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which is where this is headed, but it's better than the 2.2-SNAP docs.
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Release Notes for XFree86[TM] 3.2
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The XFree86 Project, Inc
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29 October 1996
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This document describes the new features in XFree86 3.2 compared with
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the previous full release, 3.1.2. It also includes installation
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instructions for the binary distributions.
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1. XFree86 and X11R6.1
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XFree86 releases starting with the 3.1.2D beta are based on the X
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Consortium's X11R6.1.
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R6.1 is an update to R6, and is intended to be compatible with R6 at
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the source and protocol levels. Binaries should be upward-compatible.
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X11R6.1 includes some new Xserver extensions: DOUBLE-BUFFER, XKEYBOARD
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and RECORD. LBX has been dropped from R6.1, and as such, has been
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dropped from XFree86 too. It is expected that it will reappear in
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some form in a future release.
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2. OS issues
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Always check the OS specific README files for special requirements or
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caveats.
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Users running Linux/Elf (on Intel platforms) should note that they
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will need ld.so-1.7.14. This can be found at
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tsx-11.mit.edu:pub/linux/packages/GCC
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<ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC>.
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3. New Features in 3.2
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Note, items marked with `*' have been added since the last beta
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release (3.1.2G).
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3.1. General
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o XFree86 3.2 includes the X Consortium's X11R6.1.
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o XFree86-3.2 includes a full distribution for Linux/m68k.
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o XFree86-3.2 includes a full distribution for Linux/Alpha.
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o XFree86-3.2 includes a full distribution for OS/2.
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3.2. General X server changes
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o A `DefaultColorDepth' keyword has been added for the Screen
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section in XF86Config files to allow the default bpp to be
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specified.
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o A `-nolock' server command-line option has been added to allow
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the server's locking mechanism to be disabled.
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o All VGA cards with a set of discrete clocks (i.e. not a
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ClockChip or a ClockProg) can now also use all the clocks
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mentioned in the clocks line divided by 2. This presents the
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server with twice as many clocks to choose from. Add the option
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"clkdiv2" to the "Device" section of XF86Config to enable this.
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o Some cursor colouring bugs have been fixed for servers that use
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hardware cursors.
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o A security problem related to the X server's lock files has been
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fixed.
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o The VidMode extension (as used by xvidtune) now by default only
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allows changes to modes by clients using a local connection
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type. There is also an option to completely disable mode
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changes via this extension.
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o A new server extension called "XFree86-Misc" has been added.
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The primary purpose of this is to allow reconfiguration of some
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parameters while the server is running. Some functions
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previously in the VidMode extension (like screen save functions)
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have been moved to this new extension.
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o Support has been added for the ALPS GlidePoint. A tap on the
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pad is treated as a fourth button.
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o The XKEYBOARD extension is included in the servers as part of
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X11R6.1. It is enabled by default, but can be disabled either
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from the command line (see the Xserver man page) or from the
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XF86Config file (see XkbDisable in the XF86Config man page).
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With this extension enabled, you may see some differences in the
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keyboard mappings.
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o A new extension called XFree86-DGA is now provided. This allows
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a client program to get direct access to the video card's
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memory. This is implemented for most of the servers/drivers
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that can support it. Connections are only allowed from clients
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using a local connection type (e.g., DISPLAY=":0"). For details
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of the client-side API, see the XF86DGA(3) man page, and the
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file README.DGA.
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o An implementation of the XInput extension is now included. It
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has support for the following devices:
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+ Joystick (Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD only)
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+ Wacom tablet (Wacom IV protocol only)
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+ Elographics touchscreen
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+ SummaSketch tablet
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+ Mouse
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Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) manual page and the xinput document
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for configuration details.
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o The default black and white pixel values are now black = 0 and
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white = 1 for all servers. This may be swapped with the
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`-flipPixels' command-line option.
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o Underscore characters are now ignored in Options and keywords in
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the XF86Config file.
