Re: XFree in Sarge dumb question

2006-05-11 Thread steef
Paul E Condon wrote: I'm having malfunction of X-windows is Sarge while running XFree. I suspect that my hardware (video care) is intermittently bad. I have several old cards that I would like to try to see if the intermittent problem will go away, *but* I can't discover how to make Debian go

Re: XFree suddenly cannot open /dev/psaux

2004-08-29 Thread Jay Oliveri
Jay Oliveri wrote: > Eddy wrote: >> Hendrik Boom a écrit : >>> InputDevice"Configured Mouse" >>>InputDevice"Generic Mouse" >> >> By the way, I see that you have two InputDevices for probably only one >> mouse. I wonder why that is. In fact I had just the same and it didn't >> bot

Re: XFree suddenly cannot open /dev/psaux

2004-08-28 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Eddy (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Hendrik Boom a écrit : > >> InputDevice"Configured Mouse" >>InputDevice"Generic Mouse" > > By the way, I see that you have two InputDevices for probably only one > mouse. I wonder why that is. Default Debian configuration: one entry for

Re: XFree suddenly cannot open /dev/psaux

2004-08-28 Thread Jay Oliveri
Eddy wrote: > Hendrik Boom a écrit : >> InputDevice"Configured Mouse" >>InputDevice"Generic Mouse" > > By the way, I see that you have two InputDevices for probably only one > mouse. I wonder why that is. In fact I had just the same and it didn't > bother me too much until I reali

Re: XFree suddenly cannot open /dev/psaux

2004-08-27 Thread Eddy
Hendrik Boom a écrit : > Sudden trouble with X. I don't know what I might have done, but is > was all > working yesterday. I did try to configure ALSA (without any apparent > success) > but that shouldn't have messed up X, should it? I looks as if it can > no longer open /dev/psaux, and it refu

Re: XFree suddenly cannot open /dev/psaux

2004-08-27 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Hendrik Boom (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Sudden trouble with X. I don't know what I might have done, but is > was all working yesterday. I did try to configure ALSA (without any > apparent success) but that shouldn't have messed up X, should it? I > looks as if it can no longer open

Re: XFree vs. xorg

2004-08-09 Thread Florian Ernst
Hello! On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 05:41:39PM +0200, Nicolaus Kedegren wrote: > Why in heavens name did Xfree86 change their license? Was it the > previous license too restrictive? Sponsors needed/wanted the ability to > incorporate proprietary code? > Waste of BW probably, but does anybody know? In

Re: XFree vs. xorg

2004-08-09 Thread Nicolaus Kedegren
* Anders Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-09 12:20] wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Brian Nelson wrote: > | On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 10:21:39AM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > |>On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 06:58:57PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > |> > |>>The d-i team is h

Re: XFree vs. xorg

2004-08-09 Thread Anders Karlsson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Brian Nelson wrote: | On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 10:21:39AM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: |>On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 06:58:57PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: |> |>>The d-i team is having nightmares right now because packages they depend |>>on keep changing. |> |

Re: XFree vs. xorg

2004-08-09 Thread Brian Nelson
On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 10:21:39AM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 06:58:57PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > > > The d-i team is having nightmares right now because packages they depend > > on keep changing. > > What ever happened to the idea of a "freeze"? I seem to recall

Re: XFree vs. xorg

2004-08-08 Thread Carl Fink
On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 06:58:57PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > The d-i team is having nightmares right now because packages they depend > on keep changing. What ever happened to the idea of a "freeze"? -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabootu's Minister of Proofreading http:

Re: XFree vs. xorg

2004-08-08 Thread John Summerfield
Chris Metzler wrote: On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 05:02:09 +0800 John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Chris Metzler wrote: On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 21:04:31 +0800 John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How do you justify that pov? At present, we have more platforms than ever before, m

Re: XFree vs. xorg

2004-08-08 Thread Brian Nelson
On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 09:04:31PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > Brian Nelson wrote: > > >On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 09:20:28AM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > > > > > >>Other vendors switched to X.org at the time of the licence change. > >>Presumably they're supporting newer hardware now than

Re: XFree vs. xorg

2004-08-07 Thread Chris Metzler
On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 05:02:09 +0800 John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Chris Metzler wrote: >>On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 21:04:31 +0800 >>John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>How do you justify that pov? At present, we have more platforms than >>>ever before, more packages than ev

