Re: XFree86 4.1.0pre1v1.3 on Alpha

2001-07-01 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 07:39:45PM +0200, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote: > make World > # go for lunch > # go for coffee > sudo make install > sudo make install.man > > How is this difficult? You have to satisfy the build dependencies. Unfortunately, thanks to some clever person implementin

Re: XFree86 4.1.0pre1v1.3 on Alpha

2001-07-01 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 07:39:45PM +0200, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote: > make World > # go for lunch > # go for coffee > sudo make install > sudo make install.man > > How is this difficult? You have to satisfy the build dependencies. Unfortunately, thanks to some clever person implementi

Re: XFree86 4.1.0pre1v1.3 on Alpha

2001-07-01 Thread Juliusz Chroboczek
DL> The root of the problem is that the int10 subsystem is extremely broken for DL> Alpha, at least for the type of Alpha that I have (LX). After int10 has DL> done its work, calls to sleep(), usleep(), nanosleep(), etc. never return. Doug, Would you be so kind as to report this upstream? I wou

Re: XFree86 4.1.0pre1v1.3 on Alpha

2001-07-01 Thread Juliusz Chroboczek
DL> The root of the problem is that the int10 subsystem is extremely broken for DL> Alpha, at least for the type of Alpha that I have (LX). After int10 has DL> done its work, calls to sleep(), usleep(), nanosleep(), etc. never return. Doug, Would you be so kind as to report this upstream? I wo

Re: XFree86 4.1.0pre1v1.3 on Alpha

2001-06-30 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 04:42:34PM -0400, Jay Estabrook wrote: > Well, an entry in release notes is always in order, or a FAQ if there's > an appropriate one. I posted that workaround, as well as some others, > to axp-list, and it seemed to help... ;-} Jay, I just wanted to let you know that you

Re: XFree86 4.1.0pre1v1.3 on Alpha

2001-06-30 Thread Michel Dänzer
Jay Estabrook wrote: > As it turns out, one can add an option in the Device Section of the > XF86Config file: > > Option "NoInt10" > > to prevent int10 from getting run on a 3DFx card. Unfortunately, this > does not work for some other drivers, so is not a general solution to > int10-re

Re: XFree86 4.1.0pre1v1.3 on Alpha

2001-06-30 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 04:42:34PM -0400, Jay Estabrook wrote: > Well, an entry in release notes is always in order, or a FAQ if there's > an appropriate one. I posted that workaround, as well as some others, > to axp-list, and it seemed to help... ;-} Jay, I just wanted to let you know that you

Re: XFree86 4.1.0pre1v1.3 on Alpha

2001-06-30 Thread Jay Estabrook
On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 12:36:14PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >As it turns out, one can add an option in the Device Section of the > >XF86Config file: > > > >Option "NoInt10" > > Good to know. I looked for something like that, but it's not > mentioned in the user-side documentatio

Re: XFree86 4.1.0pre1v1.3 on Alpha

2001-06-30 Thread Michel Dänzer
Jay Estabrook wrote: > As it turns out, one can add an option in the Device Section of the > XF86Config file: > > Option "NoInt10" > > to prevent int10 from getting run on a 3DFx card. Unfortunately, this > does not work for some other drivers, so is not a general solution to > int10-r

Re: XFree86 4.1.0pre1v1.3 on Alpha

2001-06-30 Thread Jay Estabrook
On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 12:36:14PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >As it turns out, one can add an option in the Device Section of the > >XF86Config file: > > > >Option "NoInt10" > > Good to know. I looked for something like that, but it's not > mentioned in the user-side documentati

Re: XFree86 4.1.0pre1v1.3 on Alpha

2001-06-30 Thread Derek J Witt
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >As it turns out, one can add an option in the Device Section of the > >XF86Config file: > > > >Option "NoInt10" We have to be careful with that option. Many video cards need to use IRQs in order to function. -- ** Derek J Witt

Re: XFree86 4.1.0pre1v1.3 on Alpha

2001-06-30 Thread doug
>As it turns out, one can add an option in the Device Section of the >XF86Config file: > >Option "NoInt10" Good to know. I looked for something like that, but it's not mentioned in the user-side documentation at all. I tried this and it does work on my system, but for the record is spel

Re: XFree86 4.1.0pre1v1.3 on Alpha

2001-06-30 Thread Jay Estabrook
On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 10:06:05AM -0400, Doug Larrick wrote: > > The attached patch makes a PCI Voodoo3 3000 PCI card work on my Alpha > PC164LX. Without it, the system goes into a whole lot of bad during X > initialization: 'sync' works afterwards, but 'halt' does not. > > The root of the probl

Re: XFree86 4.1.0pre1v1.3 on Alpha

2001-06-30 Thread Derek J Witt
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >As it turns out, one can add an option in the Device Section of the > >XF86Config file: > > > >Option "NoInt10" We have to be careful with that option. Many video cards need to use IRQs in order to function. -- ** Derek J Witt

Re: XFree86 4.1.0pre1v1.3 on Alpha

2001-06-30 Thread doug
>As it turns out, one can add an option in the Device Section of the >XF86Config file: > >Option "NoInt10" Good to know. I looked for something like that, but it's not mentioned in the user-side documentation at all. I tried this and it does work on my system, but for the record is spe

XFree86 4.1.0pre1v1.3 on Alpha

2001-06-30 Thread Doug Larrick
First, let me say that I'm not a Debian developer, just an Alpha user who wanted to upgrade to a more modern graphics card on his system, ran into some trouble, and tracked it down. The attached patch makes a PCI Voodoo3 3000 PCI card work on my Alpha PC164LX. Without it, the system goes into a w

Re: XFree86 4.1.0pre1v1.3 on Alpha

2001-06-30 Thread Jay Estabrook
On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 10:06:05AM -0400, Doug Larrick wrote: > > The attached patch makes a PCI Voodoo3 3000 PCI card work on my Alpha > PC164LX. Without it, the system goes into a whole lot of bad during X > initialization: 'sync' works afterwards, but 'halt' does not. > > The root of the prob

XFree86 4.1.0pre1v1.3 on Alpha

2001-06-30 Thread Doug Larrick
First, let me say that I'm not a Debian developer, just an Alpha user who wanted to upgrade to a more modern graphics card on his system, ran into some trouble, and tracked it down. The attached patch makes a PCI Voodoo3 3000 PCI card work on my Alpha PC164LX. Without it, the system goes into a