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o The built-in X server malloc is used by default.
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o A problem that can cause the X server to crash when running
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xvidtune has been fixed.
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o Bitmap fontpath elements can have ":unscaled" appended to
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prevent the fonts from being treated as scalable. This works
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with the fontserver (xfs) too.
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o *The PEX and XIE server extensions can now be dynamically loaded
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for Linux/ELF, FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD.
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3.3. XF86Setup
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o 3.2 includes a new, graphical utility for X server configuration
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called `XF86Setup'. NOTE: this utility requires that you have
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the VGA16 server installed, as well as the server specific to
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your video card.
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3.4. PC98 Support
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o Support has been added for PC98 machines. These are Intel based
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machines which are common in Japan.
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o Support has been added for the PANIX-PC98 SVR4.0 OS.
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o The following PC98-specific X servers are included:
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+ XF98_NECS3 PC98 NEC(S3) server.
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+ XF98_PWSKB SKB-PowerWindow(S3) server.
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+ XF98_PWLB PC98 PowerWindowLB(S3) server.
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+ XF98_GA968 GA-968V4/PCI(S3 968).
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+ XF98_TGUI Cyber9320 and TGUI9680.
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+ XF98_NKVNEC NKV-NEC(cirrus) server.
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+ XF98_WABS WABS(cirrus) server.
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+ XF98_GANBWAP GANB-WAP(cirrus) server.
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+ XF98_WABEP WAB-EP(cirrus) server.
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+ XF98_WSNA WSN-A2F(cirrus) server.
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+ XF98_EGC EGC(generic vga16) server.
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+ XF98_NEC480 PEGC-480(generic vga256) server.
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3.5. XInput Extension
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o Motion history support is included for XInput devices.
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o XInput drivers are now dynamically loadable for Linux/ELF,
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FreeBSD, and NetBSD.
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o Multiple instances of XInput devices may be specified.
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3.6. S3 server
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o Support for the S3 Trio64V+.
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o *New server (XF86_S3V) for the S3 ViRGE and ViRGE/VX. Note that
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this server is very new, and is considered "beta". Please
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report any problems with it.
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o Support in the S3 server for the AT&T 20C409 and 20C499 RAMDACs.
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o Some potential problems with the way the accelerator is used
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have been fixed.
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o A new driver has been added for the 868/968/Trio64V+ which uses
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the new MMIO mode available with these chips. This new driver
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is used by default for these chips on Intel platforms, but not
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yet on Alpha platforms. It can be enabled for Alpha platforms
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by specifying:
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Chipset "NewMMio"
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If you see any problems with the new driver, please let us know.
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It is possible to disable this new driver and use the old one by
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specifying:
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Chipset "mmio_928"
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in the Device section. Please test the new driver before disabling
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it, and for any problem you see, also check if it happens with the
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old driver, and let us know (even if the old driver fixes the prob-
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lem!).
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o An initialisation problem with some VideoLogic cards has been
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fixed.
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o Support for the ELSA Winner 2000PRO/X rev G and ELSA Gloria-8
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(except the GLint 300SX 3D chip) has been added.
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o Problems with S3 dashed lines are fixed.
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o Added options "slow_dram" and "slow_edodram" to avoid pixel
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errors on the display for some broken cards.
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o A Ti3026 clock problem that appears on some SPEA cards has been
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fixed.
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o Code has been added to automatically detect the Trio32 bug that
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causes font cache problems. When detected, a workaround is
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activated..
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o Framebuffer address problems with some 1MB Trio64 VLB cards
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should be fixed.
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o The low ICS5342 clock limit has been removed.
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o Detection of Diamond S3 cards has been improved. If you've
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needed to use the "diamond" option to avoid screen wrapping in
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previous releases, try removing it and let us know if there are
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any problems.
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o Memory parameter calculations for 2MB Trio64 cards have been
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fixed. If you've needed to add something like "S3MClk 170" to
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your XF86Config with previous versions, you should remove it
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now.
