Re: discover, read-edid, mdetect selection in base-config

2002-07-24 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 10:17:17AM +0200, Steinar Bang wrote: > Are read-edid and mdetect useful for configuring XFree86 4.1.0? > Doesn't "XFree86 -configure" do a better job? You tell me. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=77120&repeatmerged=yes http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugre

Re: XF4.2 packages think Alt is Meta

2002-07-24 Thread Romain FRANCOISE
Branden Robinson writes: > 1) I personally don't care, since I remap the funny keys on the bottom > row to suit my own strange tastes anyway; > 2) I don't want to subject my users to shock and horror. > 3) I don't want to deviate gratuitously from upstream practice. > I'd appreciate input from th

Re: discover, read-edid, mdetect selection in base-config

2002-07-24 Thread Steinar Bang
> Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 10:17:17AM +0200, Steinar Bang wrote: >> Are read-edid and mdetect useful for configuring XFree86 4.1.0? >> Doesn't "XFree86 -configure" do a better job? > You tell me. > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=77120

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2002-07-24 Thread James Hirschorn
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Connecting to a Beamer

2002-07-24 Thread martin f krafft
[debian-x, please CC me as I am not subscribed] Hi folks, I need to connect my laptop (Latitude C610) to a not-so-modern beamer, which supports displaying the 1024x768 screen of the desktop machine sitting next to it. However, when I tell it to display my screen, it simply says: Not available.

Re: A Radeon and X question, probably not Debian specific

2002-07-24 Thread Jeff Lessem
"Charl P. Botha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I had a look at your X output and all seems fine. How many FPS does > glxgears yield? You have to run it for at least 5 seconds before it outputs > something to stdout. glxgears, in its default small size is about 500 fps, expanding the window to f

Re: Connecting to a Beamer

2002-07-24 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Wed, 2002-07-24 at 19:09, martin f krafft wrote: > [debian-x, please CC me as I am not subscribed] > > Hi folks, > > I need to connect my laptop (Latitude C610) to a not-so-modern beamer, > which supports displaying the 1024x768 screen of the desktop machine > sitting next to it. However, when

Re: Unicode compose map?

2002-07-24 Thread Norbert Veber
On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 06:21:47PM +0200, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote: > The alternative to the compose mechanism -- using the input method > mechanism -- is just too nasty to consider. End of offtopic.) Is that the same as the 'altgr' key? > I can personally confirm that the non-Greek compose fi

Re: A Radeon and X question, probably not Debian specific

2002-07-24 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Wed, 2002-07-24 at 20:39, Jeff Lessem wrote: > "Charl P. Botha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I had a look at your X output and all seems fine. How many FPS does > > glxgears yield? You have to run it for at least 5 seconds before it outputs > > something to stdout. > > glxgears, in its

Re: A Radeon and X question, probably not Debian specific

2002-07-24 Thread Jeff Lessem
In your message of: 24 Jul 2002 23:22:23 +0200, you write: >The size of the latter's window doesn't seem to impact the framerate here, >so that sounds like software rendering. Xscreensaver's gears does about 50 fps at its default size, 25 fps in a maximized window, and 5 fps in full screen saved m

Re: A Radeon and X question, probably not Debian specific

2002-07-24 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 00:17, Jeff Lessem wrote: > In your message of: 24 Jul 2002 23:22:23 +0200, you write: > >The size of the latter's window doesn't seem to impact the framerate here, > >so that sounds like software rendering. > > Xscreensaver's gears does about 50 fps at its default size, 25 f

Re: A Radeon and X question, probably not Debian specific

2002-07-24 Thread Jeff Lessem
In your message of: 25 Jul 2002 00:31:18 +0200, you write: >Around 45 fps in both cases here. It must be limited to about 50, because that is what I get on my Mobility r128 laptop and on the old system with the mga card. >There seems to be a bug in the current DRI code which prevents direct >rend

Re: A Radeon and X question, probably not Debian specific

2002-07-24 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 01:02, Jeff Lessem wrote: > In your message of: 25 Jul 2002 00:31:18 +0200, you write: > >Around 45 fps in both cases here. > > It must be limited to about 50, because that is what I get on my > Mobility r128 laptop and on the old system with the mga card. Yes, it has a 0.02

Re: Connecting to a Beamer

2002-07-24 Thread Karl Hammar
> [debian-x, please CC me as I am not subscribed] > > Hi folks, > > I need to connect my laptop (Latitude C610) to a not-so-modern beamer, > which supports displaying the 1024x768 screen of the desktop machine ... > martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) > \ echo mailto

Re: discover, read-edid, mdetect selection in base-config

2002-07-24 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 10:17:17AM +0200, Steinar Bang wrote: > Are read-edid and mdetect useful for configuring XFree86 4.1.0? > Doesn't "XFree86 -configure" do a better job? You tell me. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=77120&repeatmerged=yes http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugr

