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Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1
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Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1
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The XFree86 Project, Inc
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8 August 1997
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Abstract
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This document describes the bugs fixed in XFree86 3.3.1 compared with
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the 3.3 release, as well as the new features in XFree86 3.3 compared
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with the previous full release, 3.2. It also includes installation
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instructions for the binary distributions.
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1. XFree86 and X11R6.3
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XFree86 releases starting with the 3.2A beta are based on the X Consortium's
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X11R6.3 (the final release from the X Consortium).
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R6.3 is an update to R6.1, and is intended to be compatible with R6.1 and R6 at
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the source and protocol levels. Binaries should be upward-compatible. X11R6.3
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includes some new Xserver extensions: SECURITY, XC-APPGROUP, XpExtension (print
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extension), and an updated, and standardised version of LBX. X11R6.3 also has
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new standards, including RX (X Remote Execution MIME type), and a proxy manage-
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ment protocol. X11R6.3 includes support for gzipped fonts.
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R6.1 is an update to R6, and is intended to be compatible with R6 at the source
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and protocol levels. Binaries should be upward-compatible. X11R6.1 includes
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some new Xserver extensions: DOUBLE-BUFFER, XKEYBOARD and RECORD.
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What about R6.2? X11R6.2 is the name given to a subset of X11R6.3, which has
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only the print extension and the Xlib implementation of vertical writing and
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user-defined character support in addition to those features included in R6.1.
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2. OS issues
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Always check the OS specific README files for special requirements or caveats.
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Users running Linux/Elf (on Intel platforms) should note that they will need
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ld.so version 1.7.14 or later. This can be found at
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ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC.
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Note: Elf is now the only binary type supported for Linux OSs. This means that
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binaries for ix86/a.out and AXP/ECOFF are not available with this release.
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Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1
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Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1
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3. What's new in 3.3.1?
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3.1 Bug fixes
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o XFree86 3.3.1 includes The Open Group's public patch 2 for X11R6.3.
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o Build problems that showed up on some OSs have been fixed.
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o Support for SCO Open Server 5 should now be complete.
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o A malloc problem in libXt which showed up on FreeBSD has been fixed.
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o Depth-specific DacSpeeds are now implemented for the ET6000.
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o Depth-specific DacSpeeds are fixed for the S3 server.
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o HW cursor problem with the I128 server has been fixed.
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o I128 Series II rev 2 chips are now supported.
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o Xterm will now startup on Linux if /etc/termcap is missing.
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o Various problems with the S3V server and the SVGA s3v driver have been
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fixed.
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o A problem with the clock limit for some revisions of the Circus 5434 has
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been fixed.
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o The Mach64 server will now correctly recognise some of the newer ATI chip
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revisions, including the Rage II+, Rage Pro and VT3. If you needed the
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ChipId/ChipRev workaround when using 3.3, you should remove those lines
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from your XF86Config file when upgrading to 3.3.1.
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o An initialisation problem in the S3 server that shows up when the ramdac
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type is given in the XF86Config file should be fixed.
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o The MGA driver now defaults to using the software cursor because some peo-
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ple have reported problems when using the hardware cursor with Millennium
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cards.
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o Lockups with the MGA driver that happen on some SVR4 versions have been
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fixed. Lockups when the server crashes and dumps core on some OSs have
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also been fixed where possible.
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o The xterm termcap field for turning off colour has been fixed.
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o A server crash that happens when starting some servers on Solaris has been
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fixed.
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o Some problems with the Trident 9860 and 9685 chips have been fixed.
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o A problem with xterm writing an invalid wtmp entry on Linux has been
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fixed.
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Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1
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o A PolyPoint bug in the S3V server has been fixed.
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o Screen wraparound problems with the S3 server that show up on some old
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Number Nine GXE level 10 cards have been fixed.
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o A problem with the PCI framebuffer remapping in the S3 server has been
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fixed.
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o A problem with XF86Setup not showing the correct chipset-specific README
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file has been fixed.
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o A problem with XF86Setup not setting up the link to the Xserver in some
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situations has been fixed.
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o Some libXt error/warning messages were partially duplicated, and this is
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now fixed.
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o Some line drawing problems that show up with the Cirrus 542x chips have
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been fixed.
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o A problem drawing wide fonts with some Cirrus chips has been fixed.
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o Some bugs in some XKB symbols files have been fixed.