Re: XFree vs. xorg

2004-08-07 Thread John Summerfield
Chris Metzler wrote: On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 21:04:31 +0800 John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Brian Nelson wrote: Mark my words, Sarge+1 will not take 3 or 4 years to release. 1 to 1.5 years is my estimate. 2 years, tops. How do you justify that pov? At present, we have more

Re: XFree vs. xorg

2004-08-07 Thread Chris Metzler
On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 21:04:31 +0800 John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brian Nelson wrote: >> >> Mark my words, Sarge+1 will not take 3 or 4 years to release. 1 to 1.5 >> years is my estimate. 2 years, tops. > > > How do you justify that pov? At present, we have more platforms than > e

Re: XFree vs. xorg

2004-08-07 Thread John Summerfield
Brian Nelson wrote: On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 09:20:28AM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: Other vendors switched to X.org at the time of the licence change. Presumably they're supporting newer hardware now than Debian will with Sarge when it's released, and Sarge++ is probably three or four years

Re: XFree vs. xorg

2004-08-06 Thread Brian Nelson
On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 09:20:28AM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > > Other vendors switched to X.org at the time of the licence change. > Presumably they're supporting newer hardware now than Debian will with > Sarge when it's released, and Sarge++ is probably three or four years away. Mark my

Re: XFree vs. xorg

2004-08-06 Thread Marc Wilson
On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 09:20:28AM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > Other vendors switched to X.org at the time of the licence change. > Presumably they're supporting newer hardware now than Debian will with > Sarge when it's released, and Sarge++ is probably three or four years away. Actually,

Re: XFree vs. xorg

2004-08-06 Thread John Summerfield
Florian Ernst wrote: Hello! On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 11:12:50AM -0500, Nathan Kroll wrote: I have recently become aware of the fact that Debian is still using XFree86 4.3 on all of its releases and seems to have no plans on converting to xorg. Is this true? Is there development underway for make

Re: XFree vs. xorg

2004-08-06 Thread Mike
Nathan Kroll wrote: I have recently become aware of the fact that Debian is still using XFree86 4.3 on all of its releases and seems to have no plans on converting to xorg. Is this true? Is there development underway for make xorg the new default x server? I'm just wondering because it seems odd t

Re: XFree vs. xorg

2004-08-06 Thread Florian Ernst
Hello! On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 11:12:50AM -0500, Nathan Kroll wrote: > I have recently become aware of the fact that Debian is still using > XFree86 4.3 on all of its releases and seems to have no plans on > converting to xorg. Is this true? Is there development underway for > make xorg the new d

Re: XFree vs. xorg

2004-08-06 Thread matt zagrabelny
On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 11:12, Nathan Kroll wrote: > I have recently become aware of the fact that Debian is still using > XFree86 4.3 on all of its releases and seems to have no plans on > converting to xorg. Is this true? Is there development underway for > make xorg the new default x server? > >

Re: xfree and windowmaker

2004-04-16 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 08:15:35PM +0200, kevin thackray wrote: > not load font > -*-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,-*-*-medium-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*. > Trying fixed. > /usr/lib/GNUstep/System/Applications/WPrefs.app/WPrefs warning: could > not load font > -*-helvetica-medium-r-n

Re: xfree and windowmaker

2004-04-15 Thread Aurel
It may be a WMaker problem Install wmakerconf (apt-get install wmakerconf). launch it and go to Appearance Tab, you can choose the font for each component. Aurel. kevin thackray wrote: I was using previewsly a slackware so i am not very handy with debian scripts (which i find it quit powerfull

Re: Xfree 4.4 is out

2004-02-29 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > Great news! 4.4 version is out. > > http://www.xfree.org/#newrel > > Finally my card is there (ati radeon 9800) Look for the Xfree86 license problem in lwn.net before you get too happy. Until that mess is sorted out one way or another, you will fi

Re: Xfree setup: does AGP require anything special?

2004-01-18 Thread Uwe Dippel
On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 01:40:13 +0100, Jonathan Matthews wrote: > Unfortunately, I'm not doing a great job. I did a netinstall from > debian-installer (12-01-04, FWIW, and it *rocks*!), but can't seem to > get X to come up at all. My usual approaches in such cases: 1. (as proposed by another pos

Re: Xfree setup: does AGP require anything special?

