Re: modules for the X 4.x server

2000-11-30 Thread Zephaniah E. Hull
On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 09:53:52PM -0800, Seth Arnold wrote: > God only knows what int10 It is used for 'softbooting' video cards, basicly reiniting. Very likely used for your second head. > and record Hell if I know. > does. I also probably don't need > some of these (actually, glx/dri doesn't

Re: modules for the X 4.x server

2000-11-30 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
>> "Zephaniah E. Hull" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > and record > > Hell if I know. That's the record extension, used to record and playback events (device events and device events consequences) as well as events from arbitrary X extensions. I think the GNOME people have an application

Re: 49734308 Nov 25 14:53 xfree86_4.0.1.orig.tar.gz

2000-11-30 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 02:11:41PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > Led to a case where 401f.diff could not be applied to the unpacked sources > of XFree86. I've been told that sometimes this happens, because when you > have a large volume of changes, and RCS version numbers hopping around, > the

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2000-11-30 Thread Branden Robinson
Guess I'm violating the license on this mail by forwarding it. Maybe Craig Sanders and this guy would like to file a class-action copyright infringment suit against me... - Forwarded message from "Wyss, Otto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: "Wyss, Otto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [otto.wyss@csam.com: XFree 4.0.1-8 crashes my system completly, how can I retrieve inf ormation fora bug report]

2000-11-30 Thread Seth Arnold
Goodness; what a horrible .signature. That would be a real incentive for me to find a different employer. :) [Branden: it isn't Craig that you need to worry about -- it is RMS! :] In the meantime Otto, check your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file for a fontpath element that is a unix-domain socket, p

[joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr: Bug#68389: [nrounds@haverford.edu: Re: Bug#68389 acknowledged by developer (fixed with -7)]]

2000-11-30 Thread Branden Robinson
- Forwarded message from Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Zdenek Kabelac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Bug#68389: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: Bug#68389 acknowledged by developer (fixed with -7)] Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 20:24:3

Re: [joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr: Bug#68389: [nrounds@haverford.edu: Re: Bug#68389 acknowledged by developer (fixed with -7)]]

2000-11-30 Thread Seth Arnold
Nathaniel, you are right -- reporting a bug against -10 and hearing it is fixed in -7 is a little strange. WRT your error message, I have approached similar problems in the past by using dpkg directly on the apt-downloaded .deb packages, using the --force-overwrite option. The problem isn't the ac

Re: upgrading to the X4 server

2000-11-30 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 01:49:57AM +0100, Johannes Zellner wrote: > is there any documentation how to upgrade from > a 3.3.6 Server to the 4.x server? apt-get install xserver-xfree86 -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux| Never attribute to malice that which can

Re: modules for the X 4.x server

2000-11-30 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 09:53:52PM -0800, Seth Arnold wrote: > God only knows what int10 and record does. I also probably don't need > some of these (actually, glx/dri doesn't work in my current dual-head > setup, so removing those might actually help! :) -- but what the hey, > it mostly works grea

Re: [otto.wyss@csam.com: XFree 4.0.1-8 crashes my system completly, how can I retrieve inf ormation fora bug report]

2000-11-30 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 01:59:00AM -0800, Seth Arnold wrote: > Goodness; what a horrible .signature. That would be a real incentive for > me to find a different employer. :) [Branden: it isn't Craig that you > need to worry about -- it is RMS! :] You appear to be blissfully ignorant of certain fla

Re: FW: [otto.wyss@csam.com: XFree 4.0.1-8 crashes my systemcompletl y, how can I retrieve inf ormation fora bug report]

2000-11-30 Thread Otto Wyss
> > Goodness; what a horrible .signature. That would be a real incentive for > > me to find a different employer. :) [Branden: it isn't Craig that you > > Sorry if I had known, that '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' gets relayed to debian-x, I wouldn't have sent it. Usually I send everything first at my home add

