Re: XFree86 3.3 SVGA and S3 Virge/VX

1997-09-23 Thread H Huang
Will> have any different options/configuration things. The problem Will> has occured with Xfre86 3.3 and 3.3.1, so it seems to me to be Will> an X problem and not a config problem. Sure, it is the problem with X. But you can get around this by disabling some features through configuring. >>

Re: XFree86 3.3 SVGA and S3 Virge/VX

1997-09-22 Thread Will Lowe
On 21 Sep 1997, H Huang wrote: > > Will> Hi. I'm using the XFree86 3.3 SVGA server with my diamond > > Will> Today I downloaded the XF86_SVGA 3.3.1 binary from > > Why no reconfigure X? Because 3.3.1 is a minor revision of 3.3, and doesn't seem to have any different options/configuration t

Re: XFree86 3.3 SVGA and S3 Virge/VX

1997-09-22 Thread H Huang
Will> Hi. I'm using the XFree86 3.3 SVGA server with my diamond Will> 3D3000 video card with 4 megs of VRAM, and I can only "startx" Will> once. That is, if I exit X, and type "startx" again on the Will> console, the screen goes black and the machine hangs. Will> CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE and the

Re: Xfree86-3.3 and S3V

1997-07-21 Thread KillMadDog
In a message dated 97-07-21 17:29:27 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> A couple of months ago I convinced a friend >> ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) to change over from slackware to debian; >> and in turn convinced some other people to do the same. He >> was impressed (as I knew he would be) with debian unt

Re: Xfree86-3.3 and S3V

1997-07-21 Thread Joost Kooij
On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, Bob Clark wrote: > A couple of months ago I convinced a friend > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) to change over from slackware to debian; > and in turn convinced some other people to do the same. He > was impressed (as I knew he would be) with debian until... > he upgraded to Xfree-3.3

Re: Xfree86-3.3 and S3V

1997-07-18 Thread Johnny Stevenson
Bob Clark wrote: > > A couple of months ago I convinced a friend > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) to change over from slackware to debian; > and in turn convinced some other people to do the same. He > was impressed (as I knew he would be) with debian until... > he upgraded to Xfree-3.3, now X no longer wor

Re: Xfree86-3.3 and S3V

1997-07-17 Thread Christopher Jason Morrone
On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, Bob Clark wrote: [cut] > Would someone be so kind as to post (re-post?) some possible > solutions. I thought a downgrade to 3.2 would do the trick > but it seems the 3.2 pakages are gone. They're there, I just downgraded myself. Look in rex-fixed or something like that.

Re: XFree86 3.3 can't find fixed font

1997-07-06 Thread Mark Evans
On Sat, 5 Jul 1997, ninjaz wrote: > Thanks for the blazing fast response. :) Tried that to no avail (using > accelx 3.1 and the SVGA server from 3.2 - just noticed I had that package > on hold as I was using accelx).. after downloading the SVGA server from > xfree86 3.3, things are working again

Re: XFree86 3.3 can't find fixed font

1997-07-05 Thread ninjaz
Thanks for the blazing fast response. :) Tried that to no avail (using accelx 3.1 and the SVGA server from 3.2 - just noticed I had that package on hold as I was using accelx).. after downloading the SVGA server from xfree86 3.3, things are working again. On Sat, 5 Jul 1997, Jesse Goldman wrote:

Re: XFree86 3.3 can't find fixed font

1997-07-05 Thread Jesse Goldman
Hi, This happened to me too once. Try running "mkfontdir" in the affected directories. If it's the same problem I had, that will fix it. J. Goldman -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: xfree86 3.3

1997-06-11 Thread Rick Macdonald
On 10 Jun 1997, Raja R Harinath wrote: > The `mkfontdir' from XFree86 3.2 appears not to handle *.gz files. > Rerun `mkfontdir' from XFree86 3.3 in all the font directories. Shouldn't the post-install script take care of this? ...RickM... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the

Re: xfree86 3.3

1997-06-10 Thread Alex Romosan
i don't really know what the problem was. i downgraded back to 3.2-6 and today i reinstalled 3.3-1 and everything worked fine. right now i am upgrading a couple of other systems, so it will be interesting to see if the problem reoccurs. btw, i did try to update the font directories by hand yesterda

Re: xfree86 3.3

1997-06-10 Thread Raja R Harinath
Raja R Harinath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This appears to be due to running the wrong `mkfontdir'. The > `mkfontdir' from XFree86 appears not to handle *.gz files. Rerun > `mkfontdir' in all the font directories (/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/font). That should have read: The `mkfontdir' from XFree86

Re: xfree86 3.3

1997-06-10 Thread Raja R Harinath
Alex Romosan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i've just installed the new xfree86 version 3.3 packages from > Incoming, but now i am having problems restarting the x server. if i > try to restart it using startx, i get the following error: > > Fatal server error: > could not open default font 'fixed'

Re: xfree86 3.3

1997-06-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Jun 09, 1997 at 01:18:26PM +, Paul Seelig wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Romosan) writes: > > > i also tried to reconfigure my x settings with XF86Setup, but if i try > > to use the old XF86Config it tells me it can't read it, and if i try > >