Re: ETA of the new X packages

1996-11-07 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
I can't be sure that 2.0.24 was the cause, but maelstrom won't run right now because it claims that it cannot allocate 'X shared memory' or some such thing. Lately, I upgraded many things including libc5 and 2.0.6 -> 2.0.24 before I noticed this. Anyway, when I can spare a few hours of modem time

Re: ETA of the new X packages

1996-11-07 Thread Paul Seelig
On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, Bruce Perens wrote: > It currently has 2.0.23 (although I have not released a boot disk, the > kernel package is there). > > I'd like to hear more about what breaks with 2.0.24 . > How about hearing what has been fixed in 2.0.24? ;-) There was a bug introduced via a bugfix for

Re: ETA of the new X packages

1996-11-07 Thread Gerry Jensen
On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, Bruce Perens wrote: > I'd like to hear more about what breaks with 2.0.24 . Some people have reported that X is slower in 2.0.24. Linus is looking into the cause. Gerry -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-

Re: ETA of the new X packages

1996-11-07 Thread Rick Macdonald
Bruce Perens wrote: > > > Any chance that 1.2 will have a recent kernel (like 2.0.23 or 2.0.24)? > > 2.0.24 has the big ping fix which I consider important, however I've > > heard some applications have problems with .24 due to a change in a > > network struct. > > It currently has 2.0.23 (althou

Re: ETA of the new X packages

1996-11-07 Thread Tim Sailer
In your email to me, Bruce Perens, you wrote: > > > Any chance that 1.2 will have a recent kernel (like 2.0.23 or 2.0.24)? > > 2.0.24 has the big ping fix which I consider important, however I've > > heard some applications have problems with .24 due to a change in a > > network struct. > > It

Re: ETA of the new X packages

1996-11-07 Thread Bruce Perens
> Any chance that 1.2 will have a recent kernel (like 2.0.23 or 2.0.24)? > 2.0.24 has the big ping fix which I consider important, however I've > heard some applications have problems with .24 due to a change in a > network struct. It currently has 2.0.23 (although I have not released a boot di

Re: ETA of the new X packages

1996-11-07 Thread Dermot Bradley
On Mon, 4 Nov 1996, Bruce Perens wrote: > The code-freeze for 1.2 happens today. Any chance that 1.2 will have a recent kernel (like 2.0.23 or 2.0.24)? 2.0.24 has the big ping fix which I consider important, however I've heard some applications have problems with .24 due to a change in a netwo

ETA of the new X packages

1996-11-04 Thread Bruce Perens
The person who is building X is expecting to upload them within the next two weeks - he says sooner, I'm being conservative. The hold-up is due to our packaging system going through some changes that require editing of installation scripts. The X source builds 27 binary packages, no surprise that s