Re: i845 patch for 4.2.1 debs

2002-11-26 Thread Scott Dier
* Michael Cardenas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [112502 18:44]: > The i845 driver does provide 2d acceleration, it just doesn't respect > refresh rate settings, so it can't be used with lcd screens. I was wondering if you found a patch about that. But your response is great. Thanks. I'll probally just

Re: i845 patch for 4.2.1 debs

2002-11-26 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 12:51:58PM -0600, Scott Dier wrote: > Of course, I might just wait for 4.3 too. ...which, if folks weren't aware, is feature-freezing in four days. -- G. Branden Robinson| Mob rule isn't any prettier just Debian GNU/Linux | beca

Re: i845 patch for 4.2.1 debs

2002-11-26 Thread Scott Dier
* Michael Cardenas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [112502 18:44]: > The i845 driver does provide 2d acceleration, it just doesn't respect > refresh rate settings, so it can't be used with lcd screens. I was wondering if you found a patch about that. But your response is great. Thanks. I'll probally just

Re: i845 patch for 4.2.1 debs

2002-11-26 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 12:51:58PM -0600, Scott Dier wrote: > Of course, I might just wait for 4.3 too. ...which, if folks weren't aware, is feature-freezing in four days. -- G. Branden Robinson| Mob rule isn't any prettier just Debian GNU/Linux | beca

Re: i845 patch for 4.2.1 debs

2002-11-25 Thread Michael Cardenas
I don't recall what your specific problem was, but I emailed upstream to see if they could easily give us a patch to fix the i845 driver so that it would respect the refresh rate settings in the XF86Config-4 file, but they said that it would be too difficult. The i845 driver does provide 2d accel

Re: i845 patch for 4.2.1 debs

2002-11-25 Thread Scott Dier
* Michael Cardenas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [103102 12:00]: > I might email upstream and ask them if they can show me what part of > the patch fixes that problem, because its a very large patch. (I also > might just wait for 4.3 to be released!) No pressure, (I've told the locals who bought i845 chipse

Re: i845 patch for 4.2.1 debs

2002-11-25 Thread Michael Cardenas
I don't recall what your specific problem was, but I emailed upstream to see if they could easily give us a patch to fix the i845 driver so that it would respect the refresh rate settings in the XF86Config-4 file, but they said that it would be too difficult. The i845 driver does provide 2d accel

Re: i845 patch for 4.2.1 debs

2002-11-25 Thread Scott Dier
* Michael Cardenas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [103102 12:00]: > I might email upstream and ask them if they can show me what part of > the patch fixes that problem, because its a very large patch. (I also > might just wait for 4.3 to be released!) No pressure, (I've told the locals who bought i845 chipse

Re: i845 patch for 4.2.1 debs

2002-10-31 Thread Michael Cardenas
>> For now, I've only done the most basic testing. RedHat backported the >> same driver and includes it in limbo, which I believe is rh8, so it >> must be somewhat stable. As I get more results from our testing dept, >> I will forward them to you, if you're interested. > >Yes, please. I'll see if

Re: i845 patch for 4.2.1 debs

2002-10-31 Thread Michael Cardenas
>> For now, I've only done the most basic testing. RedHat backported the >> same driver and includes it in limbo, which I believe is rh8, so it >> must be somewhat stable. As I get more results from our testing dept, >> I will forward them to you, if you're interested. > >Yes, please. I'll see if

Re: i845 patch for 4.2.1 debs

2002-10-30 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 01:32:00PM -0800, Michael Cardenas wrote: > First off, I'd like to say thank you to Branden for your amazing > work. I've been working on your debs for the last few days, and they > build flawlessly. Glad to hear it! > I've been asked by my employer to backport the Intel

Re: i845 patch for 4.2.1 debs

2002-10-30 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 01:32:00PM -0800, Michael Cardenas wrote: > First off, I'd like to say thank you to Branden for your amazing > work. I've been working on your debs for the last few days, and they > build flawlessly. Glad to hear it! > I've been asked by my employer to backport the Intel

i845 patch for 4.2.1 debs

2002-10-30 Thread Michael Cardenas
First off, I'd like to say thank you to Branden for your amazing work. I've been working on your debs for the last few days, and they build flawlessly. I've been asked by my employer to backport the Intel i845 2d driver so that we can support it in our next release, and so I did. For anyone inter

i845 patch for 4.2.1 debs

2002-10-30 Thread Michael Cardenas
First off, I'd like to say thank you to Branden for your amazing work. I've been working on your debs for the last few days, and they build flawlessly. I've been asked by my employer to backport the Intel i845 2d driver so that we can support it in our next release, and so I did. For anyone inter