Re: [Xpert]Re: Will virgin XFree86 run under LINUX?

2002-12-15 Thread joe
> On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, F. Heitkamp wrote: > > >> I'm working with current CVS without any patch and I don't see any crash. > >> Frequently the distribution maintainers include patches to fix some issues > >> with hardware but generally they also send it to the XFree86 developers so > >> they ar

RE: [Xpert]Hooking onto Xserver

2002-12-15 Thread Anurag Palsule
Yes I have made the changes in the lilo.conf file. I have the framebuffer x server installed on my system. I changed the softlink /etc/X11/X to point to the XF86_FBDev and made the changes in the XF86Config file. Still I feel that the X server is not using the framebuffer devices. Even when I rem

[Xpert]Radeon 9000 + Xinerama

2002-12-15 Thread Sean Adams
X gurus, Can anyone help with using the new Radeon9000 driver support with Xinerama? The setup is as follows: One AGP Nvidia 4400 (middle display) Two PCI Radeon 9000s (left and right displays) All displays at 1600x1200 (DVI) Latest X from CVS Binary drivers from Nvidia Linux 2.4.19-16mdk Here's

[Xpert]Re: [Dri-devel] Re: [Dri-devel][PATCH] Segfault in DRI Xserver extension

2002-12-15 Thread Jens Owen
Felix, Thanks for finding and fixing this vulnerability in the DRI extension. I'm copying the xpert list on this fix, because it looks like their may be other extensions with the same vulnerability. For example: xc/programs/Xserver/Xext/panoramiX.c: line 991 Felix Kühling wrote: On Thu, 12

Re: [Xpert]TFT Problem

2002-12-15 Thread kwall
Feigning erudition, Hyrum Mills wrote: % Hello! I tried searching the archives (couldn't find 'em) and posting to % the newbie list, but no luck. Is there a known issue with TFT Displays? I Not as a rule. If you are running Linux, have a look at http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/. Lots of good

[Xpert]TFT Problem

2002-12-15 Thread Hyrum Mills
Hello! I tried searching the archives (couldn't find 'em) and posting to the newbie list, but no luck. Is there a known issue with TFT Displays? I have a Dell C600 laptop and xf86config will recognize the card exactly right. But when I try to start X, it returns "No Valid Modes Found" and c

Re: [Xpert]policy

2002-12-15 Thread Kevin Brosius
Warren Turkal wrote: > > > Who makes the decisions for things like XFree86 freeze dates and releases and > what not? Or is there some mailing list somewhere? > Warren There's some limited info at http://www.xfree86.org/releaseplans.html I believe the XFree86 President, David Dawes, makes the fi

[Xpert]Re: cvs don't work with a radeon 32mo sdr

2002-12-15 Thread Cedric De Wilde
Cvs work great with a r128, it's a radeon driver issue. Nobody now how to fix it? Cedric On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 11:30:29PM +0100, Cedric De Wilde wrote: > Hi, > > I've compiled the cvs from the 29 november and the 11 december and it > won't work. It's really unusable : the screen has large bla

Re: [Xpert]Re: Decimal key on European keyboard layouts

2002-12-15 Thread Robin Rosenberg
söndagen den 15 december 2002 21.31 skrev Mike A. Harris: > > I believe the correct fix is to use KP_Separator > Didn't know of that one (as most other internals in XFree). I made new patches (against CVS this time). I noted that the german keyboard was fixed a while ago, and this is the same patch

[Xpert]policy

2002-12-15 Thread Warren Turkal
Who makes the decisions for things like XFree86 freeze dates and releases and what not? Or is there some mailing list somewhere? Warren -- Treasurer, GOLUM, Inc. http://www.golum.org ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/l

[Xpert]no XV on i830 anymore

2002-12-15 Thread Martin van Es
Hi, Since a couple of days my CVS build of X (14-dec-2002) doesn't do any XV accelerated video anymore. Any work going on on this part that could be responsible for this? card: i830 (mobile). DRM/DRI/AGPGART all load and initialize without a problem. XVideo and XVideo-MotionCompensation extension

Re: [Xpert]Decimal key on European keyboard layouts

2002-12-15 Thread Christian Rose
sön 2002-12-15 klockan 18.26 skrev Robin Rosenberg: > > If anyone can give any pointers on how to correctly adapt this fix for > > the se, fi, dk, nl, no, de_CH, and de layouts, that would be most > > helpful. I'm not sure I understand the file format well enough. > > I can't resist an attempt. My

[Xpert]Re: Will virgin XFree86 run under LINUX?