2004-01-17 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 12:34:27AM +, Jonathan Matthews wrote: > Doing a bit of advocay, I've managed to convince a friend to try Debian > on his newly put-together PC for a bit, while he saves up the £165 WinXP > tax. > > Unfortunately, I'm not doing a great job. I did a netinstall from >

Re: Xfree setup: does AGP require anything special?

2004-01-17 Thread Bijan Soleymani
On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 12:34:27AM +, Jonathan Matthews wrote: > I'll happily post any config files here, but (off the top of my head) > the problem is that X bombs after a couple of seconds with "no screens > found". He's got a NVidia FX mumble in there. I know that some nvidia cards will

Re: Xfree setup: does AGP require anything special?

2004-01-17 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Jonathan Matthews wrote: Doing a bit of advocay, I've managed to convince a friend to try Debian on his newly put-together PC for a bit, while he saves up the £165 WinXP tax. Unfortunately, I'm not doing a great job. I did a netinstall from debian-installer (12-01-04, FWIW, and it *rocks*!), b

Re: Xfree setup: does AGP require anything special?

2004-01-17 Thread rnmscott
Have you tried Knoppix or something like that to see if that works graphically? If so, you can take the X config stuff from there - Original Message - From: Jonathan Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, January 18, 2004 11:34 am Subject: Xfree setup: does AGP require anything spec

Re: xfree 4.3 in sid anytime soon?

2004-01-04 Thread Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka
On Sat, 2004-01-03 at 19:19, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka wrote: > > On Sat, 2004-01-03 at 17:57, GCS wrote: > > > >>On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 12:05:56PM -0500, Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>wrote: > >> > >>>Since it was released about 10 months ago, shouldn't this alre

Re: xfree 4.3 in sid anytime soon?

2004-01-03 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka wrote: On Sat, 2004-01-03 at 17:57, GCS wrote: On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 12:05:56PM -0500, Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Since it was released about 10 months ago, shouldn't this already be known? Yup, you are right. Anyway, they did break it last time: I had a h

Re: xfree 4.3 in sid anytime soon?

2004-01-03 Thread Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka
On Sat, 2004-01-03 at 17:57, GCS wrote: > On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 12:05:56PM -0500, Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Since it was released about 10 months ago, shouldn't this already be > > known? > Yup, you are right. Anyway, they did break it last time: I had a hard > session on up

Re: xfree 4.3 in sid anytime soon?

2004-01-03 Thread GCS
On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 12:05:56PM -0500, Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since it was released about 10 months ago, shouldn't this already be > known? Yup, you are right. Anyway, they did break it last time: I had a hard session on upgrading 4.3.0pre4 to pre5 without apt would remove

Re: xfree 4.3 in sid anytime soon?

2004-01-03 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Colin Watson wrote: I heard from someone that the reason 4.2 is still in unstable is because they don't want 4.3 filtering into testing before sarge is released. That true? I think that's a misrepresentation, at least at the moment. They don't want it filtering into testing before it *works* on a

Re: xfree 4.3 in sid anytime soon?

2004-01-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 02:37:46PM +1100, Jon wrote: > And further, will 4.4 be out by then? If so, what happens to the work > that's gone into packaging 4.3, ie. the stuff in experimental? Will > they just skip that and start packaging 4.4? You could, of course, answer questions like this by look

Re: xfree 4.3 in sid anytime soon?

2004-01-02 Thread Jon
> what's holding up x 4.3 from going into sid? > Is it going to be a long time? I'd also like to know this. Why is it that the Debian 'X Strike Force' can't get 4.3 into unstable? Note that 4.3 was released on the 27th of February 2003. Let's have a bet. Who thinks this 'strike force' can get 4

Re: xfree 4.3 in sid anytime soon?

2004-01-02 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 05:03:22PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > Should I just do it manually? Is it going to be a long time? No. Go pull it from experimental. - -- .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : `. `'` proud Debian admin

Re: xfree 4.3 in sid anytime soon?

2004-01-01 Thread Nano Nano
On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 11:22:49PM -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > > > Hi Nano Nano (are you from Mork's planet?), > I'm using 4.3 from experminatal. Are you aware that 'expermintal' is not > a complete distro like stable/testing/unstable. So you only get the > package you need and when you update, you

Re: xfree 4.3 in sid anytime soon?