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o The Chips and Technologies 65555 and 68554 are now detected by the chips
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driver.
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o `xset dpms' didn't accept some parameters correctly.
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o Some raster op bugs in the SVGA server's s3v driver have been fixed.
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o Problems with the Mach32 server that show up with some AST motherboards
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that have an on-board Mach32 chip have been fixed (see the README.Mach32
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file for details).
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o A bug in the ET6000 driver which can cause the server to crash on non-
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Linux systems has been fixed.
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o An initialisation problem with the ET6000 driver which can result in a
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black screen has been fixed.
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o The Eraser support in the Wacom driver has been fixed.
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o Support for two relative devices has been fixed in the Wacom driver.
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o The DPMS state is now correctly reset when switching back to the Xserver's
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VT.
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o A bug in the 24bpp framebuffer code which caused a server crash when run-
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ning StarOffice has been fixed.
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o An Xserver bug which could cause a server crash when using lbxproxy has
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been fixed.
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Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1
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o A conflict between Imake.rules and Motif.rules has been fixed.
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o Some problems that show up with some accelerated servers on SVR4 when
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using Xqueue have been fixed.
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o A problem that can cause a server crash when drawing some arcs has been
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fixed.
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o The MGA driver now recognises the newer 220MHz Mystique chips.
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o The MGA driver has experimental support for the Millennium II. This
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really is very new, and is largely untested. There are known problems
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(see README.MGA for details).
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o The "noaccel" option could cause a lockup with the Cirrus Laguna chips
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(546x). This option is now disabled for those chips.
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o Some blitter timeouts that show up with Cirrus 7548 and 7555 chips should
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now be fixed.
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o The handling of the PS/2 mouse protocol is fixed for OpenBSD.
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o The SiS driver should now correctly determine the MMIO address.
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o Support is added for Number Nine I128 DRAM cards. There are some text
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mode restore problems at some depths though.
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3.2 Known Problems
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o There are problems with some Cirrus laptop chipsets (75xx). The driver
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seems to work for some people, but not others. Until someone with the
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appropriate hardware can look into this, these problems are unlikely to be
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fixed. If you wish to work on this, please contact us. We don't need
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testers, we need people willing and able to fix the problems.
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o There are problems with some of the Trident laptop chipsets. The driver
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seems to work in a limited way for some people, but not others. Until
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someone with the appropriate hardware can look into this, these problems
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are unlikely to be fixed. If you wish to work on this, please contact us.
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We don't need testers, we need people willing and able to fix the prob-
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lems.
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o We have had some reports of apparently random lockups with some Mystique
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cards. We have not been able to reproduce this problem, and have no fix
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for it.
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o There is a drawing bug in the MGA driver that shows up when running `view-
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fax'. We have no fix for this problem yet.
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o Some people have reported problems with some newer Rage II cards. This
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problem is currently being investigated. When we have a fix for it, we
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will make it available.
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Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1
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o We've had a report that the SVGA server will cause a lockup on some SVR4
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versions (UnixWare 1.x) with some Chips and Technologies chips. A
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workaround for this problem is to use the "xaa_no_color_exp" option.
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o It is possible to use a setuid root X server as a denial of service which
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blocks reserved ports. A workaround for this is to not have the X server
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setuid, and have it started by xdm. The X servers do not need to be
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setuid root when started by xdm because xdm runs as root.
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4. New Features in 3.3
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4.1 General
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o XFree86 3.3 includes the X Consortium's X11R6.3.
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4.2 General X server changes
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o The X servers include a new DPMS extension, which was donated by Digital
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Equipment Corporation. Not all DPMS modes have been implemented by all
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servers yet, but this should improve in future releases. See the XF86Con-
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fig(4/5) and xset(1) man pages for further details.
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o The LBX extension is included in all the X servers, as part of the update
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to R6.3.
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o A print-only server (Xprt) is included as part of the update to R6.3.
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o Some bugs in the Type1 font code have been fixed.
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o Some bugs in newer functions in the XFree86 VidMode extension have been
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fixed.
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o Support has been added for the Microsoft IntelliMouse.
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4.3 XF86Setup
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o Some bugs have been fixed, but no major changes have been made to this
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version.
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o More modelines were added. There are now high-refresh versions of most
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common modes available (85 and 100 Hz). 512x384, 1152x864, 1600x1200 and
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1800x1440 modes were added.
