Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 00:12:54 -0500 (EST) From: Jeff Hoffman <jeffh@cybernetics.net> To: hackers@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: UPDATE: Imagine128 & AccelX & 950210-SNAP Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950222235649.10112A-100000@server0>
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Ok, for those of you who have been keeping up, I tried to re-install 2.0
and ended up back with 950210-SNAP because my floppy didn't work with
2.0 This time, I ftp'ed the the 950210-SNAP from scratch, and did not
use one single non-950210-SNAP file (except my X server).
I installed the 950210 bindist, compat1x, secure, and XFree86-3.1.1.
I rebooted, just to make sure that all was OK. It was.
I made a symlink from X11R6 to X386, then did a tar -xvzf /dev/rfd0 and
AcceleratedX was installed fine. I ran setup, chose the default
configuration (IBM VGA, 256k, 640x480x16, etc).
I ran startx. Everything is OK. I think 'Hey, maybe it's fixed.'
I run Xsetup again, choose Number9 I128 w/4MB, same resolution, same
color depth (16 colors). I load up X, and things are no longer OK.
Before I go into depth with the problems, let me say that I ran this
server under 2.0 for a while (about a month) with 0 problems. I have not
done one thing to my machine since then. It is _EXACTLY_ the same as it
was then. _Something_ that was changed between 2.0 and 950210-SNAP is
causing this problem, either directly or indirectly. I will let the
XInside people know tomorrow, as well.
Using TWM, I notice the following:
1) When moving a window (via click on title bar and drag), if the top of
the title bar is moved above y = 0 then things go crazy. See diagram.
top, left corner of entire screen
|
v
\ | | |
\\ | | |
\ \ --|--|---|
\ \ | | |
\ --|\-|---|
\ | |\ |
\__________\
it's as if the upper left corner (0,0) grabs the top border of my window
and pulls it up there or something.
2) Using Netscape, any pictures (including the animated N and anything
that is supposed to be on the html document i'm viewing) are strewn all
across the screen (everywhere but in the netscape window.)
3) Periodically (haven't figured out when or why yet) things fail to
repaint correctly (can be fixed by switching virtual desktops and coming
back.)
I am letting you guys know so that you can fix whatever's wrong, or at
least tell the people at XInside so they can fix it in the next version
(1.2) of their server. Not being able to use a graphical WWW browser at
home sucks. (I haven't tried xv, ghostview, or anything like that yet.)
My system configuration is as follows:
90mhz Pentium
32mb RAM
NCR 53c825 SCSI controller
1gig SCSI drive
SCSI CD-ROM
Unknown floppy controller
Unknown serial/parallel port board
Keyboard
MS Serial Mouse 2.0
3.5" NEC floppy drive
IOMEGA Tape250
If you have _ANY_ questions, I will do all I can to help.
Jeff
-- Jeff Hoffman -- jeffh@cybernetics.net -------------------------------------
"A man facing the light looks not into sorrow, but to to the future...always."
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