[Xpert]XAllocColorCells() fn fails in RrdHat Linux 6.2

2001-11-26 Thread Ba la
Hi All, I am triying to write a Hello world like program in GUI mode in RedHat Linux using Xlib library functions, but I am getting struck with XAllocColorCells() function call, even I tried one example available from Kenton Lee Technical X Window System programming site also that also get

RE: [Xpert]Radeon and Xv

2001-11-26 Thread Sprague, IT3
not in 4.1.0, but you can use the ati.2 driver from the gatos project to enable it. Alternatively, check out X from CVS. Xv is now built in (the CVS X also has Radeon 7500 support, and 2D-only 8500 support, if it matters.) -Original Message- From: ephemeron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent

[Xpert]Problems with Trident 9397DVD in Gateway Solo 9100 laptop

2001-11-26 Thread Vincent Meyer, MD
Hello, Sorry to bother, but I'm really at my wits end with this, and hopefully someone more familiar with the inner workings of the Trident drivers can help me. I'm using a Gateway Solo 9100 which has a Trident 9397DVd chip. Whenever I run applications that use the Xv extensi

[Xpert]Unload/load a module driver without leaving X

2001-11-26 Thread Alberto Farre Gomes
hello, I use a MicroTouch touchscreen and the calibration tool requires to unload the driver before run it. Is there any way to unload/load the driver without leaving X? Thanks in advanced. _ Descargue GRATUITAMENTE MSN Explore

RE: [Xpert]i81x Video Overlay (blending) function?

2001-11-26 Thread Sottek, Matthew J
Louis, I am unsure of what you mean by Video blending. Do you mean alpha blending for subpicture(#1), like in a DVD? or are you specifically asking about the Overlay constant alpha feature of the hardware(#2). #1 requires use of the XvMC API. It can blend subpictures into video frames in hardw

Re: [Xpert]XFree86 4.1.99.1 and Enlightenment 0.16.5 drawingblack/white lines when minimizing

2001-11-26 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On 27 Nov 2001, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Mon, 2001-11-26 at 22:38, Olivier Cahagne wrote: > > > >> > Please find out which accelerated operation is broken by playing with > > >> > the various "XaaNo..." options (they're documented in the XF86Config > > >> > manpage). Hint: The screenshots look

[Xpert]i81x Video Overlay (blending) function?

2001-11-26 Thread Louis Lu
Hi: I am using RH7.2 with Intel i810e, so far, for the graphics driver, it works fine to me. However, I just wondering whether or not someone is familiar with the video overlay (blending) function? what is the method to call video blending function of the driver? I also appreciate if someon

[Xpert]Invisisible Mouse pointer

2001-11-26 Thread Venkatraman, K S
  Ever since I upgraded to the Xfree86-4.0.1 server, my mouse pointer disappeared. I know the mouse works because I am able to draw boxes when I "click and drag", but I just cannot see where the pointer is. I am also able to highlight icons as I move around the mouse blindly on the desktop

Re: [Xpert]XFree86 4.1.99.1 andEnlightenment 0.16.5 drawing black/white lines when minimizing

2001-11-26 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mon, 2001-11-26 at 22:38, Olivier Cahagne wrote: > >> > Please find out which accelerated operation is broken by playing with > >> > the various "XaaNo..." options (they're documented in the XF86Config > >> > manpage). Hint: The screenshots look like it's related to lines, and > >> > with DRI

Re: [Xpert]XFree86 4.1.99.1 and Enlightenment 0.16.5 drawing black/white lines when minimizing

2001-11-26 Thread Olivier Cahagne
Michel, >> > Please find out which accelerated operation is broken by playing with >> > the various "XaaNo..." options (they're documented in the XF86Config >> > manpage). Hint: The screenshots look like it's related to lines, and >> > with DRI enabled, there's less to be played with. :) >> >>So

Re: [Xpert]XFree86 4.1.99.1 and Enlightenment0.16.5 drawing black/white lines when minimizing

2001-11-26 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sun, 2001-11-25 at 01:30, Olivier Cahagne wrote: > > Please find out which accelerated operation is broken by playing with > > the various "XaaNo..." options (they're documented in the XF86Config > > manpage). Hint: The screenshots look like it's related to lines, and > > with DRI enabled,

RE: [Xpert]Help with RGB buffer display

2001-11-26 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sun, 2001-11-25 at 15:07, Pranay Kumar wrote: > So what is faster: Opengl or XShmPutImage(). I have no idea about OpenGL > but I have programed in X before. Hardware acceleration provided, OpenGL is probably fastest. BTW you could use something like SDL, that will allow to choose any of thes

Re: [Xpert]X cvs has a problem with the fixed font?