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o The handling of the S3RefClk XF86Config setting has been fixed
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for cards with an IBM Ramdac.
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o Support for S3 and Bt485 HW cursor in doublescan modes.
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o Fix positioning of IBM RGB Ramdac HW cursor in interlace and
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doublescan modes (the cursor shape still isn't correct).
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o Improved linear fb detection for PCI cards. In particular this
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should allow most Trio64V+ cards to use the linear fb, which
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seems to prevent a lot of the lockups that have been reported.
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o Support for the ELSA Elsa Winner2000PRO/X-2,4 Rev.G which uses
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an ICS9161A clock chip as well as the Ti3026 RAMDAC (clock
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doubling not supported yet).
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o The default InvertVCLK settings have been changed for #9 Motion
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771 cards and Hercules Terminator 64 Pro cards. If you have
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needed to add Invert_VCLK lines to your XF86Config file to avoid
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screen wrapping with version 3.1.2, please remove them when
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testing this version. If there are problems with the new
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defaults, please report them to us.
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o *Text clipping performance has been improved.
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3.7. Mach64 server
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o Most problems in the handling of block_write have been fixed.
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Nevertheless, you still might need to add the "no_block_write"
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option to your XF86Config if the BIOS doesn't correctly
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initialise the chip.
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o Screen blanking for some Mach64 CT cards running at 16bpp and
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32bpp has been fixed. Problems remain for some revisions of the
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CT chip.
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o The Mach64 server supports the VT and GT chipset. The GT is
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also known as "3D Rage". The newer 3D Rage II is not yet
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supported.
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o A problem with olvwm icons has been fixed.
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o A problem with ghostview scrollbars has been fixed. This may
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also fix some Netscape font problems that have been reported.
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o The Mach64 CT (also known as the 264CT or 215CT22200) chip is
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now supported. This chip has a integrated RAMDAC and clockchip,
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and is used on some Graphics Xpression and WinBoost cards.
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o The Mach64 GX-F (GX rev 3) is now supported.
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o The IBM RGB514 RAMDAC is now supported (as used on the ATI
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Graphics Turbo Pro 1600).
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o The memory base should now be correctly detected for VLB cards.
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If you've needed to add a `MemBase' line to the XF86Config for
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previous versions, please try removing it, and let us know if
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there are any problems.
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o Cursor colour problems at 16bpp/32bpp mode with some RAMDACs
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have been fixed.
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o Errors in detecting some RAMDACs (like the CH8398) should now be
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fixed.
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o 8 bit-per-RGB mode (when running at 8bpp) is now the default for
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RAMDACs that support it.
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o Hardware cursor mask problem has been fixed.
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o Support for the AT&T 20C408 RAMDAC/Clockchip has been added.
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o Arbitrary clocks can be used on most cards with supported clock
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chips.
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o Hardware cursor color problem on Mach64 CT, VT and GT chips at
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16bpp and 32bpp has been fixed.
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o Doublescan mode is supported on VT and GT chipsets. The
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hardware cursor is not correctly displayed in doublescan modes,
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but functions correctly. No other Mach64 chipsets can support
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an accelerated doublescan mode.
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o Video noise on certain CT, VT and GT chips has been eliminated
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(on nearly all cards) or reduced as much as possible (on certain
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CT based cards).
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o Clock chip programming accuracy has been greatly improved on CT,
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ET, VT and GT based cards. This may result in modes that were
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set up for a previous release not being displayed as before.
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With the xvidtune program, you can adjust the screen to work
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with the now correct clock programming.
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o *The reliability of the Mach64 detection code has been improved.
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3.8. Mach32 server
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o Hardware cursor mask problem has been fixed.
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o *16bpp support has been added for the AT&T 20C490 and Bt481
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RAMDACs.
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o *Some VT switching problems have been fixed.
