[expert] XFree86 4.01 vs MetroX

2000-08-02 Thread Yuri
Hello All, anybody had experience with both? how do they compare? -- Best regards, Yuri

[expert] XFree86 4.01 and Mandrake 7.1 Solutions

2000-08-02 Thread Jason Munson
All, Yeah, I tried the Xfree86 4.01 from the "cooker" FTP site and it's working now. I guess what happened was I downloaded the entire package from Xfree86.org and it didn't jive with the way Mandrake has their font server set up. Naturally the RPM version fixed that. Now, if we could only

Re: [expert] XFree86 4.01 and Mandrake 7.1 fontserver

2000-08-02 Thread kf
If you go with the Custom install, it'll give the choice of installing v.4 (but it doesn't recommend it). It ran okay for me. hth, kf On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Jason Munson wrote: = Hi folks, = = I just finished a stock install of 7.1, and taking the option of X = version 4.0. I've noticed that t

Re: [expert] XFree86 4.01 and Mandrake 7.1 fontserver

2000-08-02 Thread Jean-Louis Debert
Jason Munson wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I just finished a stock install of 7.1, and taking the option of X > version 4.0. I've noticed that the X setup program included in DrakConf > always reverts back to 3.3.6. Any way to prevent this? Next, I installed > Xfree86 4.01 and now the font server won

Re: [expert] XFree86 4.01 and Mandrake 7.1 fontserver

2000-08-02 Thread fpons
Jason Munson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi folks, > > I just finished a stock install of 7.1, and taking the option of X > version 4.0. I've noticed that the X setup program included in DrakConf > always reverts back to 3.3.6. Any way to prevent this? Next, I installed > Xfree86 4.01 and n

Re: [expert] XFree86 4.01 and Mandrake 7.1 fontserver

2000-08-02 Thread Harry Flaxman
Jason Munson wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I just finished a stock install of 7.1, and taking the option of X > version 4.0. I've noticed that the X setup program included in DrakConf > always reverts back to 3.3.6. Any way to prevent this? Next, I installed > Xfree86 4.01 and now the font server won

[expert] XFree86 4.01 and Mandrake 7.1 fontserver

2000-08-02 Thread Jason Munson
Hi folks, I just finished a stock install of 7.1, and taking the option of X version 4.0. I've noticed that the X setup program included in DrakConf always reverts back to 3.3.6. Any way to prevent this? Next, I installed Xfree86 4.01 and now the font server won't work at all! Has anybody fig

Re: [expert] XFree86 4.01

2000-07-15 Thread maiplace
- Original Message - From: "Sean Middleditch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2000 4:18 PM Subject: Re: [expert] XFree86 4.01 > Civileme wrote: > > > As I recall, the release of XFree86 4.0 made it just under th

Re: [expert] XFree86 4.01

2000-07-15 Thread Sean Middleditch
Civileme wrote: > As I recall, the release of XFree86 4.0 made it just under the wire for the 7.1 code > freeze. You will find terms not used in a standard manner here. For example, the > "beta" of development is just frozen code--nothing new to be added, but it does NOT > mean that all the in-

Re: [expert] XFree86 4.01

2000-07-15 Thread Juan A. Magallon
At 12:34 -0400 2000/07/11, Sean Middleditch wrote: >Anton Graham wrote: > >> Submitted 10-Jul-00 by Sean Middleditch: >> >> > How trustworthy are these RPM's? > > > I have been using XF4 rpms from cooker, downloaded at rpmfind.net, and are just as stable as XF336. XF40 has some little bugs, bu

RE: [expert] XFree86 4.01

2000-07-14 Thread Gil Baron W0MN
> -Original Message- > From: Civileme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 2:38 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] XFree86 4.01 > > > > -Original Message- > From: Gil Baron W0MN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >

Re: [expert] XFree86 4.01

2000-07-14 Thread Civileme
As I recall, the release of XFree86 4.0 made it just under the wire for the 7.1 code freeze. You will find terms not used in a standard manner here. For example, the "beta" of development is just frozen code--nothing new to be added, but it does NOT mean that all the in-house discoverable bugs h

Re: [expert] XFree86 4.01

2000-07-12 Thread Sean Middleditch
Anton Graham wrote: > Submitted 10-Jul-00 by Sean Middleditch: > > > How trustworthy are these RPM's? > > > > For example, the install on MDK 7.1 said the Xfree86 4.0 is was installing was > > only a 'snapshot release.' The really upsets me if it is, because it sure as > > hell wasn't advertised

Re: [expert] XFree86 4.01

2000-07-12 Thread Civileme
-Original Message- From: Gil Baron W0MN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, July 09, 2000 11:57 PM Subject: RE: [expert] XFree86 4.01 > >> > :~>XFree86 4.01 just came out. >> > :~> >> > :~>Ho

Re: [expert] XFree86 4.01

2000-07-12 Thread Civileme
-Original Message- From: Anton Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, July 10, 2000 12:16 AM Subject: Re: [expert] XFree86 4.01 > >Depending on a distro to keep you on the edge and then complaining >when they do so see

Re: [expert] XFree86 4.01

2000-07-10 Thread Anton Graham
Submitted 10-Jul-00 by Sean Middleditch: > How trustworthy are these RPM's? > > For example, the install on MDK 7.1 said the Xfree86 4.0 is was installing was > only a 'snapshot release.' The really upsets me if it is, because it sure as > hell wasn't advertised as being so... If not, then tha

RE: [expert] XFree86 4.01

2000-07-10 Thread Gil Baron W0MN
> > :~>XFree86 4.01 just came out. > > :~> > > :~>How long will it take for MDK 7.1 RPMs to be made? I need 'em since > > :~>XFree86 4 didn't install like I specifically asked it to > when installing > > :~>MDK 7.1. > > > > Look in cooker, I reckon these RPM-s are already there. > > What is CO

Re: [expert] XFree86 4.01

2000-07-09 Thread Sean Middleditch
Denis Havlik wrote: > :~>XFree86 4.01 just came out. > :~> > :~>How long will it take for MDK 7.1 RPMs to be made? I need 'em since > :~>XFree86 4 didn't install like I specifically asked it to when installing > :~>MDK 7.1. > > Look in cooker, I reckon these RPM-s are already there. > How trust

Re: [expert] XFree86 4.01

2000-07-09 Thread Denis Havlik
:~>XFree86 4.01 just came out. :~> :~>How long will it take for MDK 7.1 RPMs to be made? I need 'em since :~>XFree86 4 didn't install like I specifically asked it to when installing :~>MDK 7.1. Look in cooker, I reckon these RPM-s are already there. --

[expert] XFree86 4.01

2000-07-02 Thread Sean Middleditch
XFree86 4.01 just came out. How long will it take for MDK 7.1 RPMs to be made? I need 'em since XFree86 4 didn't install like I specifically asked it to when installing MDK 7.1. Sean Middleditch