Re: [summary] Re: results using xfree86 4.1.0-0pre1v1 on sparc

2001-06-23 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thanks for confirming these changes, Adam. Once we've slain the XKB beast, > (or at least tiptoed around it carefully) dexconf should be pretty nice for > SPARC users. Excellent. Sorry I can't give you the proper XKB info you need. Sorry I keep co

Re: [summary] Re: results using xfree86 4.1.0-0pre1v1 on sparc

2001-06-23 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thanks for confirming these changes, Adam. Once we've slain the XKB beast, > (or at least tiptoed around it carefully) dexconf should be pretty nice for > SPARC users. Excellent. Sorry I can't give you the proper XKB info you need. Sorry I keep c

Re: [summary] Re: results using xfree86 4.1.0-0pre1v1 on sparc

2001-06-22 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 11:25:22AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Thanks to Ben's advice, I paste below a diff output between the XF86Config-4 > file that dexter produced, and the one that finally worked. I wish I > had some time and debconf hacking skills, so I could provide you with > a patch

[summary] Re: results using xfree86 4.1.0-0pre1v1 on sparc

2001-06-22 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Thanks to Ben's advice, I paste below a diff output between the XF86Config-4 file that dexter produced, and the one that finally worked. I wish I had some time and debconf hacking skills, so I could provide you with a patch to dexter, but I'm afraid I have neither. Summary: - need dexter op

Re: [summary] Re: results using xfree86 4.1.0-0pre1v1 on sparc

2001-06-22 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 11:25:22AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Thanks to Ben's advice, I paste below a diff output between the XF86Config-4 > file that dexter produced, and the one that finally worked. I wish I > had some time and debconf hacking skills, so I could provide you with > a patch

[summary] Re: results using xfree86 4.1.0-0pre1v1 on sparc

2001-06-22 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Thanks to Ben's advice, I paste below a diff output between the XF86Config-4 file that dexter produced, and the one that finally worked. I wish I had some time and debconf hacking skills, so I could provide you with a patch to dexter, but I'm afraid I have neither. Summary: - need dexter o

Re: results using xfree86 4.1.0-0pre1v1 on sparc

2001-06-14 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 12:34:45PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Was left with both > > > InputDevice "Configured Mouse" > > > InputDevice "Generic Mouse" > > > in XF86Config-4. That caused crashes. > > > > You don't have /dev/inpu

Re: results using xfree86 4.1.0-0pre1v1 on sparc

2001-06-14 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 12:34:45PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Was left with both > > > InputDevice "Configured Mouse" > > > InputDevice "Generic Mouse" > > > in XF86Config-4. That caused crashes. > > > > You don't have /dev/inp

Re: results using xfree86 4.1.0-0pre1v1 on sparc

2001-06-14 Thread André Dahlqvist
Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The why and wherefore is documented in the 4.0.2-4 changelog: > > * debian/local/dexconf: take advantage of modern kernels' /dev/input/mice > device (with xserver-xfree86 only), since it always opens successfully, > always have an input devi

Re: results using xfree86 4.1.0-0pre1v1 on sparc

2001-06-14 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 12:34:45PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Was left with both > > > InputDevice "Configured Mouse" > > > InputDevice "Generic Mouse" > > > in XF86Config-4. That caused crashes. > > > > You don't have /dev/inpu

Re: results using xfree86 4.1.0-0pre1v1 on sparc

2001-06-14 Thread André Dahlqvist
> > You don't have /dev/input? > > No. Should I ? Maybe that's a makedev bug... > > So it's normal to have two mice input devices? That's how my XF86Config-4 file has looked with 4.0.x. I've found it odd too, especially since i have specifically said that I have a ps2 mouse, and not a USB one.

Re: results using xfree86 4.1.0-0pre1v1 on sparc

2001-06-14 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Was left with both > > InputDevice "Configured Mouse" > > InputDevice "Generic Mouse" > > in XF86Config-4. That caused crashes. > > You don't have /dev/input? No. Should I ? Maybe that's a makedev bug... So it's normal to have

Re: results using xfree86 4.1.0-0pre1v1 on sparc

2001-06-14 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 03:08:39AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > During configuration of xserver-xfree86, ati is not offered as a > card driver choice; worked around by configuring for fbdev then > changing the configuration file afterwards The fix for this will be in the next version I release.

Re: results using xfree86 4.1.0-0pre1v1 on sparc

2001-06-14 Thread André Dahlqvist
Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The why and wherefore is documented in the 4.0.2-4 changelog: > > * debian/local/dexconf: take advantage of modern kernels' /dev/input/mice > device (with xserver-xfree86 only), since it always opens successfully, > always have an input dev

Re: results using xfree86 4.1.0-0pre1v1 on sparc

2001-06-14 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 12:34:45PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Was left with both > > > InputDevice "Configured Mouse" > > > InputDevice "Generic Mouse" > > > in XF86Config-4. That caused crashes. > > > > You don't have /dev/inp

Re: results using xfree86 4.1.0-0pre1v1 on sparc

2001-06-14 Thread André Dahlqvist
> > You don't have /dev/input? > > No. Should I ? Maybe that's a makedev bug... > > So it's normal to have two mice input devices? That's how my XF86Config-4 file has looked with 4.0.x. I've found it odd too, especially since i have specifically said that I have a ps2 mouse, and not a USB one

Re: results using xfree86 4.1.0-0pre1v1 on sparc

2001-06-14 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Was left with both > > InputDevice "Configured Mouse" > > InputDevice "Generic Mouse" > > in XF86Config-4. That caused crashes. > > You don't have /dev/input? No. Should I ? Maybe that's a makedev bug... So it's normal to have

Re: results using xfree86 4.1.0-0pre1v1 on sparc

2001-06-14 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 03:08:39AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > During configuration of xserver-xfree86, ati is not offered as a > card driver choice; worked around by configuring for fbdev then > changing the configuration file afterwards The fix for this will be in the next version I release.