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3.9. W32 server
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o Support has been added for the ET6000
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o Support has been added for the ICD2061A clock chip (which is
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used on the Diamond Stealth 32).
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o The server's reporting of bits/RGB resolution has been fixed.
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o Support for the STG1703 RAMDAC/clock has been added. Clocks up
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to 135MHz should be OK. To use the programmable clock add the
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following line to the Device section of the XF86Config:
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ClockChip "stg1703"
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o Options have been added to allow PCI burst mode and W32
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interleaving to be turned on or off. The XF86Config Device
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section entries for these are:
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Option "pci_burst_on"
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Option "pci_burst_off"
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Option "w32_interleave_on"
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Option "w32_interleave_off"
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o Support has been added for the ICS5341 programmable clock. To
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enable this, add the following lines to the Device section of
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your XF86Config file:
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Ramdac "ics5341"
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ClockChip "ics5341"
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o Problems that could cause the W32 server to crash at startup or
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get stuck in a loop at exit have been fixed.
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o *Some drawing bugs have been fixed.
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3.10. AGX server
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o Fix for clock probing with AGX-010 chips.
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3.11. I128 server
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o A new server for the Number Nine Imagine 128 card is included.
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This server is currently not accelerated.
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o Support has been added for the Series 2 cards.
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o Support has been added for 8MB cards.
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3.12. TGA server
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o *A new server for the DEC 21030 (TGA) is included. This is only
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available for Alpha machines. This server is currently not
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accelerated.
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3.13. SVGA/VGA16/Mono servers
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o A PCI probe has been added to these servers. If it causes
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problems, it can be disabled by adding the line:
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Option "no_pci_probe"
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to the Device section in your XF86Config file.
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3.14. VGA16 server
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o A problem preventing the StaticGray visual from working has been
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fixed.
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3.15. ET3000 driver (VGA16 server)
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o VGA16 support has been added to the ET3000 driver.
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3.16. Trident driver (SVGA server)
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o TGUI9440 is now fully supported by the SVGA server.
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o Major updates for most of the trident family of chips.
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o TGUI9660/9680 chipsets are now fully supported
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o Check README.trident distributed with this release for full
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details.
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3.17. Ark driver (SVGA server)
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o The Ark driver will now detect the ARK2000MT, but it is treated
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as an ARK2000PV.
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o A problem which caused the server to crash when no Ramdac was
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given in the XF86Config file has been fixed.
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o ICS5342 clock support (required for the Diamond Stealth64
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Graphics 2001 series) has been added. To enable this, add the
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following lines to the Device section of your XF86Config file:
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Ramdac "ics5342"
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ClockChip "ics5342"
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Do not include any Clocks lines in your XF86Config file.
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o Panning has been fixed for ARK2000PV cards with 2MB of video
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memory.
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o *Some basic BitBlt acceleration has been added.
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o *24bpp packed pixel support has been added for some
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cards/RAMDACs.
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o *Memory bandwidth problems have been fixed.
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o *Hardware cursor support has been added.
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3.18. ET6000 driver (SVGA server)
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o *This driver includes support for linear memory and 16bpp, 24bpp
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and 32bpp operation. Note, this support isn't currently present
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in the W32 accelerated server.
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3.19. Alliance ProMotion driver (SVGA server)
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o A driver for the Alliance ProMotion 6442 has been added (from
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Alliance Semiconductor). This has not been thoroughly tested.
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3.20. NVidia NV1 / SGS Thomson STG2000 driver (SVGA server)
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o *A driver for the NV1/STG2000 has been added. This chipset is
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used on the Diamond Edge 3D card. This is a very new driver,
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and is considered "beta". It includes support for 8bpp and
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16bpp.
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3.21. Matrox Millennium driver (SVGA server)
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o *A driver for the Matrox Millennium (mga2064w) has been added.
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This is a very new driver, and is considered "beta". It
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includes support for 8bpp, 16bpp, 24bpp and 32bpp. The
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acceleration capabilities of this chipset are only used to a
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very limited extent at this stage.