2004-01-01 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 05:03:22PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > what's holding up x 4.3 from going into sid? > > There's some xv-enhancements for my old C&T chip I need. > I did it manually once. I don't feel like messing with experimental. > Hi Nano Nano (are you from Mork's planet?), I'm using 4.

Re: xfree won't start w/ video card sis630

2003-12-09 Thread emilp
--On Tuesday, December 09, 2003 17:01:38 -0700 Terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: XFree cannot start. When I select the option to start the program to make adjustments, the monitor flashes from black to a small window with the monitor's settings and the message "out of range". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: XFree will not run on Woody

2003-11-15 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello James Hosken (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I've just installed woody for the first time and I can't get X to run. > It was surgested that I upgrade to xfree V4.2.1-6 from > http://people.fsn.hu/~pasztor/debian > I did that and still it will not run. > > I've tried running > dpkg-recomfigu

Re: xfree, matrox millennium G450 problem..

2003-08-20 Thread paul
Louie Miranda declaimed: > btw, Matrox G450 is working under 4.1.0-16 (xfree-86 - stable package from > debian) > Its working on my machine now.. :D hehe. You've probably figured this out by now, but just to state a couple of points explicitly: The HorizSync and VertRefresh ranges are Monitor cha

Re: xfree, matrox millennium G450 problem..

2003-08-20 Thread Louie Miranda
D]> Cc: "Debian-User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 2:23 PM Subject: Re: xfree, matrox millennium G450 problem.. > Hi, based on the xfree.org website, (btw, my xfree86 version is 4.1.0-16) > so.. on the > website of xfree, G450 is already supported usin

Re: xfree, matrox millennium G450 problem..

2003-08-19 Thread Louie Miranda
roulx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian-User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 1:48 PM Subject: Re: xfree, matrox millennium G450 problem.. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: xfree, matrox millennium G450 problem..

2003-08-19 Thread Bob Proulx
Louie Miranda wrote: > (EE) MGA: Failed to load module "mga_hal" (module does not exist, 0) > (II) MGA(0): Matrox HAL module not found - using builtin mode setup instead This is not a complete answer. Just another data point. That is the Hardware Abstraction Layer and is part of the matrox drive

Re: xfree, matrox millennium G450 problem..

2003-08-19 Thread Louie Miranda
it w/ me what did you put on ur BusID, etc? I'm looking for it at matrox website, but could not find it. --- - Thanks, Louie Miranda - Original Message - From: "Greg Madden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Louie Miranda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednes

Re: xfree, matrox millennium G450 problem..

2003-08-19 Thread Louie Miranda
ks i'll try it now. Email you guys again, wait.. What's type is your maxtrox card? --- - Thanks, Louie Miranda - Original Message - From: "Greg Madden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 10:37 AM Subject: Re: xf

Re: xfree, matrox millennium G450 problem..

2003-08-19 Thread Greg Madden
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 19 August 2003 06:06 pm, Louie Miranda wrote: > Anyone, had similar problems on a matrox G450 (Dual head) Videocard > on a ibm intellistation? > > I think, i entered the values correctly V=120 & H=130 DAC: 360MHz, > etc. > > I also choose on

Re: xfree modules

2003-06-18 Thread Morten Bo Johansen
LeVA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: L> There is a section named Modules in the XF86Config-4 file. Has L> somebody a howto, or doc page where is some explanation about L> the modules? For example "dbe" "ddc" "vbe" "dri" "extmod" L> "glx" "pex5" "record" "xie" "xtrap" "speedo" "type1" "GLcore" L> "bitm

Re: xfree and mouse buttons

2003-06-10 Thread Travis Crump
LeVA wrote: Hi! I'm using 4.1.0 xfree, and a m$ intellimouse explorer 3.0a usb mouse. The mouse has 5 buttons. I want to use all of the 5 buttons, and the scrolling wheel too, which also has button numbers, what I must assign to the 'ZAxisMapping' option in the XF86Config file. Here is my conf

