Re: [Xpert]Radeo 7500 support.

2001-10-26 Thread Ani Joshi
On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: > > So I recently went out and bought a Radeon 7500 after doing some research > and discovering that 2D is already supported in the XFree86 CVS (and that > 3D support is likely to come along eventually)... The Radeon 7500 has the same 3D pipe as the

[Xpert]Radeo 7500 support.

2001-10-26 Thread Adam K Kirchhoff
So I recently went out and bought a Radeon 7500 after doing some research and discovering that 2D is already supported in the XFree86 CVS (and that 3D support is likely to come along eventually)... Unfortunately, I've hit a snag. I was able to pull the source from CVS and compile without any pr

[Xpert]Re: [linux-dell-laptops] NVIDIA drivers???

2001-10-26 Thread James Hirschorn
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The problem (in my opinion) is that you need to use a kernel module for the 2Go, or for all their cards to get 3D acceleration. This means you loose all the advantages of the stability of the Linux kernel, i.e. your system becomes no more stable th

[Xpert]Mpeg2play modified for XvMC support

2001-10-26 Thread Mark Vojkovich
Attached. It's not expected to be fast, just functional. Mark. mpeg2play_accel.tar.gz

[Xpert]PATCH: Bring i810 XvMC driver into compliance with XvMC spec draft 7

2001-10-26 Thread Sottek, Matthew J
This patch fixes the advertised surfaces in the i810 HWMC driver, and makes use of the new XVMC_INTRA_UNSIGNED surface flag. -Matt xfree.diff

[Xpert]Draft seven of the XvMC spec.

2001-10-26 Thread Mark Vojkovich
Attached. It adds a XVMC_INTRA_UNSIGNED field. Appearently it's common for drivers to expect the decoder to convert the intra data to unsigned. The header files in XFree86 CVS already reflect the specification change. Mark. mocomp.gz

RE: [Xpert] Xv hit list

2001-10-26 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Sottek, Matthew J wrote: > > I wasn't expecting clients to call XV_HOLD then Put and not > >display it afterwards. There seem to be two feasible implemenations: > > > >1) XV_HOLD stays into effect until it is displayed. If a second > >Put comes along before the displ

RE: [Xpert] Xv hit list

2001-10-26 Thread Sottek, Matthew J
> I wasn't expecting clients to call XV_HOLD then Put and not >display it afterwards. There seem to be two feasible implemenations: > >1) XV_HOLD stays into effect until it is displayed. If a second >Put comes along before the display the new Put overrides the >first. > >2) XV_HOLD g

Re: [Xpert] Xv hit list

2001-10-26 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Greg Wright wrote: > "Sottek, Matthew J" wrote: > > > > XV_FRAME_TYPE = XV_HOLD > > XvShmPutImage() > > ... > > XvShmPutImage() > > ... > > XvShmPutImage() > > XV_FRAME_TYPE = XV_FRAME > > > > The target of the XvShmPutImage will only change when XV_HOLD is > > set. (Or if

RE: [Xpert] Xv hit list

2001-10-26 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Sottek, Matthew J wrote: > >If I blt a frame with the XV_FRAME_TYPE atom set to XV_FRAME|XV_HOLD, > >and then, sometime later, I set the atom to XV_FRAME, what kind of > >latency would I be looking at before that held buffer would show up? > >Is setting atoms a synchronous c

Re: [Xpert]Abnormal root window behavior

2001-10-26 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Marco Quezada wrote: > Hi, I upgraded from 4.0.2 to 4.1.0 and everything works fine except when > I display and image on the root window the image does not get stretched > to fit the virtual desktop (which worked ok in 4.0.2), instead I get a > tile of the image file. I attac

Re: [Xpert](no subject)

2001-10-26 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Donald Tournier wrote: > > Hi! > > I need to run various apps which require different bit depths. In > particular, one application only runs at 8 or 24 bpp, and the other only > runs on an 8 plane pseudocolor visual. I am happy setting the display at > 24 bpp, but setting i

Re: [Xpert]15" UXGA display issues

2001-10-26 Thread patrick
On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 04:41:36PM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > > My Guess: > >Looks like "something" (either X or the hardware ?) is trying > >to force a certain number of pixels on to the screen that don't > >match the exact number of pixels available. > > Have you checked in the l

Re: [Xpert]Abnormal root window behavior

2001-10-26 Thread Marco Quezada
I use the window manager to set the background or invoke it with something like: display -display :0.0 -window root /usr/local/share/WindowMaker/Backgrounds/parsec_wallpaper.jpg & but I still get tiled backgrounds. Yes, I was running the same configuration (dual head and Xinerama) with 4.0.2 and

