Re: does xserver-common 4.0 support 3DLabs/GLINT/Permedia

2000-10-17 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 10:44:28PM -0400, Gábor Lipták wrote: > I tried to run xserver-common 4.0.1-0phase2v17 against my video card (which is > currently running under xserver-3dlabs), but it never goes into graphics > mode. > > As per the xfree86 page, http://xfree86.org/4.0.1/Status3.html#3:

Re: X4, thinkpad 600x and odd font rendering

2000-10-17 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 06:33:09PM -0400, Will Lowe wrote: > I have a thinkpad 600x, I'm running the 4.0 phase2v17 .debs from samosa, > and I have a wierd font problem: > > Fonts are drawn correctly _except_ when they're being edited. Any line > that is being edited is almost illegible; it looks

Re: XF4 - small dexter(?) bug

2000-10-17 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 11:17:17AM -0400, Chris Gorman wrote: > The font path gets > unix:/7100 > > rather than > unix/:7100 This is fixed in v18; thank you for pointing it out. -- G. Branden Robinson | Optimists believe we live in the best of Debian GNU/Linux

Re: could not open default font 'fixed'

2000-10-17 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 04:04:47PM -0700, Aaron Lehmann wrote: > I've just experienced this bug and found the cause on my system. > > mkfontdir was not installed, so the fonts.alias file was incorrect. > > I suppose that mkfontdir should be moved from xutils to xfonts-base, > or xfonts-base shoul

Re: SPARC patch set

2000-10-17 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 09:57:01PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > Well, here it is. This should unpack right into the source dir. It > includes the sparc specific debhelper files, and the MANIFEST. It also has > 4 patches in debian/patches/ > > 301 - SPARC PCI stuff > 302 - minor fix (might be in v1

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

2000-10-17 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 10:56:51PM -0700, Steve Bowman wrote: > I was only asking about 3.3.6 wrt support of older cards, not necessarily > about porting to hurd. I have two Diamond Stealth Edge 3D's (NV1) > which are only about 4 years old. X has a long history of supporting > just about all th

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

2000-10-17 Thread Steve Bowman
On Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 12:17:50AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 08:18:00PM -0700, Steve Bowman wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 12:56:21AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > > > > > Please, please, please focus your efforts on XFree86 4.x instead of > > > fighting wi

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

2000-10-17 Thread Steve Bowman
On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 12:56:21AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > Please, please, please focus your efforts on XFree86 4.x instead of > fighting with me. I have nothing against the Hurd, but 3.3.6 as it exists > in potato is dead, dead, dead. There's no sense applying your patches to > it; t

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

2000-10-17 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 08:18:00PM -0700, Steve Bowman wrote: > On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 12:56:21AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > > > Please, please, please focus your efforts on XFree86 4.x instead of > > fighting with me. I have nothing against the Hurd, but 3.3.6 as it exists > > in potat

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

2000-10-17 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 08:44:45PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 12:39:25AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > These are not release-critical problems. All are in reference to the 3.x > > branch of XFree86, which not actively maintained. Patches for Hurd support > > in

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

2000-10-17 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 10:34:57AM -0700, Seth Arnold wrote: > 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

does xserver-common 4.0 support 3DLabs/GLINT/Permedia

2000-10-17 Thread Gábor
I tried to run xserver-common 4.0.1-0phase2v17 against my video card (which is currently running under xserver-3dlabs), but it never goes into graphics mode. As per the xfree86 page, http://xfree86.org/4.0.1/Status3.html#3: 4.0.1: Support (including acceleration) for Permedia, Permedia 2, 2

Re: does xserver-common 4.0 support 3DLabs/GLINT/Permedia

2000-10-17 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 10:44:28PM -0400, Gábor Lipták wrote: > I tried to run xserver-common 4.0.1-0phase2v17 against my video card (which is > currently running under xserver-3dlabs), but it never goes into graphics > mode. > > As per the xfree86 page, http://xfree86.org/4.0.1/Status3.html#3: >

Re: X4, thinkpad 600x and odd font rendering

2000-10-17 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 06:33:09PM -0400, Will Lowe wrote: > I have a thinkpad 600x, I'm running the 4.0 phase2v17 .debs from samosa, > and I have a wierd font problem: > > Fonts are drawn correctly _except_ when they're being edited. Any line > that is being edited is almost illegible; it look

Re: XF4 - small dexter(?) bug

2000-10-17 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 11:17:17AM -0400, Chris Gorman wrote: > The font path gets > unix:/7100 > > rather than > unix/:7100 This is fixed in v18; thank you for pointing it out. -- G. Branden Robinson | Optimists believe we live in the best of Debian GNU/Linux

Re: could not open default font 'fixed'

2000-10-17 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 04:04:47PM -0700, Aaron Lehmann wrote: > I've just experienced this bug and found the cause on my system. > > mkfontdir was not installed, so the fonts.alias file was incorrect. > > I suppose that mkfontdir should be moved from xutils to xfonts-base, > or xfonts-base shou

SPARC patch set

2000-10-17 Thread Ben Collins
Well, here it is. This should unpack right into the source dir. It includes the sparc specific debhelper files, and the MANIFEST. It also has 4 patches in debian/patches/ 301 - SPARC PCI stuff 302 - minor fix (might be in v18?) 303 - Misc. fixes I found in RedHat's SRPM 204 - The libxrx fixup Ben

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

2000-10-17 Thread Steve Bowman
On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 12:56:21AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > Please, please, please focus your efforts on XFree86 4.x instead of > fighting with me. I have nothing against the Hurd, but 3.3.6 as it exists > in potato is dead, dead, dead. There's no sense applying your patches to > it;

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

2000-10-17 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 08:44:45PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 12:39:25AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > These are not release-critical problems. All are in reference to the 3.x > > branch of XFree86, which not actively maintained. Patches for Hurd support > > in

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

2000-10-17 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 10:34:57AM -0700, Seth Arnold wrote: > 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 sur

does xserver-common 4.0 support 3DLabs/GLINT/Permedia

2000-10-17 Thread Gábor
I tried to run xserver-common 4.0.1-0phase2v17 against my video card (which is currently running under xserver-3dlabs), but it never goes into graphics mode. As per the xfree86 page, http://xfree86.org/4.0.1/Status3.html#3: 4.0.1: Support (including acceleration) for Permedia, Permedia 2,

SPARC patch set

2000-10-17 Thread Ben Collins
Well, here it is. This should unpack right into the source dir. It includes the sparc specific debhelper files, and the MANIFEST. It also has 4 patches in debian/patches/ 301 - SPARC PCI stuff 302 - minor fix (might be in v18?) 303 - Misc. fixes I found in RedHat's SRPM 204 - The libxrx fixup Be

Re: could not open default font 'fixed'

2000-10-17 Thread Aaron Lehmann
I've just experienced this bug and found the cause on my system. mkfontdir was not installed, so the fonts.alias file was incorrect. I suppose that mkfontdir should be moved from xutils to xfonts-base, or xfonts-base should depend on xutils. pgpWOWiIGs01R.pgp Description: PGP signature

X4, thinkpad 600x and odd font rendering

2000-10-17 Thread Will Lowe
I have a thinkpad 600x, I'm running the 4.0 phase2v17 .debs from samosa, and I have a wierd font problem: Fonts are drawn correctly _except_ when they're being edited. Any line that is being edited is almost illegible; it looks as if parts of the letters overlap each other, or mask each other, l

whoops on my last question

2000-10-17 Thread Charl P. Botha
Err, sorry, it seems I missed the xutils.README.Debian file which explains my problem. Ignore my last posting unless. -- charl p. botha delft university of technology faculty of information technology and systems computer graphics and cad/cam group zuidplantsoen 4, room 2.339, 2628 bz delft, the

problems building branden's debs on potato

2000-10-17 Thread Charl P. Botha
Dear People, After many many retries, it seems I'm almost at the point of successfully building Branden's phase2v17 debs on potato (don't ask :). I had the most trouble with the mix of glide3 and glide2 that x requires, but that was solved. What I'm getting now is the following: lots of package

Re: could not open default font 'fixed'

2000-10-17 Thread Aaron Lehmann
I've just experienced this bug and found the cause on my system. mkfontdir was not installed, so the fonts.alias file was incorrect. I suppose that mkfontdir should be moved from xutils to xfonts-base, or xfonts-base should depend on xutils. PGP signature

X4, thinkpad 600x and odd font rendering

2000-10-17 Thread Will Lowe
I have a thinkpad 600x, I'm running the 4.0 phase2v17 .debs from samosa, and I have a wierd font problem: Fonts are drawn correctly _except_ when they're being edited. Any line that is being edited is almost illegible; it looks as if parts of the letters overlap each other, or mask each other,

whoops on my last question

2000-10-17 Thread Charl P. Botha
Err, sorry, it seems I missed the xutils.README.Debian file which explains my problem. Ignore my last posting unless. -- charl p. botha delft university of technology faculty of information technology and systems computer graphics and cad/cam group zuidplantsoen 4, room 2.339, 2628 bz delft, the

problems building branden's debs on potato

2000-10-17 Thread Charl P. Botha
Dear People, After many many retries, it seems I'm almost at the point of successfully building Branden's phase2v17 debs on potato (don't ask :). I had the most trouble with the mix of glide3 and glide2 that x requires, but that was solved. What I'm getting now is the following: lots of packag

XF4 - small dexter(?) bug

2000-10-17 Thread Chris Gorman
Hello All, Just a quick note about a little syntax error I got with dexter in XF4. Package... ii xserver-common4.0.1-0phase2v17 The generated /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file has the font server path set incorrectly by default. (I don't know if this has been reported already. I did a qu

XF4 - small dexter(?) bug

2000-10-17 Thread Chris Gorman
Hello All, Just a quick note about a little syntax error I got with dexter in XF4. Package... ii xserver-common4.0.1-0phase2v17 The generated /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file has the font server path set incorrectly by default. (I don't know if this has been reported already. I did a q