Re: xfree and mouse buttons

2003-06-10 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 09:04:37PM +0200, LeVA wrote: > I'm using 4.1.0 xfree, and a m$ intellimouse explorer 3.0a usb mouse. > The mouse has 5 buttons. I want to use all of the 5 buttons, and the > scrolling wheel too, which also has button numbers, what I must assign > to the 'ZAxisMapping' opt

Re: XFree 4.2.1-5 ATI Rage 128 missing symbols

2003-02-20 Thread Jean-Marc Liotier
Quoting Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 06:58:49PM +0100, Jean-Marc Liotier wrote: > > Quoting Jean-Marc Liotier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Now my question : when will a version of XFree equal or > > > posterior to 4.2.1-11 hit Sid ? Is there somewhere I > > > can find

Re: XFree 4.2.1-5 ATI Rage 128 missing symbols

2003-02-19 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 06:58:49PM +0100, Jean-Marc Liotier wrote: > Quoting Jean-Marc Liotier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Now my question : when will a version of XFree equal or posterior to > > 4.2.1-11 hit Sid ? Is there somewhere I can find it even before ? > > I tried to have a look in incoming

Re: XFree 4.2.1-5 ATI Rage 128 missing symbols

2003-02-19 Thread Jean-Marc Liotier
Quoting Jean-Marc Liotier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Now my question : when will a version of XFree equal or posterior to > 4.2.1-11 hit Sid ? Is there somewhere I can find it even before ? I tried to have a look in incoming.debian.org but XFree was not there. Is it reasonnable to install the binar

Re: xfree can't get it to work.

2002-12-16 Thread Rob Weir
[Please don't top post.] On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 06:12:20PM -0700, Cameron Matheson wrote: > Hi, > > You're Xfree86 config file is all wrong. You're trying to use the fbdev > driver (and it looks like you don't even have the framebuffer enabled in > your kernel so that will not work). If you do

Re: xfree can't get it to work.

2002-12-15 Thread Cameron Matheson
Hi, You're Xfree86 config file is all wrong. You're trying to use the fbdev driver (and it looks like you don't even have the framebuffer enabled in your kernel so that will not work). If you don't want 3d acceleration, just use the 'nv' driver instead of 'fbdev' (and then change your resolution

Re: XFree 4.2.1 and Radeon 9000 hickups.

2002-11-18 Thread Haralambos Geortgilakis
Hi Yall & Russell, I went to the DRI project & added that to my apt list, grabed & installed them & have not looked back. Give it a try man! *BFN* Greek Geek :-) Support your local Search and Rescue unit -- get lost! Russell Neches wrote: Interesting. I'm able to start XFree86 this way,

Re: XFree 4.2.x question

2002-10-23 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
I use sid and just apt-get dist-upgrade to Xfree 4.2.x My card is a Quadro2 MXR, when using the older version of XFree 4.x , it randomly crashes when switching screen. This problem hasn't happened eversince I get 4.2.x ... it has been solid for me. On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 12:01:02 -0400 "Justin

Re: XFree 4.2.x question

2002-10-23 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 11:03:12AM +1000, Rob Weir wrote: > On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 02:28:11PM -0500, Nick Traxler wrote: > > Just one thing--back up /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 before you install 4.2. > > I've apt-gotten 2 revisions from unstable, and it overwrote my > > XF86Config both times. Pretty an

Re: XFree 4.2.x question

2002-10-23 Thread bob
>I see that XFree 4.2.1 has made it into unstable a few weeks ago. I > am curious, has anyone tried to install it? How has that gone? Would you > say it's better to install from the unstable .debs or manually using the > XFree installer? Don't if it was the specific problem, but I had random,

Re: XFree 4.2.x question

2002-10-23 Thread Rob Weir
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 02:28:11PM -0500, Nick Traxler wrote: > Just one thing--back up /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 before you install 4.2. > I've apt-gotten 2 revisions from unstable, and it overwrote my > XF86Config both times. Pretty annoying. You once told debconf to manage your XF86Config-4. Run `

Re: XFree 4.2.x question

2002-10-23 Thread Justin F. Knotzke
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 06:56:12PM +0200, Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka wrote: > Me.I'm using it for some time and it's great. > The installation from .debs went very smoothly. I recommend using .debs > because of upgrades of packages. Was there a huge list of dependencies that do not match stable tha

Re: XFree 4.2.x question

2002-10-23 Thread Nick Traxler
Just one thing--back up /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 before you install 4.2. I've apt-gotten 2 revisions from unstable, and it overwrote my XF86Config both times. Pretty annoying. -- Nick This one time, at band camp, Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka said: > Me.I'm using it for some time and it's great. > The insta

Re: XFree 4.2.x question

2002-10-23 Thread Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka
Me.I'm using it for some time and it's great. The installation from .debs went very smoothly. I recommend using .debs because of upgrades of packages. Vlada On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 18:01, Justin F. Knotzke wrote: > >Hello, > >I see that XFree 4.2.1 has made it into unstable a few weeks ago.

