 Thread Chris Waters
o, xlibs 4.3.0 or above also meets the requirements. 4.3.1 (e.g.) is greater than 4.1.0, so it meets the dependency, and not less than 4.3.0, so it doesn't conflict. -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico-to fit into a

Bug#235885: xlib6g from stable cannot be installed on unstable after upgrade to XFree86 4.3

2004-03-05 Thread Chris Waters
which is what most people do with software that's not supported by Debian. I'm not sure why anyone in Debian should go out of their way to support software that is explicitly no longer supported by Debian. -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too lo

Re: Question on X and new license...

2004-02-26 Thread Chris Waters
ould like to look into this, and see if i can manage to get > those files changed if needed. Also, you only would need to dual-licence > those drivers under the GPL and the X-Oz licence, which would not be an > all that bad thing politically. Dual-licensing would defeat th

Re: Question on X and new license...

2004-02-25 Thread Chris Waters
ople have talked to them. THEY'RE NOT LISTENING. This is not Debian vs. XFree86, this is EVERYONE vs. XFree86. And it's not Debian talking about forking, it's everyone. If you still don't think there's a real problem, I'm sorry. -- Chris Waters | Pn

Bug#233818: Bug#233867: "Provides: xlib6g" needed in 4.3.0

2004-02-21 Thread Chris Waters
ntinue to support these non-free, non-Debian packages, then remember that Debian is a volunteer organization, and volunteer to build up-to-date packages with up-to-date dependencies for the non-free archives *yourself*! :p ;) cheers -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis i

Bug#213676: /usr/X11R6/man/man1/startx.1x.gz: no mention of how to stop x

2003-10-04 Thread Chris Waters
it is a window manager, how to shut down the window manager (so the Xsession script can continue and finish) varies from window manager to window manager. Anyway, if you're such a novice, how did you manage to not install xdm or one of the other X-based login systems that

Bug#213676: /usr/X11R6/man/man1/startx.1x.gz: no mention of how to stop x

2003-10-04 Thread Chris Waters
it is a window manager, how to shut down the window manager (so the Xsession script can continue and finish) varies from window manager to window manager. Anyway, if you're such a novice, how did you manage to not install xdm or one of the other X-based login systems that

Re: X Strike Force SVN commit: rev 410 - trunk/debian

2003-08-21 Thread Chris Waters
lled_ wrong by enough people that it probably qualifies as colloquial and probably shouldn't be used formally. Unless you're a Jane Austen fan.) -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico-to fit into a single or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | volcaniconi- standalone haiku

Re: X Strike Force SVN commit: rev 410 - trunk/debian

2003-08-21 Thread Chris Waters
lled_ wrong by enough people that it probably qualifies as colloquial and probably shouldn't be used formally. Unless you're a Jane Austen fan.) -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico-to fit into a singl

Bug#192144: xlibmesa-glu-dev: manpages broken

2003-05-21 Thread Chris Waters
e how the page looks that way; as far as I'm concerned, that's the real test of a man page. cheers -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico-to fit into a single or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | volcaniconi- standalone haiku

Re: PATCH: put X, XIM, Xfs unix sockets in /var/run/X11

2003-04-15 Thread Chris Waters
ions to my merging this for 4.3.0-0ds4? I would strongly recommend testing with vncserver (and any other third-party virtual X servers we may have lying around). Aside from that, I have no opinion. cheers -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Newbie is trying but unable to find out what's going on...!!!

2003-03-14 Thread Chris Waters
port to be installed on each and every machine (especially since fonts can be quite large). Install the x-window-system-core package, or run aptitude and let it show you the recommended packages that you need to install. -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too l

Re: Newbie is trying but unable to find out what's going on...!!!

2003-03-14 Thread Chris Waters
port to be installed on each and every machine (especially since fonts can be quite large). Install the x-window-system-core package, or run aptitude and let it show you the recommended packages that you need to install. -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too l

Re: Bug#181632: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#181632: xserver-xfree86: could not open default font 'fixed')

2003-02-20 Thread Chris Waters
et requires that you check for recommendations manually. If you're not willing to do that, don't use apt-get. It's just that simple. -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico-to fit into a single or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | volcaniconi- standalone haiku

Re: Bug#181632: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#181632: xserver-xfree86: could not open default font 'fixed')

2003-02-20 Thread Chris Waters
et requires that you check for recommendations manually. If you're not willing to do that, don't use apt-get. It's just that simple. -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico-to fit into a single or [EMAIL PRO

Bug#171294: xserver-xfree86: shift-num lock makes X beep alot

2002-12-10 Thread Chris Waters
't try downgrading, since pressing ctrl+numlock is not part of my normal behavior.:) -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico-to fit into a single or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | volcaniconi- standalone haiku