2002-12-15 Thread Mike A. Harris
On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, F. Heitkamp wrote: >> I'm working with current CVS without any patch and I don't see any crash. >> Frequently the distribution maintainers include patches to fix some issues >> with hardware but generally they also send it to the XFree86 developers so >> they are integrated

[Xpert]Re: Decimal key on European keyboard layouts

2002-12-15 Thread Mike A. Harris
On Sun, 15 Dec 2002, Robin Rosenberg wrote: >Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 18:26:02 +0100 >From: Robin Rosenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Content-Type: Multipart/Mixed; > boundary="Boundary-00=_qsL/93nkgcL75pr" >List-Id: An all-purpose XFree86 discussion forum >Subject: Re: Decimal k

[Xpert]Boot Problem

2002-12-15 Thread Drew Neal
Hi Im not sure if this is the place to send this email but i cant get mandrakeexpert to load dont know why but any way heres my problem when i boot everything is normal untill it goes to the gui where i usually enter username password. the screen tries to click on but then i getan error messsag

Re: [Xpert]Decimal key on European keyboard layouts

2002-12-15 Thread Robin Rosenberg
söndagen den 15 december 2002 00.08 skrev Christian Rose: >[...] > So it seems the comment is only about that it should really be a decimal > comma and not just an ordinary comma. It seems the comment is not about > the purpose of the fix being wrong. The problem, I assume, is that there may be ap

Re: [Xpert]Will virgin XFree86 run under LINUX?

2002-12-15 Thread Fred Heitkamp
On Sun, 15 Dec 2002, Alexander Gottwald wrote: > F. Heitkamp wrote: > > > I usually move the installed XFree to a temporary location before > > attempting a permanent install. i.e. cd /usr/; mv X11R6 X11R6.bak; > > cd /path/to/build; make install; > > If the install goes off without a hitch and th

Re: [Xpert]Savage 4

2002-12-15 Thread Juliusz Chroboczek
SSG> Anybody knows about savage 4 support in Xfree ? Yes. Decent in 4.2.1 (sometimes crashes), absolutely perfect (as far as I can see) in CVS. SSG> can i use Opengl ? You can use it, but it's not accelerated. Juliusz

Re: [Xpert]video adapter 3D VULCAN

2002-12-15 Thread Eric Sprague
Yes, AFAICT it will work. That card, according to http://www.google.com>google, uses a 3dfx Voodoo Banshee chipset - so, if you're editing your XF86Config-4, then 'driver "tdfx"' is what you're looking for. If you're using a GUI configurator, it's a Voodoo Banshee or Voodoo3. That's oversimplifyin

Re: [Xpert]Will virgin XFree86 run under LINUX?

2002-12-15 Thread Vadim Plessky
On Sunday 15 December 2002 5:12 pm, Alexander Gottwald wrote: | Vadim Plessky wrote: | > you can re-run 'make' in BUILD directory, and when 'make' is done (no | > errors)- run | > $rpm -bi --short-circuit | > if install session succeded - run | > $rpm -bb --short-circuit | > and you will

[Xpert]video adapter 3D VULCAN

2002-12-15 Thread Damien REGNIER HOTMAIL
Hello, Does Linux, XFREE86  support the card VIEWTOP 3D VULCAN BD3-1FX If so, how to set it up. I have linux 8.1 MANDRAKE   Thanks     Damien

Re: [Xpert]Will virgin XFree86 run under LINUX?

2002-12-15 Thread Alexander Gottwald
Vadim Plessky wrote: > you can re-run 'make' in BUILD directory, and when 'make' is done (no errors)- > run > $rpm -bi --short-circuit > if install session succeded - run > $rpm -bb --short-circuit > and you will get binary RPMs. I'll try this next time. Thanks. I guess thats the way the Su

Re: [Xpert]Will virgin XFree86 run under LINUX?

2002-12-15 Thread Davor Buvinic
On Sunday 15 December 2002 09:01 am, Alexander Gottwald wrote: [...] > > Unfortunately the building of RPMs does normally take twice the time as > the make; make install build because if some files got renamed or removed > or added, I only notice this at the end of the build and have to alter the

Re: [Xpert]Will virgin XFree86 run under LINUX?

2002-12-15 Thread Vadim Plessky
On Sunday 15 December 2002 3:01 pm, Alexander Gottwald wrote: | F. Heitkamp wrote: [...] | | To be able to easily switch back to erlier versions I always build | RPMs from the CVS build. The specfile was based on the original SuSE | packages but then heavily modified. With these RPM I was able

Re: [Xpert]Will virgin XFree86 run under LINUX?

2002-12-15 Thread Vadim Plessky
On Sunday 15 December 2002 9:48 am, Davor Buvinic wrote: | On Sunday 15 December 2002 12:36 am, F. Heitkamp wrote: | [...] | | > I usually move the installed XFree to a temporary location before | > attempting a permanent install. i.e. cd /usr/; mv X11R6 X11R6.bak; | > cd /path/to/build; make

Re: [Xpert]Will virgin XFree86 run under LINUX?

2002-12-15 Thread Alexander Gottwald
F. Heitkamp wrote: > I usually move the installed XFree to a temporary location before > attempting a permanent install. i.e. cd /usr/; mv X11R6 X11R6.bak; > cd /path/to/build; make install; > If the install goes off without a hitch and the new X runs OK, I > them move the saved version back and d