Re: Xfree 4.2?

2002-10-07 Thread Paul Smith
%% Charles Blair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: cb> I have been told that my laptop won't do graphics without version cb> 4.2 of xfree. I tried downloading some files in a directory cb> "branden" with names like xfreecommonv14.2.deb and also a cb> v24.2.deb. ??? No idea what those are.

Re: Xfree 4.2?

2002-10-07 Thread Corrin Lakeland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 08 Oct 2002 15:17, Charles Blair wrote: >I have been told that my laptop won't do graphics without > version 4.2 of xfree. I tried downloading some files in a > directory "branden" with names like xfreecommonv14.2.deb and > also a v24.2.d

Re: XFree and Matrox G550 -- HELP! -- SOLVED!

2002-09-05 Thread Chuck Percy
My thanks to François, Robert, Balazs and the others who have written. I have gotten the Xserver working, and now I just need to complete the monitor configurations. Hopefully I won't need any more assistance. Chuck Percy n7fz-at-arrl-dot-net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: XFree and Matrox G550 -- HELP!

2002-09-05 Thread Balazs Javor
Hi, I have also the same card and it works with the downloaded drivers. Try checking the refresh rate section of your XFree config. One problem I fequently had is that the debconfig script asks you for the frequency range your monitor supports, and if I put in the _maximum_ frequency it supports

Re: XFree and Matrox G550 -- HELP!

2002-09-04 Thread Rupa Schomaker
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wednesday 04 September 2002 10:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> I am planning to run dual-head when I get this working. I _don't_ want to >> use a distro other than Debian, although I may be forced to, if

Re: XFree and Matrox G550 -- HELP!

2002-09-04 Thread Robert Rakowicz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, > HELP!! This newbie is having major problems getting XFree86 to run. > > The problem: my video card is the Matrox G550, and Debian 3.0 > installs XFree86 version 4.1.0.1, which does not support it. And every driver I've > tried, including the generic VGA, gives

Re: XFree and Matrox G550 -- HELP!

2002-09-04 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Wednesday 04 September 2002 10:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I am planning to run dual-head when I get this working. I _don't_ want to > use a distro other than Debian, although I may be forced to, if I can't > solve this. > I have a G450 which I use in dual head mode. Once the card is wo

Re: XFree and Matrox G550 -- HELP!

2002-09-04 Thread François Le Clainche
Le mer 04/09/2002 à 19:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > HELP!! This newbie is having major problems getting XFree86 to run. Hi. > The problem: my video card is the Matrox G550, and Debian 3.0 > installs XFree86 version 4.1.0.1, which does not support it. And every driver I've > tried, inclu

Re: XFree breaks after Kernel update

2002-08-31 Thread Kent West
Matthias Ellinger wrote: > Hi, > > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 after reinstalling the Nvidia kernel & glx > solved it, X starts! > > However, now my USB Wheelmouse has stopped working under X (hotplug USB). ... > > How can I fix that? > > Thanks, Depends on if you're running gpm or not.

SOLVED: Re: XFree breaks after Kernel update

2002-08-31 Thread Matthias Ellinger
Hi, I found out that I forgot to enable full USB HID support before compiling the kernel - so of course my USB mouse wouldn't work. Fixed it, and everything's fine now, with my first self-compiled kernel working just fine! Thanks for all the help! all the best, -- Matthias Ellinger [EMAIL PR

Re: XFree breaks after Kernel update

2002-08-31 Thread Matthias Szupryczynski
On Sun, 2002-09-01 at 02:59, Matthias Ellinger wrote: > Hi, > > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 after reinstalling the Nvidia kernel & glx > solved it, X starts! > > However, now my USB Wheelmouse has stopped working under X (hotplug USB). ... > > How can I fix that? Have a look at your rece