Re: FW: [otto.wyss@csam.com: XFree 4.0.1-8 crashes my systemcompletl y, how can I retrieve inf ormation fora bug report]

2000-11-30 Thread Joshua Shagam
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 11:59:19PM +0100, Otto Wyss wrote: > > > Goodness; what a horrible .signature. That would be a real incentive for > > > me to find a different employer. :) [Branden: it isn't Craig that you > > > > Sorry if I had known, that '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' gets relayed to > debian-x, I

Re: FW: [otto.wyss@csam.com: XFree 4.0.1-8 crashes my systemcompletl y, how can I retrieve inf ormation fora bug report]

2000-11-30 Thread Seth Arnold
* Otto Wyss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001130 15:11]: > Sorry if I had known, that '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' gets relayed to > debian-x, I wouldn't have sent it. Usually I send everything first at my > home address and than out to the world. Well, Branden forwards email sent to his own account to debian-x if

Re: [otto.wyss@csam.com: XFree 4.0.1-8 crashes my system completly, how can I retrieve inf ormation fora bug report]

2000-11-30 Thread Randy Duran
I happen to work at Credit Suisse. If you'd like, I'll talk to him. - Original Message - From: "Branden Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 4:47 AM Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: XFree 4.0.1-8 crashes my system completly, how can I retrieve inf ormation fora

Re: [joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr: Bug#68389: [nrounds@haverford.edu: Re: Bug#68389 acknowledged by developer (fixed with -7)]]

2000-11-30 Thread Seth Arnold
* Rounds Nathaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001130 16:38]: > I don't know if you have access to the original bug report, but I tried Heh, the wonderful thing about debian is that the bug reports are all available via a filesystem rather than through CGI business. So, all the debian bug reports get ind

Re: [joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr: Bug#68389: [nrounds@haverford.edu: Re: Bug#68389 acknowledged by developer (fixed with -7)]]

2000-11-30 Thread Seth Arnold
Oh man, we have two very different ideas of systems. I felt slink was far too old to bother with when I was running potato, and if someone asked me to go back to potato today, I would be driven up the wall. :) I don't know why your report was closed. My guess is, whoever closed it simply raced thr

Re: modules for the X 4.x server

2000-11-30 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
>> "Zephaniah E. Hull" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > and record > > Hell if I know. That's the record extension, used to record and playback events (device events and device events consequences) as well as events from arbitrary X extensions. I think the GNOME people have an application

Re: 49734308 Nov 25 14:53 xfree86_4.0.1.orig.tar.gz

2000-11-30 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 02:11:41PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > Led to a case where 401f.diff could not be applied to the unpacked sources > of XFree86. I've been told that sometimes this happens, because when you > have a large volume of changes, and RCS version numbers hopping around, > th

[otto.wyss@csam.com: XFree 4.0.1-8 crashes my system completly, how can I retrieve inf ormation fora bug report]

2000-11-30 Thread Branden Robinson
Guess I'm violating the license on this mail by forwarding it. Maybe Craig Sanders and this guy would like to file a class-action copyright infringment suit against me... - Forwarded message from "Wyss, Otto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: "Wyss, Otto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROT

Re: [otto.wyss@csam.com: XFree 4.0.1-8 crashes my system completly, how can I retrieve inf ormation fora bug report]

2000-11-30 Thread Seth Arnold
Goodness; what a horrible .signature. That would be a real incentive for me to find a different employer. :) [Branden: it isn't Craig that you need to worry about -- it is RMS! :] In the meantime Otto, check your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file for a fontpath element that is a unix-domain socket,

[joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr: Bug#68389: [nrounds@haverford.edu: Re: Bug#68389 acknowledged by developer (fixed with -7)]]

2000-11-30 Thread Branden Robinson
- Forwarded message from Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Zdenek Kabelac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Bug#68389: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: Bug#68389 acknowledged by developer (fixed with -7)] Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 20:24

Re: [joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr: Bug#68389: [nrounds@haverford.edu: Re: Bug#68389 acknowledged by developer (fixed with -7)]]

