Re: [Xpert]Clarification on XFree86 10th anniversary...

2002-04-26 Thread Jim Gettys
#x27;ll have to make a big party for that... :-). - Jim Gettys -- Jim Gettys Cambridge Research Laboratory Compaq Computer Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

Re: [Xpert]SAVESET extension proposal

2002-04-23 Thread Jim Gettys
Getting extensions going also ends up typically causing round trips, so lots of little ones would become a performance headache (though with batching, it could be avoided). - Jim -- Jim Gettys Cambridge Research Laboratory Compaq Computer Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Xpert]Nvidia 2GO Suspend problem

2002-04-23 Thread Jim Gettys
ys in memory) the notebook will continue to refuse > suspend! > > -- Jim Gettys Cambridge Research Laboratory Compaq Computer Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

Re: [Xpert]Nvidia 2GO Suspend problem

2002-04-22 Thread Jim Gettys
d at least post your kernel patch, so that people can verify if suspend problems are the kernel, or the X server. - Jim -- Jim Gettys Cambridge Research Laboratory Compaq Computer Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Xpert ma

Re: [Xpert]Nvidia 2GO Suspend problem

2002-04-22 Thread Jim Gettys
something!). Keith, any news on that patch from Linus? - Jim -- Jim Gettys Cambridge Research Laboratory Compaq Computer Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

Re: [Xpert]limitations of TinyX?

2002-04-19 Thread Jim Gettys
ough having Xv support is nice for DVD's :-). > Third, it doesn't support > the XFree86 module loader. Yup. Both a feature and a bug... - Jim -- Jim Gettys Cambridge Research Laboratory Compaq Computer Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

Re: [Xpert]A better X mouse cursor acceleration?

2002-03-15 Thread Jim Gettys
the text console. - Jim -- Jim Gettys Cambridge Research Laboratory Compaq Computer Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

Re: [Xpert]A better X mouse cursor acceleration?

2002-03-14 Thread Jim Gettys
e that the way it is now. - Jim -- Jim Gettys Cambridge Research Laboratory Compaq Computer Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

Re: [Xpert]New extension for keeping track of client resources

2002-03-06 Thread Jim Gettys
Mark. > > Enclosed text file: restest.c (1 KBytes) -- Jim Gettys Cambridge Research Laboratory Compaq Computer Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

Re: [Xpert]can X11 die more slowly ?

2002-03-04 Thread Jim Gettys
; to one of them... I think Jim said something about having plans to > fix this at some point. > > Yeah, on list of things to do, but I have bit of a circus going on to deal with for the next few weeks. The sins of my past seem to be catching up with me :-(.

Re: [Xpert]can X11 die more slowly ?

2002-03-04 Thread Jim Gettys
It is *always* a bug if your X server crashes. Consider X like the operating system. Please try to get some data on where the server is crashing, and what kind of system and display you are using. - Jim -- Jim Gettys Cambridge Research Laboratory Compaq Computer

Re: [Xpert]Re: libxml needs iconv.h ?

2002-02-18 Thread Jim Gettys
But it can be machine read and written, validated to a significant degree, and hand edited when necessary (and then validated). This seems like a win to me. - Jim -- Jim Gettys Cambridge Research Laboratory Compaq Computer Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___

Re: [Xpert]Request for help on possible 4.1.0 bug

2002-02-14 Thread Jim Gettys
, the difference is just that the server is running at a different speed than it used to... So if it is the same bug, there ain't a thing we can do about it... It is buried in Netscape, a dead product. Sigh... - Jim -- Jim Gettys Cambridge Research

Re: [Xpert]help: How to make XFree86 smaller?

2002-02-06 Thread Jim Gettys
gabytes if you don't need antique toolkits. - Jim -- Jim Gettys Cambridge Research Laboratory Compaq Computer Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Abraham vd Merwe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 17:45:

[Xpert]Re: Xlib: extension

2002-02-06 Thread Jim Gettys
odeExtension XIE XInputExtension XKEYBOARD XTEST XVideo - Jim Jim Gettys Cambridge Research Laboratory Compaq Computer Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

[Xpert]Re: User-level Tasks in Hotplug Scripts?

2002-02-06 Thread Jim Gettys
But I need to do more homework, though was hoping someone on these lists might have enough experience with them to propose something. I guess I'll go chat with my IETF buddies about the issue; it is a larger one than hotplug, and in an area I've never worked in.

Re: [Xpert]Re: User-level Tasks in Hotplug Scripts?

2002-02-05 Thread Jim Gettys
- Jim > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 12:35:41 +0100 (MET) > To: Christer Palm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Vladimir Dergachev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Jim Gettys <

Re: [Xpert]Xlib: extension

2002-02-04 Thread Jim Gettys
This indicates you are running an application that depends on the relatively new render extension. The solution is to upgrade you X server (say to 4.1 or 4.2). - Jim Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: SoloCDM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 22:05:35 -0700 T

[Xpert]Re: User-level Tasks in Hotplug Scripts?

2002-02-04 Thread Jim Gettys
d; there is a problem for each community to mull over at the core of this problem. And someone who sends mail from an address "nogui" certainly has a strong opinion on the topic, which may not be universal :-;. - Jim -- Jim Gettys Cambridge Research Labor

Re: [Xpert]Re: User-level Tasks in Hotplug Scripts?