Re: XFree breaks after Kernel update

2002-08-31 Thread Matthias Ellinger
Hi, dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 after reinstalling the Nvidia kernel & glx solved it, X starts! However, now my USB Wheelmouse has stopped working under X (hotplug USB). ... How can I fix that? Thanks, -- Matthias Ellinger [EMAIL PROTECTED], PGP key at: http://www.bernardel.de Key finge

Re: XFree breaks after Kernel update

2002-08-31 Thread Kent West
Matthias Ellinger wrote: >Hi there, > >I tried updating my Woody box to the 2.4.19 kernel using the kernel.org >tar.bz2 and make-kpkg > >Everyting seems to have worked well, except that X won't start anymore. I use >4.01 with the NVidia.com kernel (apt-get). > >XFree86.0.log tells me that scree

Re: XFree breaks after Kernel update

2002-08-31 Thread Amir Tal
On Saturday 31 August 2002 15:16, Matthias Ellinger wrote: > Hi there, > > I tried updating my Woody box to the 2.4.19 kernel using the kernel.org > tar.bz2 and make-kpkg > > Everyting seems to have worked well, except that X won't start anymore. I > use 4.01 with the NVidia.com kernel (apt-get).

Re: XFree 4.2

2002-06-28 Thread Francois Chenais
Thanks ;-) François On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 10:09:50 +0200 (MEST), Raffaele Sandrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > Hello, | > | > I was retreiving XFree4.2 packages from | > | > http://chunk.mp3revolution.net/~aaronl/x/. | > | > But the server seems to

Re: XFree 4.2

2002-06-28 Thread Raffaele Sandrini
> Hello, > > I was retreiving XFree4.2 packages from > > http://chunk.mp3revolution.net/~aaronl/x/. > > But the server seems to be down > > Is there any official place for thoses packages ? > > Thanks a lot > > François > Just read DWN..

Re: XFree 4.2 issues with locale

2002-06-11 Thread Shaya Potter
dont use my xlibs see what I wrote months ago http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2002/debian-x-200204/msg00054.html On Fri, 2002-05-31 at 18:28, Jeff Johnson wrote: > So... Being one of those who has an unsupported video card in wody I > somewhat boldly installed the unofficial debs from: > > deb

Re: XFree 4.2 server DIY (chrooted env)

2002-06-09 Thread joost witteveen
Ah, forgot to mention: > 5 On the main system, startup xfs (apt-get install xfs, remove > the `no-listen = tcp' line in /etc/X11/fs/config), > and install xdm and activate it > (easiest way is to add a "*" line in /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess), > and maybe remove those pesky `no tcp' lines from

Re: XFree 4.2

2002-06-05 Thread Francois Chenais
I'll try it, thanks a lot ;-) François On 04 Jun 2002 09:42:15 -0700 Jeff Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Here are unofficial debs. | | deb http://chunk.mp3revolution.net/~aaronl/x ./ | | beware of Locale issues. see: | | http://www.debianhelp.org/modules.php?op=

Re: Xfree 4.2.0 and KDM

2002-06-04 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Quenten Griffith wrote: > I SENT YOU AN EMAIL ON HOW TO UNSUB. please stop spamming this email box. I realise I'm contributing to the problem, but could people please stop replying to this guy on the list? It's just making matters worse. Oh, and prover, mailbombing the list

Re: Xfree 4.2.0 and KDM

2002-06-04 Thread Quenten Griffith
ILING LISTS. CAN YOU DO SOMETHING WITH IT? THANK YOU. - Original Message - From: "Nicos Gollan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian-user" Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 10:33 AM Subject: Re: Xfree 4.2.0 and KDM On Thursday 30 May 2002 20:30, Stephen J. Thompson

Re: XFree 4.2

2002-06-04 Thread prover
From: "Jeff Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Francois Chenais" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 6:42 PM Subject: Re: XFree 4.2 > Here are unofficial debs. > > deb http://chunk.mp3revolution.net/~aaronl/x ./ > > beware of Locale is