2000-11-30 Thread Seth Arnold
Nathaniel, you are right -- reporting a bug against -10 and hearing it is fixed in -7 is a little strange. WRT your error message, I have approached similar problems in the past by using dpkg directly on the apt-downloaded .deb packages, using the --force-overwrite option. The problem isn't the a

Re: upgrading to the X4 server

2000-11-30 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 01:49:57AM +0100, Johannes Zellner wrote: > is there any documentation how to upgrade from > a 3.3.6 Server to the 4.x server? apt-get install xserver-xfree86 -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux| Never attribute to malice that which ca

Re: modules for the X 4.x server

2000-11-30 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 09:53:52PM -0800, Seth Arnold wrote: > God only knows what int10 and record does. I also probably don't need > some of these (actually, glx/dri doesn't work in my current dual-head > setup, so removing those might actually help! :) -- but what the hey, > it mostly works gre

Re: [otto.wyss@csam.com: XFree 4.0.1-8 crashes my system completly, how can I retrieve inf ormation fora bug report]

2000-11-30 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 01:59:00AM -0800, Seth Arnold wrote: > Goodness; what a horrible .signature. That would be a real incentive for > me to find a different employer. :) [Branden: it isn't Craig that you > need to worry about -- it is RMS! :] You appear to be blissfully ignorant of certain fl

Re: FW: [otto.wyss@csam.com: XFree 4.0.1-8 crashes my systemcompletl y, how can I retrieve inf ormation fora bug report]

2000-11-30 Thread Otto Wyss
> > Goodness; what a horrible .signature. That would be a real incentive for > > me to find a different employer. :) [Branden: it isn't Craig that you > > Sorry if I had known, that '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' gets relayed to debian-x, I wouldn't have sent it. Usually I send everything first at my home ad

Re: FW: [otto.wyss@csam.com: XFree 4.0.1-8 crashes my systemcompletl y, how can I retrieve inf ormation fora bug report]

2000-11-30 Thread Joshua Shagam
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 11:59:19PM +0100, Otto Wyss wrote: > > > Goodness; what a horrible .signature. That would be a real incentive for > > > me to find a different employer. :) [Branden: it isn't Craig that you > > > > Sorry if I had known, that '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' gets relayed to > debian-x, I

Re: FW: [otto.wyss@csam.com: XFree 4.0.1-8 crashes my systemcompletl y, how can I retrieve inf ormation fora bug report]

2000-11-30 Thread Seth Arnold
* Otto Wyss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001130 15:11]: > Sorry if I had known, that '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' gets relayed to > debian-x, I wouldn't have sent it. Usually I send everything first at my > home address and than out to the world. Well, Branden forwards email sent to his own account to debian-x if

Re: [otto.wyss@csam.com: XFree 4.0.1-8 crashes my system completly, how can I retrieve inf ormation fora bug report]

2000-11-30 Thread Randy Duran
I happen to work at Credit Suisse. If you'd like, I'll talk to him. - Original Message - From: "Branden Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 4:47 AM Subject: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: XFree 4.0.1-8 crashes my system completly, how can I retri

Re: [joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr: Bug#68389: [nrounds@haverford.edu: Re: Bug#68389 acknowledged by developer (fixed with -7)]]

2000-11-30 Thread Seth Arnold
* Rounds Nathaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001130 16:38]: > I don't know if you have access to the original bug report, but I tried Heh, the wonderful thing about debian is that the bug reports are all available via a filesystem rather than through CGI business. So, all the debian bug reports get in

Re: [joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr: Bug#68389: [nrounds@haverford.edu: Re: Bug#68389 acknowledged by developer (fixed with -7)]]

2000-11-30 Thread Seth Arnold
Oh man, we have two very different ideas of systems. I felt slink was far too old to bother with when I was running potato, and if someone asked me to go back to potato today, I would be driven up the wall. :) I don't know why your report was closed. My guess is, whoever closed it simply raced th