[branden@deadbeast.net: [storm@tux.org: XFree 4.0.1 debs]]

2000-11-11 Thread Seth Arnold
Bradley, I haven't played around with background images yet under Xinerama, but I have been meaning to try my hand at splicing some images together to make a supermegabackgroundimageofdeath -- come remind me (on debian-x) to look further into the matter if I don't get back to you in a few days. Al

Re: [storm@tux.org: XFree 4.0.1 debs]

2000-11-11 Thread Rafal Krzewski
Bradley M Alexander wrote: > When I rebuilt the box and installed the .debs of 4.0.1, I started having a > problem with the dual heads. I created a bunch of double-sized backgrounds > for X by pasting two regular images together. I noticed after I got back up > and running that the root window, des

dexter and microsoft wheelmouse optical ?

2000-11-11 Thread SPENER Christian
hi i use the microsoft wheelmouse optical and isntalled a new woody with 4.0.1-2 debs, didn't have 3.3.6 on this computer before! so gpm works without any problem, but under dexter none of the mouse drivers r working under X. the mouse worked for me under the pre2 4.0.1 debs, so the mouse works und

Re: 16bpp @ 1024x768 with ct65554?

2000-11-11 Thread Taketoshi Sano
Hi. In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on Fri, 10 Nov 2000 12:15:55 -0500, on Re: 16bpp @ 1024x768 with ct65554?, "Thomas R. Shemanske" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am only trying to drive the LCD so the hsync and vrefresh can be > arbitrary as far as I know, although they were 30-70 (H) and 50-100

Re: dexter and microsoft wheelmouse optical ?

2000-11-11 Thread SPENER Christian
ok, the problem was, that the mouse won't work, if gpm is started. with /etc/init.d/gpm stop bevor startx the mouse works, shouldn't this done by startx? chris > hi i use the microsoft wheelmouse optical and isntalled a new woody with > 4.0.1-2 debs, didn't have 3.3.6 on this computer before! > so

Re: [storm@tux.org: XFree 4.0.1 debs]

2000-11-11 Thread Bradley M Alexander
On Sat, Nov 11, 2000 at 12:41:31PM +0100, Rafal Krzewski wrote: > > try running X with startx -- +xinerama, or add +xinerama parameter > to /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc and see if it helps. I have done both. I added +xinerama to xserverrc before I started playing with backgrounds, and hence before I

Re: 16bpp @ 1024x768 with ct65554?

2000-11-11 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sun, Nov 12, 2000 at 01:08:07AM +0900, Taketoshi Sano wrote: > You can read available options for chips driver in V4 Xserver > at Just FYI, these HTML manpages have gone away as of the latest XFree86 upload. However, you can still access the same documentation with: man chips -- G. Branden

woody 4.0.1-3 debs on potato

2000-11-11 Thread Charl P. Botha
Dear Debian-X'ers, I have built the woody xfree86 4.0.1-3 debs on potato. The HOWTO is now available at: http://cpbotha.net/building_woody_xfree86_4.0.1_debs_on_potato.HOWTO and also still at: http://cpbotha.net/building_brandens_phase2_debs_on_potato.HOWTO The DEBs I built are TEMPORARILY avail

module documentation

2000-11-11 Thread Dan Christensen
Is there documentation available which describes the various modules that can be loaded into XFree 86, what they do, and what size they are? The version of dexter in the 4.0.1-3 debian package produces an XF86Config file that loads all sorts of modules by default, and as a result my X server consu

Xkb options: docs ?

2000-11-11 Thread Pierfrancesco Caci
Where can I find a description of the different options for Xkb extentions? I have some difficulties getting the right keys in the right place :-) Pf -- --- Pierfrancesco Caci | ik5pvx | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Package pools, testing, 2.2r2

2000-11-11 Thread Anthony Towns
Hello world, debian-cd folk: 2.2r1 is final, even if that'll make some of the powerpc and security folk (justifiably) unhappy. If you'd like to update the potato CD images, that'd probably be a good thing. All who're interested: katie (ie, the new dinstall, ie package pools) will be rolled out wh

Re: Package pools, testing, 2.2r2

2000-11-11 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Anthony Towns wrote: > All who're interested: katie (ie, the new dinstall, ie package pools) > will be rolled out when James has enough time to cope with any unforseen > problems. Hopefully in the next week or two. "testing" will be rolled out > shortly afterwards, in all probability. D

object backingstore in latest X4

2000-11-11 Thread Michael Perry
HI all- I recently upgraded my potato laptop to woody and also did kde2 and Xfree86 4.0.1 from the unstable debs. One application I use often is win4lin and it relies on a option setting in /etc/X11/XF86Config called backingstore so that linux windows that overlay it when running in a window do no

Re: [storm@tux.org: XFree 4.0.1 debs]

2000-11-11 Thread Rafal Krzewski
Bradley M Alexander wrote: > When I rebuilt the box and installed the .debs of 4.0.1, I started having a > problem with the dual heads. I created a bunch of double-sized backgrounds > for X by pasting two regular images together. I noticed after I got back up > and running that the root window, de

dexter and microsoft wheelmouse optical ?