2001-11-26 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, safemode wrote: > On Monday 26 November 2001 00:14, Mark Vojkovich wrote: > > On Sun, 25 Nov 2001, safemode wrote: > > > The program i used to see what dpi i was at was xdpyinfo.the fonts > > > may have been at a correct resolution, but since the display wasn't it > > > l

Re: [Xpert]Multihead "Multicomputer"

2001-11-26 Thread Henrik Sandklef
HI! Sorry about the late reply! I have looked into xmove and xmx and it seems tha xmove is in the same direction as was our intention, although a completely different approach. I will look more into the source of xmove. I tried xmove last night (between my laptop (DELL 1024*768) together my "r

Re: [Xpert]X DISPLAY problem in RH7.1

2001-11-26 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mon, 2001-11-26 at 20:21, Manish Godara wrote: > How can I use ssh for X displays? Like the other poster explained; please consult the ssh documentation if there are still questions. The advantages of ssh over a direct connection to the X server are that it acts as a proxy, so everything loo

Re: [Xpert]X DISPLAY problem in RH7.1

2001-11-26 Thread John Peter Tapsell
On Monday 26 November 2001 19:21, you wrote: > HI Michael, > > How can I use ssh for X displays? > > thanks, > manish ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] -X ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

Re: [Xpert]Multihead "Multicomputer"

2001-11-26 Thread Jim Gettys
This problem is, unfortunately, more difficult that it appears on the surface, more than we even realized when we designed X11. It is one of (maybe the) biggest regret I have about X11's design. Keith Packard and I have been conspiring to work on this problem over the last year or two. Some of t

[Xpert]G400 and multihead displays

2001-11-26 Thread Alex Deucher
You need the matrox binary drivers to use the second head on the G400. Also the second head does not support 8 bit color, only 16 and 24 bit. Alex I cannot find the how to on multiheaded displays. I have added two screen, monitor and devices to my XF86config-4 file. I ha

Re: [Xpert]X DISPLAY problem in RH7.1

2001-11-26 Thread Manish Godara
HI Michael, How can I use ssh for X displays? thanks, manish --- Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2001-11-25 at 06:46, Manish Godara wrote: > > > I installed RH7.1 couple of weeks ago and I cannot > > login into another host and export the display to > my > > machine. In R

Re: [Fonts]Re: [Xpert]X cvs has a problem with the fixed font?

2001-11-26 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Keith Packard wrote: > Once you start with this postulate, the logical consequence is that the > effective angular size of the pixel depends solely on the number of pixels > on the screen. I don't know whether this depends on the horizontal or > vertical size, but the ever

Re: [Xpert]Radeon and Xv

2001-11-26 Thread Paul Robertson
> Is Xv on the Radeon supported by the drivers included in XFree86 4.1.0? > Also where can I get info on Xv hardware compatibility so I can know > what my videocard choices are? > > > The mail below was posted in September. Its a good start. Paul -- From: G

Re: [Xpert]Radeon and Current CVS

2001-11-26 Thread Mark Lane
I noticed that the ATI drivers where updated. Does anyone know if these updates add 3D support to the 8500? Regards, -- Mark Lane Hard Data Ltd. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Telephone: 01-780-456-9771 FAX: 01-780-456-9772 11060 - 166 Avenue Edmonton, AB, Canada T5X 1Y3 http://www.harddata.com/

Re: [Fonts]Re: [Xpert]X cvs has a problem with the fixed font?

2001-11-26 Thread Keith Packard
Around 15 o'clock on Nov 26, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote: > Come to that, there is no good reason why the average application > should be using fonts where it matters. If I have two 1024x768 displays, > one a 14" laptop and the other a 50" plasma display, I usually want the > text to be the same

[Xpert]Radeon and Xv

2001-11-26 Thread ephemeron
Is Xv on the Radeon supported by the drivers included in XFree86 4.1.0? Also where can I get info on Xv hardware compatibility so I can know what my videocard choices are? ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xp