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3.22. Cirrus driver (SVGA server)
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o Support has been added for the CL-GD5446, CL-GD5462 and CL-
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GD5464.
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o Support has been added for the CL-GD7543.
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o Support for the CL-GD754x series of laptop chips is included,
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but it appears to be broken in this release.
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o The programmable clock code has been improved to avoid unstable
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settings.
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o *Some FIFO setting problems have been fixed.
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o *Packed 24bpp support has been added for the 54xx.
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o *Some problems with 16bpp for a 1MB 5434 have been fixed.
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3.23. SiS driver (SVGA server)
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o Support is included for the SiS 86C201 PCI graphics card.
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o 256 colour support has been added.
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o SiS 86c202 and 86c205 somewhat work when "sis86c201" is
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specified as chipset.
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3.24. Chips and Technologies driver (SVGA server)
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o This driver has been significantly reworked.
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o Support has been added for the 65546, 65548, 65550 and 65554.
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o Linear addressing support for the 65530 and above.
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o 16bpp and 24bpp (packed) support for the 65545 an above.
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o BitBLT and some other acceleration for the 65545, 65546, 65548
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and 65550.
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3.25. ALI driver (SVGA server)
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o Interlaced modes now work with this driver.
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3.26. ATI driver (SVGA server)
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o Mach64 support has been improved.
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o The driver name has been changed back from "vgawonder" to "ati".
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o Support is included for most recent Mach64 cards.
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o The "undoc_clocks" option has been removed. If you had been
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using it, remove it from your XF86Config file.
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o A colourmap problem with VGA Wonder V3 boards has been fixed.
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3.27. WD90C24 driver (SVGA server)
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o A problem with snow at high clocks has been fixed.
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3.28. Compaq AVGA driver (SVGA server)
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o The Compaq AVGA driver has been disabled in this release because
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it doesn't work, and nobody seems interested in fixing it.
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3.29. Hercules mono driver
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o The Hercules mono driver has been disabled in this release
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because it has problems, and isn't likely to be fixed soon.
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3.30. Client/Library changes
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o Support for most vt220/vt320 escape sequenced has been added to
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xterm.
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o Support for ddterm's escape sequences has been added to xterm.
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o The termcap and terminfo entries for xterm have been updated in
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line with the new features present. These entries are not
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completely compatible with earlier versions of xterm.
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o xdm's session handling on BSD OSs has been fixed.
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o Some buffer overrun problems which can lead to security problems
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have been fixed in libXt and libX11. At least one of these
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problems has been used to exploit the setuid xterm.
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o POSIX termios support has been added for xterm on most BSD
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systems. This removes the need for the BSD kernel to built with
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the COMPAT_43 option.
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o As part of the change to X11R6.1, the shared library revisions
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for libX11, libXaw, libXext, and libXtst have been incremented
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to 6.1.
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o The client-side library code for the XFree86 extensions and the
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ScreenSaver extension has been moved into separate libraries.
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The old libXExExt has been removed.
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o Colour support is now included by default in xterm. It isn't
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enabled by default, but can be enabled with the +cm command line
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flag, or by setting the `colorMode' resource to `true'. I18N
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support in xterm has been improved (as part of X11R6.1). If
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you've previously been using one of the many "color_xterm"
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variants, try this and let us know if you have any problems.
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o xdpyinfo has been updated to provide more detailed information
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about the XInput extension and the XFree86 extensions.
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o The setting/examining of extended screen saver parameters has
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been added to xset (was in xvidtune). xset can now also be used
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to set the keyboard repeat parameters.
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o The following new clients have been added:
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+ dga -- a test program for the XFree86-DGA extension.
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+ xsetmode, xsetpointer -- programs for use with the XInput
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extension.
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o The xdm security fix from the X Consortium's R6 fix-13 is
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included.
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o xconsole has been updated for Unixware 2.x.
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o XNLS support has been added for KOI8-R.
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o xrdb dynamically allocates string space to avoid overruns.
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o A memory overrun problem in xterm has been fixed.
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o An "AllowNullPasswd" resource has been added to xdm.
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o libXt bug fix from the X Consortium's R6 fix-13.
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3.31. xf86config utility
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o Incorrect handling of IBM RGB Ramdacs has been fixed.
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3.32. SuperProbe
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o Added detection for C&T 65548, Cirrus CL-GD7543/1, AT&T 20C409,
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AT&T20C499, and fixed an incorrect ET4000/W32 probe problem.
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o Much improved detection for Mach64 cards.
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o Improved detection for Trident cards.
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o Added detection of SiS, ARK, S3 ViRGE cards.
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3.33. Fonts
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o The Cyrillic fonts have been updated.
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4. Installing the XFree86 3.2 Release
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The XFree86 3.2 binary release is distributed as a full release, not
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as an upgrade.
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What follows is a list of the XFree86 3.2 components. There may be
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|
some variations in this for some OSs.
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The following are required for all installations:
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preinst.sh Pre-installation script
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|
postinst.sh Post-installation script
|
|
X32bin.tgz Clients, run-time libs, and app-defaults files
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X32doc.tgz Documentation
|
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X32fnts.tgz 75dpi, misc and PEX fonts
|
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X32lib.tgz Data files required at run-time
|
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X32man.tgz Manual pages
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X32set.tgz XF86Setup utility
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X32VG16.tgz 16 colour VGA server (XF86Setup needs this server)
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The following is required for new installations, and optional for
|
|
existing installations:
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X32cfg.tgz sample config files for xinit, xdm
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|
NOTE: Be very careful about installing X32cfg.tgz over an existing
|
|
installation if you have customised your xinit and/or xdm config
|
|
files. Installing X32cfg.tgz will overwrite any existing files. If
|
|
you do have customised files, there is no need to install X32cfg.tgz.
|
|
|
|
The following X servers are for PC/AT hardware. Choose at least one
|
|
which matches your hardware, as well as the VGA16 server. The VGA16
|
|
server is required by the new configuration utility (XF86Setup).
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X328514.tgz 8514/A server
|
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X32AGX.tgz AGX server
|
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X32I128.tgz I128 server
|
|
X32Ma32.tgz Mach 32 server
|
|
X32Ma64.tgz Mach 64 server
|
|
X32Ma8.tgz Mach 8 server
|
|
X32Mono.tgz Mono server
|
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X32P9K.tgz P9000 server
|
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X32S3.tgz S3 server
|
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X32S3V.tgz S3 ViRGE server
|
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X32SVGA.tgz SVGA server
|
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X32VG16.tgz 16 colour VGA server (XF86Setup needs this server)
|
|
X32W32.tgz ET4000/W32, ET6000 server
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|
The following X server is for Alpha hardware.
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X32TGA.tgz DEC 21030 (TGA) server
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|
The following X servers are for PC98 hardware. If you have a PC98
|
|
machine, choose one which suits your hardware. If you don't know what
|
|
a PC98 machine is, you don't need any of these.
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|
X329NS3.tgz PC98 NEC(S3) server
|
|
X329SPW.tgz PC98 PCSKB-PowerWindow(S3) server
|
|
X329LPW.tgz PC98 PowerWindowLB(S3) server
|
|
X329EGC.tgz PC98 EGC(generic) server
|
|
X329GA9.tgz PC98 GA-968V4/PCI(S3 968) server
|
|
X329GAN.tgz PC98 GANB-WAP(cirrus) server
|
|
X329480.tgz PC98 PEGC-480(generic) server
|
|
X329NKV.tgz PC98 NKV-NEC(cirrus) server
|
|
X329WS.tgz PC98 WABS(cirrus) server
|
|
X329WEP.tgz PC98 WAB-EP(cirrus) server
|
|
X329WSN.tgz PC98 WSN-A2F(cirrus) server
|
|
X329TGU.tgz PC98 TGUI server
|
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|
The following are optional.
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X32f100.tgz 100dpi fonts
|
|
X32fcyr.tgz Cyrillic fonts
|
|
X32fnon.tgz Other fonts (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hebrew)
|
|
X32fscl.tgz Scalable fonts (Speedo and Type1)
|
|
X32fsrv.tgz Font server and config files
|
|
X32prog.tgz X header files, config files and compile-time libs
|
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X32lkit.tgz X server LinkKit
|
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X32lk98.tgz PC98 X server LinkKit
|
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X32nest.tgz Nested X server
|
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X32vfb.tgz Virtual framebuffer X server
|
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X32ps.tgz PostScript version of the documentation
|
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X32html.tgz HTML version of the documentation
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|
If you already have a version of XFree86 installed, MAKE A BACKUP OF
|
|
/usr/X11R6 BEFORE DOING ANYTHING ELSE. The standard installation
|
|
procedure will overwrite your existing version of XFree86.
|
|
|
|
If you are installing from scratch, create a directory called
|
|
/usr/X11R6, then extract the required .tgz files. If you don't have
|
|
enough space in /usr for this, create a directory elsewhere and create
|
|
a symbolic link to it. E.g., if you create a directory in /home:
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|
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mkdir /home/X11R6
|
|
ln -s /home/X11R6 /usr
|
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|
|
The next step is to run the pre-installation script. This script
|
|
makes some preliminary checks of your system. For some OSs, it may
|
|
tell you to install new versions of some system components before
|
|
proceeding with the installation. This script also removes outdated
|
|
files and symbolic links from a previous installation that may cause
|
|
problems.
|
|
|
|
Copy the preinst.sh script to /var/tmp, then go to /usr/X11R6 and run
|
|
it:
|
|
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|
|
|
cd /usr/X11R6
|
|
sh /var/tmp/preinst.sh
|
|
|
|
|
|
The .tgz files are gzipped tar files. To extract them, go to
|
|
/usr/X11R6, and run the following as root for each file you need:
|
|
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|
|
gzip -d < X32file.tgz | tar vxf -
|
|
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|
|
On some OSs, you might get some "Broken Pipe" messages. Providing
|
|
there are no other messages associated with this, they can be safely
|
|
ignored. Note: You should not be running X while doing this installa-
|
|
tion. Doing so may cause the installation to fail, or cause your X
|
|
session to crash.
|
|
|
|
If you are using NetBSD or FreeBSD, a more reliable (and highly
|
|
recommended) way of doing this is to extract the .tgz files with:
|
|
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|
|
|
gzip -d < X32file.tgz | tar -v -x --unlink -f -
|
|
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|
|
If you have GNU cpio (as Linux does) or SVR4 cpio, a more reliable
|
|
(and highly recommended) way of doing this is to extract the .tgz
|
|
files with:
|
|
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|
|
|
gzip -d < X32file.tgz | cpio -i -v -d -u -H ustar
|
|
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|
|
Once the required .tgz files have been extracted, copy the postinst.sh
|
|
script to /var/tmp, then go to /usr/X11R6 and run it:
|
|
|
|
|
|
cd /usr/X11R6
|
|
sh /var/tmp/postinst.sh
|
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|
|
For OSs which use ldconfig (like Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD), you
|
|
should either run ldconfig or reboot to complete the installation. On
|
|
FreeBSD and NetBSD, ldconfig takes arguments. In particular, you
|
|
should at least include /usr/lib and /usr/X11R6/lib on the command
|
|
line. Check /etc/rc to see how ldconfig gets run at boot time.
|
|
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|
Generated from XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/doc/sgml/RELNOTE.sgml,v 3.47 1996/10/26 09:38:54 dawes Exp $
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