2000-11-11 Thread SPENER Christian
hi i use the microsoft wheelmouse optical and isntalled a new woody with 4.0.1-2 debs, didn't have 3.3.6 on this computer before! so gpm works without any problem, but under dexter none of the mouse drivers r working under X. the mouse worked for me under the pre2 4.0.1 debs, so the mouse works un

Re: 16bpp @ 1024x768 with ct65554?

2000-11-11 Thread Taketoshi Sano
Hi. In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on Fri, 10 Nov 2000 12:15:55 -0500, on Re: 16bpp @ 1024x768 with ct65554?, "Thomas R. Shemanske" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am only trying to drive the LCD so the hsync and vrefresh can be > arbitrary as far as I know, although they were 30-70 (H) and 50-10

Re: dexter and microsoft wheelmouse optical ?

2000-11-11 Thread SPENER Christian
ok, the problem was, that the mouse won't work, if gpm is started. with /etc/init.d/gpm stop bevor startx the mouse works, shouldn't this done by startx? chris > hi i use the microsoft wheelmouse optical and isntalled a new woody with > 4.0.1-2 debs, didn't have 3.3.6 on this computer before! > s

Re: [storm@tux.org: XFree 4.0.1 debs]

2000-11-11 Thread Bradley M Alexander
On Sat, Nov 11, 2000 at 12:41:31PM +0100, Rafal Krzewski wrote: > > try running X with startx -- +xinerama, or add +xinerama parameter > to /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc and see if it helps. I have done both. I added +xinerama to xserverrc before I started playing with backgrounds, and hence before I

Re: 16bpp @ 1024x768 with ct65554?

2000-11-11 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sun, Nov 12, 2000 at 01:08:07AM +0900, Taketoshi Sano wrote: > You can read available options for chips driver in V4 Xserver > at Just FYI, these HTML manpages have gone away as of the latest XFree86 upload. However, you can still access the same documentation with: man chips -- G. Brande

woody 4.0.1-3 debs on potato

2000-11-11 Thread Charl P. Botha
Dear Debian-X'ers, I have built the woody xfree86 4.0.1-3 debs on potato. The HOWTO is now available at: http://cpbotha.net/building_woody_xfree86_4.0.1_debs_on_potato.HOWTO and also still at: http://cpbotha.net/building_brandens_phase2_debs_on_potato.HOWTO The DEBs I built are TEMPORARILY avai

module documentation

2000-11-11 Thread Dan Christensen
Is there documentation available which describes the various modules that can be loaded into XFree 86, what they do, and what size they are? The version of dexter in the 4.0.1-3 debian package produces an XF86Config file that loads all sorts of modules by default, and as a result my X server cons

Xkb options: docs ?

2000-11-11 Thread Pierfrancesco Caci
Where can I find a description of the different options for Xkb extentions? I have some difficulties getting the right keys in the right place :-) Pf -- --- Pierfrancesco Caci | ik5pvx | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Package pools, testing, 2.2r2

2000-11-11 Thread Anthony Towns
Hello world, debian-cd folk: 2.2r1 is final, even if that'll make some of the powerpc and security folk (justifiably) unhappy. If you'd like to update the potato CD images, that'd probably be a good thing. All who're interested: katie (ie, the new dinstall, ie package pools) will be rolled out w

Re: Package pools, testing, 2.2r2

2000-11-11 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Anthony Towns wrote: > All who're interested: katie (ie, the new dinstall, ie package pools) > will be rolled out when James has enough time to cope with any unforseen > problems. Hopefully in the next week or two. "testing" will be rolled out > shortly afterwards, in all probability.

object backingstore in latest X4

2000-11-11 Thread Michael Perry
HI all- I recently upgraded my potato laptop to woody and also did kde2 and Xfree86 4.0.1 from the unstable debs. One application I use often is win4lin and it relies on a option setting in /etc/X11/XF86Config called backingstore so that linux windows that overlay it when running in a window do n

3gl working extremely slow.

2000-11-11 Thread Gordon Heydon
hello, I am having some problem getting 3gl to work correctly on my matrox g400. I have installed the mesa drivers that come with the XFree 4.0.1 debs, and I have also gotting the libglu from the current unstable version of mesa. The problem comes when I run the new enlightenment 3gl programs su

Re: 3gl working extremely slow.

2000-11-11 Thread Seth Arnold
* Gordon Heydon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [00 23:06]: > I am having some problem getting 3gl to work correctly on my matrox > g400. I have installed the mesa drivers that come with the XFree 4.0.1 > debs, and I have also gotting the libglu from the current unstable > version of mesa. Gordon, gettin