Re: XFree 4.2

2002-06-04 Thread prover
I'M NOT MEMER OF YOUR MAILING LISTS. MY MAIL IS : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED] IS ONLY FORWARD FROM [EMAIL PROTECTED]). WHY THIS MAILS COME TO ME? EVERY DAY COME TO ME 200 MAILS FROM YOUR MAILING LISTS. CAN YOU DO SOMETHING WITH IT? THANK YOU. - Original Message - From: "Fr

Re: Xfree 4.2.0 and KDM

2002-06-04 Thread prover
From: "Nicos Gollan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian-user" Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 10:33 AM Subject: Re: Xfree 4.2.0 and KDM > On Thursday 30 May 2002 20:30, Stephen J. Thompson ""(CaSS) wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I have just insta

Re: XFree 4.2

2002-06-04 Thread Jeff Johnson
Here are unofficial debs. deb http://chunk.mp3revolution.net/~aaronl/x ./ beware of Locale issues. see: http://www.debianhelp.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2111&mode=flat&order=0&thold=0 good luck, and please let me know of your success, -jeff On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 05:

Re: Xfree 4.2.0 and KDM

2002-06-04 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Thursday 30 May 2002 20:30, Stephen J. Thompson ""(CaSS) wrote: > Hello all, > > I have just installed XFree 4.2.0 on two machines and found KDM has > stopped working. Has anyone else encountered this problem. Does > anyone have any pointers on how to solve it? I can only tell you that it works

RE: Xfree 4.2.0 and KDM

2002-06-03 Thread Jose Manuel
d. Regards, Jose Manuel -Mensaje original- De: Stephen J. Thompson (CaSS) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: sábado, 01 de junio de 2002 0:22 Para: debian-user Asunto: RE: Xfree 4.2.0 and KDM What is the best way to downgrade? Is it to remove all X components and reinstall? or

RE: Xfree 4.2.0 and KDM

2002-05-31 Thread Stephen J. Thompson
What is the best way to downgrade? Is it to remove all X components and reinstall? or is there an automatic way? Thanks. Regards, Stephen. On Fri, 2002-05-31 at 08:12, José Manuel Pérez wrote: > Hi. > > I've got that problem too. OpenOffice and Acroread stop working as well. > Finally I've do

RE: Xfree 4.2.0 and KDM

2002-05-31 Thread José Manuel Pérez
Hi. I've got that problem too. OpenOffice and Acroread stop working as well. Finally I've downgrade to XFree 4.1 again. -Original Message- From: Stephen J. Thompson (CaSS) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: jueves 30 de mayo de 2002 20:30 To: debian-user Subject: Xfree 4.2.0 and KDM Hello

Re: XFree 4.1 on ATI Rage 128 Ultra Pro II

2002-05-22 Thread Thomas R. Shemanske
We just set up 6 new Dell's with the following ATI card (output from lspci) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 Pro TF XFree86 4.1 also fails to work with this card, but as I researched it on the web, I was sure that I read XFree86 logs for 4.1 which listed the ca

Re: xfree redux

2002-05-13 Thread Robin Putters
On Mon, 2002-05-13 at 05:35, Tom Cook wrote: > > 3) how do I delete the self-installed version and not hurt the debianized > > one? > > I wouldn't worry. > Use cruft (apt-get install cruft) to find out which files don't belong on your system... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: xfree redux

2002-05-12 Thread Tom Cook
This is purely how *I* would do it, there is sure to be a Better Way (TM). On 0, Jeff Maxson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Awhile back I purchased a video card that was only supported by version > 4.1 of Xfree86. At the time, woody didn't have it in it's repertoire, so > I install

Re: XFree 4.2 on potato

2002-04-30 Thread Brandt Dusthimer
Sorry, there's no 4.2 right now. Branden hasn't even put it into unstable yet cuz it would mess up woody's stabilization process. If I were you I'd wait for woody to official come out (hopefully soon) and then see if XFree 4.1 works. Brandt Dusthimer (BTW, if your card absolutely needs XFre

Re: XFree 4.1.0.1 debian/testing keyboard freeze problem

2002-04-28 Thread craigw
What kind of keyboards are you guys using? Are they USB keyboards? On Sun Apr 28, 2002 at 10:51:04PM +1000, mobtek mobtekl wrote: > On Sun, 28 Apr 2002 12:22:47 +0200 > Bart Matthaei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> banged a keyboard: > > I'm using XFree86 4.2.0 on sid and I get the exact same thing, does you

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