Re: [Xpert] Xv hit list

2001-10-26 Thread Greg Wright
"Sottek, Matthew J" wrote: > > XV_FRAME_TYPE = XV_HOLD > XvShmPutImage() > ... > XvShmPutImage() > ... > XvShmPutImage() > XV_FRAME_TYPE = XV_FRAME > > The target of the XvShmPutImage will only change when XV_HOLD is > set. (Or if XvShmPutImage is called without XV_HOLD) So however > many XvShmP

Re: [Xpert]Abnormal root window behavior

2001-10-26 Thread Greg Ward
On 26 October 2001, Marco Quezada said: > Hi, I upgraded from 4.0.2 to 4.1.0 and everything works fine except when > I display and image on the root window the image does not get stretched > to fit the virtual desktop (which worked ok in 4.0.2), instead I get a > tile of the image file. What are

RE: [Xpert] Xv hit list

2001-10-26 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Sottek, Matthew J wrote: > > >"Sottek, Matthew J" wrote: > >> > >> Here is the proposal again, if there are on complaints I'll > >> implement it this way. > >> > >> #define XV_HOLD 0x0 > >> #define XV_TOP_FIELD0x1 > >> #define XV_BOTTOM_FIELD 0x2 > >> #define X

RE: [Xpert] Xv hit list

2001-10-26 Thread Sottek, Matthew J
>If I blt a frame with the XV_FRAME_TYPE atom set to XV_FRAME|XV_HOLD, >and then, sometime later, I set the atom to XV_FRAME, what kind of >latency would I be looking at before that held buffer would show up? >Is setting atoms a synchronous call? Would I be certain the frame is >on the screen whe

[Xpert]Abnormal root window behavior

2001-10-26 Thread Marco Quezada
Hi, I upgraded from 4.0.2 to 4.1.0 and everything works fine except when I display and image on the root window the image does not get stretched to fit the virtual desktop (which worked ok in 4.0.2), instead I get a tile of the image file. I attach a copy of my current XF86Config file for referenc

Re: [Xpert] Xv hit list

2001-10-26 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Greg Wright wrote: > "Sottek, Matthew J" wrote: > > > > >"Sottek, Matthew J" wrote: > > >> > > >> Here is the proposal again, if there are on complaints I'll > > >> implement it this way. > > >> > > >> #define XV_HOLD 0x0 > > >> #define XV_TOP_FIELD0x1 > > >> #de

Re: [Xpert](no subject)

2001-10-26 Thread Greg Ward
On 26 October 2001, Donald Tournier said: > I need to run various apps which require different bit depths. In > particular, one application only runs at 8 or 24 bpp, and the other only > runs on an 8 plane pseudocolor visual. I am happy setting the display at > 24 bpp, but setting it to 8bpp just

Re: [Xpert] Xv hit list

2001-10-26 Thread Greg Wright
"Sottek, Matthew J" wrote: > > >"Sottek, Matthew J" wrote: > >> > >> Here is the proposal again, if there are on complaints I'll > >> implement it this way. > >> > >> #define XV_HOLD 0x0 > >> #define XV_TOP_FIELD0x1 > >> #define XV_BOTTOM_FIELD 0x2 > >> #define XV_FRAME(XV_TOP

Re: [Xpert](no subject)

2001-10-26 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Donald Tournier wrote: > I need to run various apps which require different bit depths. In > particular, one application only runs at 8 or 24 bpp, and the other only > runs on an 8 plane pseudocolor visual. I am happy setting the display at > 24 bpp, but setting it to 8bpp ju

RE: [Xpert] Xv hit list

2001-10-26 Thread Sottek, Matthew J
>"Sottek, Matthew J" wrote: >> >> Here is the proposal again, if there are on complaints I'll >> implement it this way. >> >> #define XV_HOLD 0x0 >> #define XV_TOP_FIELD0x1 >> #define XV_BOTTOM_FIELD 0x2 >> #define XV_FRAME(XV_TOP_FIELD | XV_BOTTOM_FIELD) > >Just to clarify,

Re: [Xpert] Xv hit list

2001-10-26 Thread Greg Wright
"Sottek, Matthew J" wrote: > > Here is the proposal again, if there are on complaints I'll > implement it this way. > > #define XV_HOLD 0x0 > #define XV_TOP_FIELD0x1 > #define XV_BOTTOM_FIELD 0x2 > #define XV_FRAME(XV_TOP_FIELD | XV_BOTTOM_FIELD) Just to clarify, the default

[Xpert](no subject)

2001-10-26 Thread Donald Tournier
Hi! I need to run various apps which require different bit depths. In particular, one application only runs at 8 or 24 bpp, and the other only runs on an 8 plane pseudocolor visual. I am happy setting the display at 24 bpp, but setting it to 8bpp just looks horrible. Why is not possible for XFre

Re: [Xpert]GDM will not refresh after logout.