Re: [Xpert]accentuation problems

2001-11-26 Thread Ademar de Souza Reis Jr.
On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 04:22:30PM -0200, Ademar de Souza Reis Jr. wrote: > Hi there. > > Why XFree treats accents utilization differently? > > Let me try to explain: > > If I press "'" and "t" on the console, I get "'t", but if I press it on an > xterm (or any other X application), I get *noth

[Xpert]Idea

2001-11-26 Thread John Peter Tapsell
Just a random idea :) I was doing what I usually do a saturday evening - i.e. staying up all night (cheap way to simulate being drunk - sleep starvation) and watching Xscreensaver - when I saw a nice screensaver. It was all black, except a small bouncing blue ball of light that lit up my back

Re: [Xpert]mga composite sync

2001-11-26 Thread Kevin Day
Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison wrote: > ext_eclipse_0301.pdf describes a control register bit CSYNCEN (Composite Sync Enable). [...] Thanks. Lester Caine wrote: > Just for the record, is you monitor actually working syncs > on green, or is the Hsync now composite sync. Well, I blew out the input

Re: [Xpert]X cvs has a problem with the fixed font?

2001-11-26 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Andy Isaacson wrote: > I think Mark's idea of snapping to 75 or 100 DPI is a good one, but I'd > say that this should only be done if the delta is less than... 15% > maybe. Perhaps there should be standard values at 125 and 150 as well, > since some systems are starting to c

Re: [Xpert]X cvs has a problem with the fixed font?

2001-11-26 Thread Andy Isaacson
On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 01:40:25AM -0500, safemode wrote: > unless 1280x1024 dimensions gives 87x96 resolution, then it was wrong. If it "How long is a piece of string?" The resolution depends on the monitor size. XFree86 put the values it used to calculate that resolution in the log file (/v

Re: [Xpert]build fails in drivers/ati.

2001-11-26 Thread Marc Aurele La France
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, David Lebel wrote: > I'm rebuilding my tree of the CVS version of XFree86, and it fails in > atipreinit.c saying that ATI_CRTC_VGA is undefined at line 2682. I've just committed a fix. Thanks for reporting the problem. Marc. +--+---

[Xpert]build fails in drivers/ati.

2001-11-26 Thread David Lebel
Hi, I'm rebuilding my tree of the CVS version of XFree86, and it fails in atipreinit.c saying that ATI_CRTC_VGA is undefined at line 2682. Ciao, ...David -- // david lebel // // http://www.lebel.org/ http://www.nobiaze.com/ // // pgp: 3633 6999 D47E 73ED 099F 4341 08A4 8E48 EF56

RE: [Xpert]Text-Mode/Console invisible after X crash

2001-11-26 Thread Sprague, IT3
I've had this happen a few times. If I'm using vgacons (non-fbdev console) I can modprobe the fbdev module (radeonfb in my case) to get the console back. If it pukes again after this, I can use fbset to change the resolution. This fixes things. -Original Message- From: Michel Dänzer [mail

Re: [Xpert]Text-Mode/Console invisible after X crash

2001-11-26 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mon, 2001-11-26 at 02:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > When a program causes my X server to crash (video/kbd lockup), I can > successfully login remotely and kill X, but my text-mode console > display vanishes. I can still type in the console, but all I see is my > wallpaper/background from X's r

[Xpert]G400 and multihead displays

2001-11-26 Thread Frank Kujawski
I cannot find the how to on multiheaded displays. I have added two screen, monitor and devices to my XF86config-4 file. I have also changed first section. It looks like everything loads, I get complete sections on MGA(0) and MGA(1), but it bombs during the video transformation. I then get a 1

Re: [Xpert]mga composite sync

2001-11-26 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
On Sun, 25 Nov 2001, Kevin Day wrote: > Hi xperts - > > I had a little, er, accident today and blew out the vertical sync driver > in my Matrox G200. Everything else is okay. My monitor can do > composite sync (but not sync on green). Can someone with Matrox > hardware documentation tell m

Re: [Xpert]Force monitor detection

2001-11-26 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Paul wrote: > Hi > > Is there a way to force X to think there is a monitor attached when there > isn't? What do you want it to do differently ? XFree86 doesn't do any thing different just because a monitor has been detected. It does do some things differently if it detec

Re: [Xpert]Re: mga composite sync

2001-11-26 Thread lester
> Never mind. It appears that the SyncOnGreen option also enables > composite sync. Thanks anyway. Just for the record, is you monitor actually working syncs on green, or is the Hsync now composite sync. I'm always trying to get composite sync for 625line TV working -- Lester Caine