Re: XF4.2 packages think Alt is Meta

2002-07-24 Thread Romain FRANCOISE
Branden Robinson writes: > 1) I personally don't care, since I remap the funny keys on the bottom > row to suit my own strange tastes anyway; > 2) I don't want to subject my users to shock and horror. > 3) I don't want to deviate gratuitously from upstream practice. > I'd appreciate input from t

Re: discover, read-edid, mdetect selection in base-config

2002-07-24 Thread Steinar Bang
> Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 10:17:17AM +0200, Steinar Bang wrote: >> Are read-edid and mdetect useful for configuring XFree86 4.1.0? >> Doesn't "XFree86 -configure" do a better job? > You tell me. > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=7712

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2002-07-24 Thread James Hirschorn
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Re: A Radeon and X question, probably not Debian specific

2002-07-24 Thread Jeff Lessem
"Charl P. Botha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I had a look at your X output and all seems fine. How many FPS does > glxgears yield? You have to run it for at least 5 seconds before it outputs > something to stdout. glxgears, in its default small size is about 500 fps, expanding the window to

Re: Unicode compose map?

2002-07-24 Thread Norbert Veber
On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 06:21:47PM +0200, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote: > The alternative to the compose mechanism -- using the input method > mechanism -- is just too nasty to consider. End of offtopic.) Is that the same as the 'altgr' key? > I can personally confirm that the non-Greek compose f

Connecting to a Beamer

2002-07-24 Thread martin f krafft
[debian-x, please CC me as I am not subscribed] Hi folks, I need to connect my laptop (Latitude C610) to a not-so-modern beamer, which supports displaying the 1024x768 screen of the desktop machine sitting next to it. However, when I tell it to display my screen, it simply says: Not available

Re: Connecting to a Beamer

2002-07-24 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Wed, 2002-07-24 at 19:09, martin f krafft wrote: > [debian-x, please CC me as I am not subscribed] > > Hi folks, > > I need to connect my laptop (Latitude C610) to a not-so-modern beamer, > which supports displaying the 1024x768 screen of the desktop machine > sitting next to it. However, whe

Re: A Radeon and X question, probably not Debian specific

2002-07-24 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Wed, 2002-07-24 at 20:39, Jeff Lessem wrote: > "Charl P. Botha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I had a look at your X output and all seems fine. How many FPS does > > glxgears yield? You have to run it for at least 5 seconds before it outputs > > something to stdout. > > glxgears, in it

Re: A Radeon and X question, probably not Debian specific

2002-07-24 Thread Jeff Lessem
In your message of: 24 Jul 2002 23:22:23 +0200, you write: >The size of the latter's window doesn't seem to impact the framerate here, >so that sounds like software rendering. Xscreensaver's gears does about 50 fps at its default size, 25 fps in a maximized window, and 5 fps in full screen saved

Re: A Radeon and X question, probably not Debian specific

2002-07-24 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 00:17, Jeff Lessem wrote: > In your message of: 24 Jul 2002 23:22:23 +0200, you write: > >The size of the latter's window doesn't seem to impact the framerate here, > >so that sounds like software rendering. > > Xscreensaver's gears does about 50 fps at its default size, 25

Re: A Radeon and X question, probably not Debian specific

2002-07-24 Thread Jeff Lessem
In your message of: 25 Jul 2002 00:31:18 +0200, you write: >Around 45 fps in both cases here. It must be limited to about 50, because that is what I get on my Mobility r128 laptop and on the old system with the mga card. >There seems to be a bug in the current DRI code which prevents direct >ren

Re: A Radeon and X question, probably not Debian specific

2002-07-24 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 01:02, Jeff Lessem wrote: > In your message of: 25 Jul 2002 00:31:18 +0200, you write: > >Around 45 fps in both cases here. > > It must be limited to about 50, because that is what I get on my > Mobility r128 laptop and on the old system with the mga card. Yes, it has a 0.0

Re: Connecting to a Beamer

2002-07-24 Thread Karl Hammar
> [debian-x, please CC me as I am not subscribed] > > Hi folks, > > I need to connect my laptop (Latitude C610) to a not-so-modern beamer, > which supports displaying the 1024x768 screen of the desktop machine ... > martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) > \ echo mailt

Re: A Radeon and X question, probably not Debian specific

2002-07-24 Thread Russell Neches
> Yeah, I thought it would be some strange bug, or an interaction with > the AMD 760 AGP bridge, or something like that. I was just hoping > to hear about some special REALLY_GO_FAST=t type thing that I didn't > know to set. I had exactly the same problem with a Radeon VE. It worked just fine i