Bug#171294: xserver-xfree86: shift-num lock makes X beep alot

2002-12-10 Thread Chris Waters
't try downgrading, since pressing ctrl+numlock is not part of my normal behavior.:) -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico-to fit into a single or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | volcaniconi- standalone haiku -- To

Bug#169019: (startx fails to start x from console). FIX

2002-11-15 Thread Chris Waters
ways|auto). Which is what we're trying so carefully to avoid here. -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico-to fit into a single or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | volcaniconi- standalone haiku

Bug#169019: (startx fails to start x from console). FIX

2002-11-15 Thread Chris Waters
ways|auto). Which is what we're trying so carefully to avoid here. -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico-to fit into a single or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | volcaniconi- standalone haiku -- To UNSUB

Bug#168601: default {x|g|k|w}dm: why not "disable" as a choice

2002-11-13 Thread Chris Waters
et me tell you, in my experience, once these people have the Debian Way(tm) explained to them, they are universally OVERJOYED at Debian's far-more-sensible approach. -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico-

Bug#168601: default {x|g|k|w}dm: why not "disable" as a choice

2002-11-13 Thread Chris Waters
et me tell you, in my experience, once these people have the Debian Way(tm) explained to them, they are universally OVERJOYED at Debian's far-more-sensible approach. -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico-

Re: userspace servers and /tmp/.X11-unix permissions/owners

2002-11-06 Thread Chris Waters
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 03:09:26AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 04:04:19PM -0800, Chris Waters wrote: > > So, when I tried to run startx, I got a complaint that the permissions > > on /tmp/.X11-unix were "suspicious". Turns out that the

Re: userspace servers and /tmp/.X11-unix permissions/owners

2002-11-06 Thread Chris Waters
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 03:09:26AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 04:04:19PM -0800, Chris Waters wrote: > > So, when I tried to run startx, I got a complaint that the permissions > > on /tmp/.X11-unix were "suspicious". Turns out that the

userspace servers and /tmp/.X11-unix permissions/owners

2002-11-05 Thread Chris Waters
ecause otherwise, there seems to be an impasse of sorts. Comments and suggestions welcomed. -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico-to fit into a single or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | volcaniconi- standalone haiku

userspace servers and /tmp/.X11-unix permissions/owners

2002-11-05 Thread Chris Waters
ecause otherwise, there seems to be an impasse of sorts. Comments and suggestions welcomed. -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico-to fit into a single or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | volcaniconi- standalone ha

Re: HPPA (and perhaps ARM) build fail (Re: xfree86 4.2.0-0pre1v4 (source) available at the X Strike Force)

2002-09-09 Thread Chris Waters
nge. It's his package, and, despite a few odd quirks like this, he does an outstanding job with it. -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico-to fit into a single or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | volcaniconi- standalone haiku

Re: ITITP: xprint (X.org)

2002-06-02 Thread Chris Waters
, it would be nice if there were a virtual packagename (or something similar) that I could depend on. Right now, the x.org version could provide that dependency, and later, when/if the XF86 version gets fixed, it could also provide the same. Just a suggestion. -- Chris Waters | Pneumono

Re: ITITP: xprint (X.org)

2002-06-02 Thread Chris Waters
, it would be nice if there were a virtual packagename (or something similar) that I could depend on. Right now, the x.org version could provide that dependency, and later, when/if the XF86 version gets fixed, it could also provide the same. Just a suggestion. -- Chris Waters | Pneumono

Re: testers wanted for xfree86 4.1.0-14pre15v1

2002-03-09 Thread Chris Waters
The Right Thing. I haven't found a way to get around the use of shlibs.local yet. But it's entirely possible that I'm missing something. -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico-to fit into a single or [

Re: testers wanted for xfree86 4.1.0-14pre15v1

2002-03-09 Thread Chris Waters
The Right Thing. I haven't found a way to get around the use of shlibs.local yet. But it's entirely possible that I'm missing something. -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico-to fit into a single or [

Re: proposed alt/meta change to /etc/X11/symbols/us

2001-10-06 Thread Chris Waters
on to complain, and were therefore silent. If I do have a complaint about keyboard mappings in Debian, it is with the console mappings, not the X mappings, which are, IMO, excellent. -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilic

Re: proposed alt/meta change to /etc/X11/symbols/us

2001-10-06 Thread Chris Waters
on to complain, and were therefore silent. If I do have a complaint about keyboard mappings in Debian, it is with the console mappings, not the X mappings, which are, IMO, excellent. -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilic