xhost wierdness

2000-10-16 Thread Kresimir Kukulj
using woody 4.0.1-0phase2v13. I haven't put these access rules (it showed up when I upgraded to XFree 4.0). Is this hardcoded or am I missing something ? > xhost access control enabled, only authorized clients can connect INET:localhost INET:my.host.com LOCAL: > xhost -my.host.com my.host.com bein

release critical != important (was: Re: Bug#72135: not release critical

2000-10-16 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 12:39:25AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > severity 72041 normal > severity 72135 normal > severity 70750 normal > thanks > > These are not release-critical problems. All are in reference to the 3.x > branch of XFree86, which not actively maintained. Patches for Hurd sup

xhost wierdness

2000-10-16 Thread Kresimir Kukulj
using woody 4.0.1-0phase2v13. I haven't put these access rules (it showed up when I upgraded to XFree 4.0). Is this hardcoded or am I missing something ? > xhost access control enabled, only authorized clients can connect INET:localhost INET:my.host.com LOCAL: > xhost -my.host.com my.host.com bei

release critical != important (was: Re: Bug#72135: not release critical

2000-10-16 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 12:39:25AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > severity 72041 normal > severity 72135 normal > severity 70750 normal > thanks > > These are not release-critical problems. All are in reference to the 3.x > branch of XFree86, which not actively maintained. Patches for Hurd su

Re: Error during start X with i810 VGA card. :(

2000-10-16 Thread Seth Arnold
Chung, (or is it Ha-Nyung?) I believe the DRI/AGP features require a much newer kernel. If you try kernel 2.4.0-test*, being sure to build with agpgart support, I think your system will work with 4.0.1. But I can't be sure. :) Best of luck. * Chung, Ha-Nyung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001016 06:14]:

Re: debian large fonts anti-aliasing

2000-10-16 Thread Seth Arnold
Check you /etc/X11/XF86Config file. I bet you have references to the 75 and 100 dpi fonts in your fontpath before the font server. Also try adding :noscale to the end of the 75dpi and 100dpi font directories. HTH * Fabricio Matheus Goncalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001016 09:28]: > > OS: Debian Gnu

Re: libX11 is borked (or is it glibc ?)

2000-10-16 Thread Ben Collins
> > Binary compatibility means you con run programs linked against older > > libraries. Guess what, X and the libX11 linked apps still work don't they? > > To me "binary compatible" means that, things act as they did before > ... when linked with the old library. Which includes being able to > "r

re: XtMakeGeometry errors resolved [UPDATE]

2000-10-16 Thread dgently
> On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 05:53:29PM -0500, Derek J Witt wrote: > > Hi, all. I figured out a way to resolve the "parent not composite" errors > > I've been getting from the xaw packages. I tried running apt-get to > > install X from the phase2 debbies. Of course, I started getting the > > error.

debian large fonts anti-aliasing

2000-10-16 Thread Fabricio Matheus Goncalves
OS: Debian Gnu/Linux 2.2 Aplication: xfs (XFree86) 3.3.6-11 Problem: In redhat with the same XFree version (3.3.6) it can display nice large fonts. Now using debian that fonts show broken, a think that is missing anti-aliasing, but i dont know. When i point my debian X to use a redhat xfs runnin

Re: libX11 is borked (or is it glibc ?)

2000-10-16 Thread James Antill
Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 01:10:03AM -0400, James Antill wrote: > > Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 01:59:11AM +0200, Johannes Zellner wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I cannot link any more against libX

Re: Error during start X with i810 VGA card. :(

2000-10-16 Thread Seth Arnold
Chung, (or is it Ha-Nyung?) I believe the DRI/AGP features require a much newer kernel. If you try kernel 2.4.0-test*, being sure to build with agpgart support, I think your system will work with 4.0.1. But I can't be sure. :) Best of luck. * Chung, Ha-Nyung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001016 06:14]:

Re: debian large fonts anti-aliasing

2000-10-16 Thread Seth Arnold
Check you /etc/X11/XF86Config file. I bet you have references to the 75 and 100 dpi fonts in your fontpath before the font server. Also try adding :noscale to the end of the 75dpi and 100dpi font directories. HTH * Fabricio Matheus Goncalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001016 09:28]: > > OS: Debian Gn

Re: 4.0.1 debs and potato

2000-10-16 Thread Leigh Dyer
Well before X4 debs existed at all, I had a method (put together specifically for getting nVidia cards working with debian) for instaling X4 from source so that it sits in a seperate tree, alongside your normal debian X3.3.6 install. I wrote a quick HOWTO (basically for members of my local LUG), w

Xfree86 4.0.1-phase2v17 debs available for SPARC/UltraSPARC

2000-10-16 Thread Ben Collins
I've finally got these compiled for Sparc. I haven't sent my patches to Branden yet, but will soon. This is in the middle of uploading. Check the .changes to make sure everything is there that you need. Yes, I built the _all.deb packages too, but that's just to avoid version mismatches with branden

re: XtMakeGeometry errors resolved [UPDATE]

2000-10-16 Thread dgently
> On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 05:53:29PM -0500, Derek J Witt wrote: > > Hi, all. I figured out a way to resolve the "parent not composite" errors > > I've been getting from the xaw packages. I tried running apt-get to > > install X from the phase2 debbies. Of course, I started getting the > > error.

debian large fonts anti-aliasing

2000-10-16 Thread Fabricio Matheus Goncalves
OS: Debian Gnu/Linux 2.2 Aplication: xfs (XFree86) 3.3.6-11 Problem: In redhat with the same XFree version (3.3.6) it can display nice large fonts. Now using debian that fonts show broken, a think that is missing anti-aliasing, but i dont know. When i point my debian X to use a redhat xfs runni

Re: gv doesn't work with X4

2000-10-16 Thread Charl P. Botha
On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > If I try to open a menu with gv it aborts with the following > error: > > Error: XtMakeGeometryRequest - parent not composite > > This might be an X problem, I've never seen it on any other version > of X. This has been mentioned on this list along

gv doesn't work with X4

2000-10-16 Thread Wichert Akkerman
If I try to open a menu with gv it aborts with the following error: Error: XtMakeGeometryRequest - parent not composite This might be an X problem, I've never seen it on any other version of X. Wichert. -- _ / Nothing is

Re: dexter and devfs

2000-10-16 Thread Matthew Garrett
On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 01:38:03AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > If someone gives me some (POSIX) shell scriptage, invoking no commands > that aren't in essential packages, which will decisively determine whether > or not a system is using devfs, I will add support for devfs filenames in > the m

Re: libX11 is borked (or is it glibc ?)

2000-10-16 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 01:10:03AM -0400, James Antill wrote: > Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 01:59:11AM +0200, Johannes Zellner wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I cannot link any more against libX11.so: > > > > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so: undefined

Re: dexter and devfs

2000-10-16 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 02:41:00AM -0500, Derek J Witt wrote: > I also found this to work as well: > > === > > #!/bin/sh > DEVFS=`grep devfs /proc/filesystems | cut -f2` > > [ $DEVFS = "devfs" ] && echo "You're using devfs. :-)" Needs to be more complex: #!/bin/sh # They may have more th

Error during start X with i810 VGA card. :(

2000-10-16 Thread Chung, Ha-Nyung
Currently, I update X to 4.0.1 phase2, maybe correct?, in woody. I'm using Compaq Deskpro with VGA card using i810 chipset. With XF86 3.3.6, I have no problem using X with this machine, but after updating I got the error during startx. /var/log/XFree86.0.log file is following...

Re: libX11 is borked (or is it glibc ?)

2000-10-16 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 01:10:03AM -0400, James Antill wrote: > Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 01:59:11AM +0200, Johannes Zellner wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I cannot link any more against libX11.so: > > > > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so: undefined

4.0.1 debs and potato

2000-10-16 Thread Charl P. Botha
Dear debian-xers, Thanks to Branden's debs I have the phase2 4.0.1 v15 debs running very smoothly at home on woody on a GeForce 2 MX machine with the NVidia drivers. I'm getting a work machine now with a GeForce 2 GTS 64MB and am obviously putting debian on it, but I'd really prefer running potat

Re: 4.0.1 debs and potato

2000-10-16 Thread Leigh Dyer
Well before X4 debs existed at all, I had a method (put together specifically for getting nVidia cards working with debian) for instaling X4 from source so that it sits in a seperate tree, alongside your normal debian X3.3.6 install. I wrote a quick HOWTO (basically for members of my local LUG),

Xfree86 4.0.1-phase2v17 debs available for SPARC/UltraSPARC

2000-10-16 Thread Ben Collins
I've finally got these compiled for Sparc. I haven't sent my patches to Branden yet, but will soon. This is in the middle of uploading. Check the .changes to make sure everything is there that you need. Yes, I built the _all.deb packages too, but that's just to avoid version mismatches with brande

Re: gv doesn't work with X4

2000-10-16 Thread Charl P. Botha
On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > If I try to open a menu with gv it aborts with the following > error: > > Error: XtMakeGeometryRequest - parent not composite > > This might be an X problem, I've never seen it on any other version > of X. This has been mentioned on this list along

gv doesn't work with X4

2000-10-16 Thread Wichert Akkerman
If I try to open a menu with gv it aborts with the following error: Error: XtMakeGeometryRequest - parent not composite This might be an X problem, I've never seen it on any other version of X. Wichert. -- _ / Nothing i

Re: dexter and devfs

2000-10-16 Thread Matthew Garrett
On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 01:38:03AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > If someone gives me some (POSIX) shell scriptage, invoking no commands > that aren't in essential packages, which will decisively determine whether > or not a system is using devfs, I will add support for devfs filenames in > the

Re: libX11 is borked (or is it glibc ?)

2000-10-16 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 01:10:03AM -0400, James Antill wrote: > Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 01:59:11AM +0200, Johannes Zellner wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I cannot link any more against libX11.so: > > > > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so: undefine

Re: dexter and devfs

2000-10-16 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 02:41:00AM -0500, Derek J Witt wrote: > I also found this to work as well: > > === > > #!/bin/sh > DEVFS=`grep devfs /proc/filesystems | cut -f2` > > [ $DEVFS = "devfs" ] && echo "You're using devfs. :-)" Needs to be more complex: #!/bin/sh # They may have more t

Error during start X with i810 VGA card. :(

2000-10-16 Thread Chung, Ha-Nyung
Currently, I update X to 4.0.1 phase2, maybe correct?, in woody. I'm using Compaq Deskpro with VGA card using i810 chipset. With XF86 3.3.6, I have no problem using X with this machine, but after updating I got the error during startx. /var/log/XFree86.0.log file is following... ---

Re: libX11 is borked (or is it glibc ?)

2000-10-16 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 01:10:03AM -0400, James Antill wrote: > Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 01:59:11AM +0200, Johannes Zellner wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I cannot link any more against libX11.so: > > > > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so: undefine

4.0.1 debs and potato

2000-10-16 Thread Charl P. Botha
Dear debian-xers, Thanks to Branden's debs I have the phase2 4.0.1 v15 debs running very smoothly at home on woody on a GeForce 2 MX machine with the NVidia drivers. I'm getting a work machine now with a GeForce 2 GTS 64MB and am obviously putting debian on it, but I'd really prefer running pota

Re: dexter and devfs

2000-10-16 Thread Derek J Witt
I also found this to work as well: === #!/bin/sh DEVFS=`grep devfs /proc/filesystems | cut -f2` [ $DEVFS = "devfs" ] && echo "You're using devfs. :-)" === Looks like it's going to be a simple thing to test anyway we do it. :-) ** Derek J Witt

Re: libX11 is borked (or is it glibc ?)

2000-10-16 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 09:02:42PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > To compile against a library built under an old glibc, the library > needs to be recompiled to the new libc. I think there's already a > forthcoming X 3.3.6 upgrade which will be rebuilt against woody glibc - > right, Branden? N

Re: dexter and devfs

2000-10-16 Thread Zephaniah E. Hull
On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 01:38:03AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > If someone gives me some (POSIX) shell scriptage, invoking no commands > that aren't in essential packages, which will decisively determine whether > or not a system is using devfs, I will add support for devfs filenames in > the m

XtMakeGeometry errors resolved [UPDATE]

2000-10-16 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 05:53:29PM -0500, Derek J Witt wrote: > Hi, all. I figured out a way to resolve the "parent not composite" errors > I've been getting from the xaw packages. I tried running apt-get to > install X from the phase2 debbies. Of course, I started getting the > error. I talked t

Re: config file problems?

2000-10-16 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 02:00:15PM -0700, Seth Arnold wrote: > I just apt-get upgraded my system, and watched these messages roll past. > Has anyone else seen them, and if so, is this something that Branden > should know about or does know about? (Back to the `I don't support > upgrades between the

Re: OpenGL & G400

2000-10-16 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 07:58:26PM +0200, Rafal Krzewski wrote: > Upgrades v13-v15 and v15-v17 also worked great, which means that either > I'm lucky or the phase2 packages are in better shape that it is widely > advertised :) Ssh! Quiet! -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux

Re: How do you want non-i386 handled in dexter? (+ mouse types)

2000-10-16 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 06:03:12PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 02:23:49PM -0600, Joshua Shagam wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 09:03:20AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > > > Obviously the server list in dexter needs to be different on non-i386, > > > aswell as the generated k

Re: Bug#74716: gnome-panel: several panel applets segfault under repeatable conditions

2000-10-16 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 11:51:34AM +0200, Christian Marillat wrote: > I like bug report like this one. Helix package and xlib6g 4.0 Yes, I like it too; cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/xlib6g.files with 4.0.1 installed shows me tons and tons of shared objects... -- G. Branden Robinson |Sof

XFree86 4.0.1 and libGLU status update

2000-10-16 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 02:38:16AM -0700, Seth Arnold wrote: > * Gordon Heydon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001013 20:20]: > > but what about the libGLU and libGL libraries? don't you need those. At > > the moment I have the Utah ones is that enough. > > Well, yes, you do. XF86 4.0.1 currently provides li

dexter and devfs

2000-10-16 Thread Branden Robinson
If someone gives me some (POSIX) shell scriptage, invoking no commands that aren't in essential packages, which will decisively determine whether or not a system is using devfs, I will add support for devfs filenames in the mouse configuration section. But not before; it's beyond my current knowle

Re: xserver-common phase2v15: dexter does not list /dev/gpmdata

2000-10-16 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 04:20:31AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I hadn't extensively played with it either, since I have a rather custom > config (dual head with fixed-frequency monitors). Though, it would be > nice if dexter could accept more monitor information, perhaps even a full > XFree8

Re: xlibs 40.1-0phase2v13 break xawtv

2000-10-16 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 10:42:18PM -0500, Derek J Witt wrote: > Is xaw95g based on xaw3d or xaw6/7? AFAIK, xaw95g and xaw3d are distinct forks of Xaw6. Xaw7 did not yet exist at the time they were written, which was years ago. -- G. Branden Robinson |The greatest productive forc

Processed: not release critical

2000-10-16 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > severity 72041 normal Bug#72041: xfree86-1: [hurd]: Support for the Hurd Severity set to `normal'. > severity 72135 normal Bug#72135: xfree86-1: [hurd] Further porting Severity set to `normal'. > severity 70750 normal Bug#70750: xserver-svga: killing

[johannes@zellner.org: xlib6g in debian]

2000-10-16 Thread Branden Robinson
He doesn't describe what he means by "latest"; I presume official. Does 3.3.6-11 (which was built against glibc 2.1.3) not work with 2.1.94? - Forwarded message from Johannes Zellner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Johannes Zellner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[gaborliptak@usa.net: re. xserver-common 4.0.1]

2000-10-16 Thread Branden Robinson
- Forwarded message from Gábor Lipták <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: "Gábor" "Lipták" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: re. xserver-common 4.0.1 Date: 13 Oct 00 22:32:55 EDT Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: USANET web-mailer (34FM.0700

Re: dexter and devfs

2000-10-16 Thread Derek J Witt
I also found this to work as well: === #!/bin/sh DEVFS=`grep devfs /proc/filesystems | cut -f2` [ $DEVFS = "devfs" ] && echo "You're using devfs. :-)" === Looks like it's going to be a simple thing to test anyway we do it. :-) ** Derek J Witt

Re: libX11 is borked (or is it glibc ?)

2000-10-16 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 09:02:42PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > To compile against a library built under an old glibc, the library > needs to be recompiled to the new libc. I think there's already a > forthcoming X 3.3.6 upgrade which will be rebuilt against woody glibc - > right, Branden?

Re: libX11 is borked (or is it glibc ?)

2000-10-16 Thread James Antill
Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 01:59:11AM +0200, Johannes Zellner wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I cannot link any more against libX11.so: > > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so: undefined reference to `getpwnam_r@@GLIBC_2.0' > > > > this shows, even if I link a mi