2001-10-26 Thread Bill Schoolcraft
Michel Dänzer wrote: > > On Mon, 2001-10-22 at 19:29, Bill Schoolcraft wrote: > > > I'm encountering more and more cases of people using Gnome, > > attempting to logout and not being able to return to the GDM login > > screen. The screen just freezes shut (black). > > > > Of course I'm hearing i

Re: [Xpert]15" UXGA display issues

2001-10-26 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Fri, 2001-10-26 at 11:57, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A few months ago (4+ I think) I purchased a Dell Inspiron 8000 > laptop which came with an 15" Ultra XGA 1600x1200 (133 PPI) display. > > I am running Linux on the system with XFree86 4.1.0. > > The issue with the display is that I have ne

[Xpert]Re: [Dri-devel] Standalone Mesa vs. XFree86 bundled Mesa

2001-10-26 Thread Brian Paul
Dag B wrote: > > Hi. > > I am sure these questions are answered in a FAQ, but I couldn't find this > info on the mesa website nor in the xfree86 docs. (May have overlooked > something.) > > 1. > XFree86 4.1.0 contains (pieces of) Mesa 3.4.2. > The most noticeable exception being glut, I guess.

Re: [Xpert]X Persistant Sessions

2001-10-26 Thread Greg Ward
On 26 October 2001, Dr Andrew C Aitchison said: > With these two lines: > :0 local /usr/X11R6-v4/bin/X > :1 local /usr/X11R6-v4/bin/X :1 > in my /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers file I get two GUI logins, on > Ctrl+Alt+F7 and Ctrl+Alt+F8. > I guess that kdm and gdm will have similar magic. I do

Re: [Xpert]Loosing My Cursor

2001-10-26 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Fri, 2001-10-26 at 05:49, Nate Custer wrote: > I just redid my xconfig so that my new wireless mouse will work. It > is working fine, my cursor however is not. It works fine when I log > into X, but the first time I switch to a console ( ctrl + alt + f1) > and then come back, my cursor becomes

[Xpert]What's wrong with Xv?

2001-10-26 Thread trasatti
I have some trouble with a simple Xv test "testxv.c" It start Xv, query for capabilities, create a shared xv image, and put it on a window. First trouble is in the compilation: I must link statically the libXv.a because in my XFree86 4.1.0 isn't a libXv.so gcc -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 -lXext -o te

[Xpert]15" UXGA display issues

2001-10-26 Thread patrick
Greetings, A few months ago (4+ I think) I purchased a Dell Inspiron 8000 laptop which came with an 15" Ultra XGA 1600x1200 (133 PPI) display. I am running Linux on the system with XFree86 4.1.0. The issue with the display is that I have never been able to get a clear screen at any resolution

Re: [Xpert]X Persistant Sessions

2001-10-26 Thread Ryan Cooley
You've got me dead to rights on the 3rd one, but you don't seem to understand 1 & 2. With VNC, I have to login, start the VNC Viewer, and do all my work inside of that VNC window. Besides that, to have persistant VNC connections, you must dedicate a port per user in the persistant mode. It ha

Re: [Xpert]X Persistant Sessions

2001-10-26 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Ryan Cooley wrote: > I have three quick suggestions for future XFree86 features (All > Related). > > 1. Allow the user to have a persistant or non-persistant desktop. I.E. > The user can login, run some applications, logout, let other users > login on the same machine, and w

[Xpert]X Persistant Sessions

2001-10-26 Thread Ryan Cooley
I have three quick suggestions for future XFree86 features (All Related). 1. Allow the user to have a persistant or non-persistant desktop. I.E. The user can login, run some applications, logout, let other users login on the same machine, and when the user logs in again, all his applications wil

[Xpert]Help me my friends!!!

2001-10-26 Thread nicolas menciere
Hello people, I'm a frensh developper, and i work on linux. I bought a grahique card Hercules 3D prophete 4500 with the processor KYRO II, but the linux drivers for this card doesn't exist. I hope you will able to help me, because i can't use my computer. Thank you Koxon Frensh Developp