2002-02-03 Thread Jim Gettys
Owen: This is certainly true: but not sufficient... Here's the sequence as I understand it: 1) new device gets plugged in. 2) system has to figure out what driver to use. 3) if it has seen it before, presumably it can consult some sort of database to help hook it up, both by whatever driver

[Xpert]Re: User-level Tasks in Hotplug Scripts?

2002-02-02 Thread Jim Gettys
- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Oliver Neukum) > Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 23:02:11 +0100 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Gettys), David Brownell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Ryan Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTEC

[Xpert]Re: User-level Tasks in Hotplug Scripts?

2002-02-02 Thread Jim Gettys
OK, folks (both X and wm-spec-list folks, that is, that I've added to this thread): How do we want to solve this problem? We need a secure, interoperable way for configuration scripts running as root to pop up configuration GUI's on user's servers, and we need it soon (yesterday), as hot-plug is

Re: [Xpert]Touchscreen driver, Xinput extension, input device interface, etc....

2002-01-23 Thread Jim Gettys
s (BSD, Hurd etc.) are > implement this interface (maybe even the linux code in the Hurd case), > and so automatically benefit for future drivers. Of course, they are > also free to define their own default interface, or to need an per- > device X driver. > > -- Jim Gettys Cambridge

[Xpert]Re: Touchscreen driver, Xinput extension, input device interface, etc....

2002-01-23 Thread Jim Gettys
> From: James Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 12:18:00 -0800 (PST) > To: Jim Gettys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Touchscreen d

[Xpert]Re: Touchscreen driver, Xinput extension, input device interface, etc....

2002-01-23 Thread Jim Gettys
> From: Russell King - ARM Linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 19:24:02 +0000 > To: Jim Gettys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Touchs

Re: [Xpert]Changing what X looks like on startup

2002-01-23 Thread Jim Gettys
designed the cross hatch, which does. I have memories of doing this, so I think I'm the person. - Jim -- Jim Gettys Cambridge Research Laboratory Compaq Computer Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

[Xpert]Touchscreen driver, Xinput extension, input device interface, etc....

2002-01-23 Thread Jim Gettys
ort becoming ubiquitous in Linux, the time is now. - Jim -- Jim Gettys Cambridge Research Laboratory Compaq Computer Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

Re: [Xpert]DGA requires SUID/root access???

2002-01-13 Thread Jim Gettys
get at the hardware). - Jim -- Jim Gettys Cambridge Research Laboratory Compaq Computer Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

Re: [Xpert]Evaluating Memory Usage

2002-01-04 Thread Jim Gettys
ask the X server to store arbitrary amounts of data on their behalf. We should probably do an X extension to just report memory usage and other statistics, and be done with this 15 year old FAQ (which is in XFree86's FAQ's if I remember correctly). -

Re: [Xpert]Plane masking with Xlib??

2001-12-17 Thread Jim Gettys
. - Jim -- Jim Gettys Cambridge Research Laboratory Compaq Computer Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert

Re: [Xpert]where do keycodes originate?

2001-12-10 Thread Jim Gettys
on is a good idea or not, though given how small the keyboard code is in TinyX, I'm dubious the current situation is optimal, given the problems this leaves to the end users). - Jim -- Jim Gettys Cambridge Research Laboratory Compaq Computer Cor

Re: [Xpert]Multihead "Multicomputer"

2001-11-26 Thread Jim Gettys
, which may involve apps displaying completely different user interfaces when migrated: with modern UI interface builders such as glade and the like, becoming more used, this vision is, we believe feasible. So if you want to work in this area, there is plenty to do... - Jim Gettys

Re: [Xpert]X wide line rasterization bug

2001-11-16 Thread Jim Gettys
You mean someone has code doing lines of other than width 0? I'm amazed Given how ugly X wide lines are. Doesn't mean it isn't a bug, though - Jim -- Jim Gettys Cambridge Research Laboratory Compaq Computer Corporation [

[Xpert]Re: crashing a client with XDrawString

2001-11-03 Thread Jim Gettys
> > > It would be good if you guys went through and looked at that code, > > though. If you can generate bad bits on the wire through an abusive, > > yet still legal use of the api, it probably needs to be fixed. > > Yeah, anything which trashes the protocol is probably a bad idea. I'll > have t

[Xpert]Re: crashing a client with XDrawString

2001-11-02 Thread Jim Gettys
ecurity problem (and maybe it is, but I haven't thought about it). Whether we should bother to fix this one is less than clear, but I thought it should be at least thought about. - Jim -- Jim Gettys Cambridge Research Laboratory Compaq Computer Corporat

Re: [Xpert]pre-allocated colormap?

2001-09-16 Thread Jim Gettys
ft unallocated in some fashion. Some amount of unallocated space is needed for antique apps that use writable entries to run at all without flashing. - Jim -- Jim Gettys Cambridge Research Laboratory Compaq Computer Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___

Re: [Xpert]pre-allocated colormap?

2001-09-16 Thread Jim Gettys
ral discussions separately. - Jim -- Jim Gettys Cambridge Research Laboratory Compaq Computer Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert