On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 03:18:27PM +, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton scrawled:
> i _did_ know of dselect and don't like it, it is _way_ too
> confusing and terse: keystrokes are invisible and it is
> impossible to find out what they are.
Every time you start dselect and go to the select packa
Package: xlibs
Version: 4.2.1-5
Severity: important
Tags: patch upstream sid
Hello Branden,
Mozilla Xft users (including myself) have been experiencing strange
disappearing text problem, as explained in Mozilla Bugzilla "Bug
#187377: Characters disappear with xft if fallback triggered twice on
th
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 03:18:27PM +, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton scrawled:
> i _did_ know of dselect and don't like it, it is _way_ too
> confusing and terse: keystrokes are invisible and it is
> impossible to find out what they are.
Every time you start dselect and go to the select packa
Package: xlibs
Version: 4.2.1-5
Severity: important
Tags: patch upstream sid
Hello Branden,
Mozilla Xft users (including myself) have been experiencing strange
disappearing text problem, as explained in Mozilla Bugzilla "Bug
#187377: Characters disappear with xft if fallback triggered twice on
th
On Don, 2003-02-20 at 04:02, Ari Pollak wrote:
> You should have the latest versions of the DRM kernel modules, but you
> especially need the xlibmesa4-dri package, or else you'll get weird
> problems like XFree86.0.log saying Direct rendering is enabled, but
> glxinfo saying direct rendering i
On Don, 2003-02-20 at 04:02, Ari Pollak wrote:
> You should have the latest versions of the DRM kernel modules, but you
> especially need the xlibmesa4-dri package, or else you'll get weird
> problems like XFree86.0.log saying Direct rendering is enabled, but
> glxinfo saying direct rendering i
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 11:08:36AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 03:18:27PM +, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > if i didn't care about debian, and didn't want other
> > people like my brother and my friends to be able to
> > use it (instead of
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 11:04:25AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 11:42:08AM +, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > ... or is this the sort of thing that cannot be noted because
> > it's pre-install and the debconf system cannot do pre-install
> > "questions" like
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 03:18:27PM +, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> if i didn't care about debian, and didn't want other
> people like my brother and my friends to be able to
> use it (instead of bloody suse and stupid redhat),
> i wouldn't press this iss
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 11:42:08AM +, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> ... or is this the sort of thing that cannot be noted because
> it's pre-install and the debconf system cannot do pre-install
> "questions" like it can do pre-configure "questions"?
Debconf scripts do not have a good w
retitle 181724 xserver-xfree86: [s3virge] driver got more strict with monitor
tolerances
tag 181724 + moreinfo
thanks
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 10:33:30PM -0800, Rob Bos wrote:
> Addendum to report: It turns out that my Horiz/Vert timings were off.
> I consulted my monitor's manual (blew the dust
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> retitle 181724 xserver-xfree86: [s3virge] driver got more strict with monitor
> tolerances
Bug#181724: xserver-xfree86
Changed Bug title.
> tag 181724 + moreinfo
Bug#181724: xserver-xfree86: [s3virge] driver got more strict with monitor
tolerances
Th
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 11:04:25AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 11:42:08AM +, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > ... or is this the sort of thing that cannot be noted because
> > it's pre-install and the debconf system cannot do pre-install
> > "questions" like
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 11:08:36AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 03:18:27PM +, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > if i didn't care about debian, and didn't want other
> > people like my brother and my friends to be able to
> > use it (instead of
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 06:16:24AM -0800, Chris Waters wrote:
chris, thanks for responding.
i acknowledge and understand what you are saying about
aptitude.
if i had known that it existed, and had a command-line-only
interface, i would have investigated and possibly even used
it well befor
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 03:18:27PM +, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> if i didn't care about debian, and didn't want other
> people like my brother and my friends to be able to
> use it (instead of bloody suse and stupid redhat),
> i wouldn't press this iss
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 11:42:08AM +, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> ... or is this the sort of thing that cannot be noted because
> it's pre-install and the debconf system cannot do pre-install
> "questions" like it can do pre-configure "questions"?
Debconf scripts do not have a good w
retitle 181724 xserver-xfree86: [s3virge] driver got more strict with monitor
tolerances
tag 181724 + moreinfo
thanks
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 10:33:30PM -0800, Rob Bos wrote:
> Addendum to report: It turns out that my Horiz/Vert timings were off.
> I consulted my monitor's manual (blew the dust
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 10:55:47AM +, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 09:06:38PM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote:
> > xserver-xfree86 Recommends: xfonts-base - dselect and aptitude should
> > handle this correctly.
> apt-get did not.
No, apt-get is an expert's tool,
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> retitle 181724 xserver-xfree86: [s3virge] driver got more strict with monitor
>tolerances
Bug#181724: xserver-xfree86
Changed Bug title.
> tag 181724 + moreinfo
Bug#181724: xserver-xfree86: [s3virge] driver got more strict with monitor tolerances
Ther
Hi X-Folks,
I've written an geometry file for the apple ibook2.
Included is the patch to the xkb directory of the actual
xlibs package in sid. I hope it will be useful to a bunch
of beginners. I'm not subscribed to the list, so If you
like to hear from me, cc to me.
Eric Böse-Wolf
diff -uNr xkb.o
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 06:16:24AM -0800, Chris Waters wrote:
chris, thanks for responding.
i acknowledge and understand what you are saying about
aptitude.
if i had known that it existed, and had a command-line-only
interface, i would have investigated and possibly even used
it well befor
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 10:55:47AM +, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 09:06:38PM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote:
> > xserver-xfree86 Recommends: xfonts-base - dselect and aptitude should
> > handle this correctly.
> apt-get did not.
No, apt-get is an expert's tool,
... or is this the sort of thing that cannot be noted because
it's pre-install and the debconf system cannot do pre-install
"questions" like it can do pre-configure "questions"?
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 11:06:17AM +, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> okay, how about this as a solution.
>
okay, how about this as a solution.
the debconf / apt xserver configuration performs a detection
that xfree86 has failed (runs it).
then it checks the configuration and the fonts options
and then asks, based on that information,
"it has been noted that [you do not have xfonts-base installed],
n
Hi X-Folks,
I've written an geometry file for the apple ibook2.
Included is the patch to the xkb directory of the actual
xlibs package in sid. I hope it will be useful to a bunch
of beginners. I'm not subscribed to the list, so If you
like to hear from me, cc to me.
Eric Böse-Wolf
diff -uNr xkb.
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 09:06:38PM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 11:50:38PM +, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
> scrawled:
> > [kasnip]
> >
> > xserver-xfree86 _definitely_ depends on xfonts-base, despite what
> > you think.
> >
> > if xserver-xfree86 doesn't work without
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 11:50:38PM +, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton scrawled:
> [kasnip]
>
> xserver-xfree86 _definitely_ depends on xfonts-base, despite what
> you think.
>
> if xserver-xfree86 doesn't work without xfonts-base installed,
> then there is a dependency!
>
> there is no escaping
... or is this the sort of thing that cannot be noted because
it's pre-install and the debconf system cannot do pre-install
"questions" like it can do pre-configure "questions"?
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 11:06:17AM +, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> okay, how about this as a solution.
>
branden,
let's take a step back here.
you are a developer.
you are a debian developer.
you have been working for, i presume, several years on the
debian gnu/linux project.
you are a responsible developer.
therefore please can i respectfully ask you to treat people
who have less knowledge than
okay, how about this as a solution.
the debconf / apt xserver configuration performs a detection
that xfree86 has failed (runs it).
then it checks the configuration and the fonts options
and then asks, based on that information,
"it has been noted that [you do not have xfonts-base installed],
n
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 09:06:38PM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 11:50:38PM +, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton scrawled:
> > [kasnip]
> >
> > xserver-xfree86 _definitely_ depends on xfonts-base, despite what
> > you think.
> >
> > if xserver-xfree86 doesn't work without xf
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 11:50:38PM +, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton scrawled:
> [kasnip]
>
> xserver-xfree86 _definitely_ depends on xfonts-base, despite what
> you think.
>
> if xserver-xfree86 doesn't work without xfonts-base installed,
> then there is a dependency!
>
> there is no escaping
branden,
let's take a step back here.
you are a developer.
you are a debian developer.
you have been working for, i presume, several years on the
debian gnu/linux project.
you are a responsible developer.
therefore please can i respectfully ask you to treat people
who have less knowledge than
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 02:37:08PM -0300, John Lenton scrawled:
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 01:03:16PM +0100, Michel D?nzer wrote:
> > On Mit, 2003-02-19 at 05:01, Ari Pollak wrote:
> > > Neither Red Hat nor Gentoo seem to have reported this problem, even
> > > though they both use gcc 3.2. If this
Addendum to report: It turns out that my Horiz/Vert timings were off.
I consulted my monitor's manual (blew the dust off it, in fact) and
noted that the settings that dpkg-reconfigure chose for it were
incorrect. They've been incorrect for about a year, but something in
the most recent release r
Package: xserver-xfree86
I upgraded xfree86 from sid to version 4.2.1-5 from -4; I'm using an S3 card:
VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86c368 [Trio 3D/2X] (rev 2).
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=4.Max Lat=255.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd400
[0xd7ff].
with the s3virge
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