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4.4 PC98 Support
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o The XF98_TGUI server includes XAA support, but there are some problems
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with this at the moment. It can be disabled with the "noaccel" option.
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4.5 Alpha (AXP) platform support
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o Support for the S3 ViRGE and ViRGE/VX is now available.
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Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1
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o Support for "newmmio" is now available for the S3 868/968/Trio64V+ and is
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enabled by default (use chipset "mmio_928" to get the old behaviour).
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o Support for the Matrox Millennium and Mystique (in the SVGA server) is
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included.
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o Support for the Trident driver (in the SVGA server) is included.
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o Some problems that showed up with Netscape on some servers have been
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fixed.
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o Various alignment problems have been fixed.
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o NOTE: A recent Linux kernel version is required for most of these servers
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(essential for the Matrox driver).
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o Scanpci now works on Alpha platforms.
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4.6 XInput Extension
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o Multiple input devices can share the core pointer.
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4.6.1 Wacom driver
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o Multiple devices can be defined for the same tablet to represent different
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active zones.
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4.7 XKEYBOARD Extension
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o An improved layout for Russian keyboards is provided.
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o A layout for Hungarian keyboards is provided.
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4.8 SVGA server
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o A new general graphics acceleration interface (XFree86 Acceleration Archi-
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tecture - XAA) has been implemented. It is used to provide relatively
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complete acceleration, at different colour depths, for several chips in
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the SVGA server. Chips currently making use of this include the Matrox
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Millennium, Mystique, Tseng ET4000/W32p and ET6000, and several chips from
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ARK Logic, Chips and Technologies, Cirrus, Trident, SiS and the S3 ViRGE
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family.
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o The SVGA server now includes a driver for the S3 ViRGE family. It supports
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the ViRGE, ViRGE/DX, ViRGE/GX and ViRGE/VX. This driver is a completely
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new implementation, so please send in success/failure reports.
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4.9 S3 server
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o Some further S3 968 hardware bugs for lines/text have been worked around.
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o Cursor/pointer pixmaps larger than 64x64 are now supported without the
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need to use the "sw_cursor" option.
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Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1
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o Detection/support for the Trio64UV+, Trio64V2 (including the /DX and /GX
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versions), Aurora64V+ (86CM65 used in notebooks), and Plato/PX is now
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included. This support is very new and hasn't had much testing, so please
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send us success/failure reports.
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o Support is now included for the ELSA Winner 2000PRO/X-8. Please refer to
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the notes for this card in README.S3.
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o Support is now included for the MIRO 80SV.
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o A bug which prevented DGA apps from setting the ViewPort to the lower part
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of the framebuffer has been fixed (this showed up most commonly with 4MB
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cards).
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4.10 S3V (ViRGE) server
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o Support has been added for the ViRGE/DX and ViRGE/GX.
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o Problems with the Diamond Stealth 3D 3000 are now fixed.
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o The line drawing code has been improved.
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o Packed 24bpp support is included, and should be improved over earlier ver-
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sions.
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o The S3V server translates between sparse 32bpp pixmaps and packed 24bpp
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for the framebuffer. In some cases this can be slow.
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o 32bpp framebuffer format is not supported.
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4.11 Mach64 server
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o Support for 3D Rage II based Mach64 cards is included.
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o Various problems with support for some revisions of CT, VT and GT chipsets
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have been fixed.
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o It is strongly recommended that all users with CT, VT, GT and 3D Rage II
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based Mach64 cards upgrade to the 3.3 release due to the problems that
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were fixed.
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4.12 Mach32 server
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o A bug that causes problems when running XF86Setup with cards with less
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than 2MB of video memory has been fixed.
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o Minor shifts in maximum clock rate under 16 bpp, and inclusion of explicit
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15 "bpp" setting.
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4.13 W32 server
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o In this version, the separate W32 server (XF86_W32) has not undergone any
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significant changes. In fact, it is not being developed further. Instead,
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the SVGA server (XF86_SVGA) is now the main focus of new developments. See
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Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1
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the W32 (SVGA) description.
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4.14 P9000 server
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o Support for PCI probing has been added.
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o DPMS support has been added.
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4.15 I128 server
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o Some preliminary acceleration (for bitblts) is included. This code is
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very new, and hasn't been extensively tested yet.
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4.16 TGA server
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o Preliminary acceleration support is included, using XAA.
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o Various bugs have been fixed.
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4.17 Trident driver (SVGA server)
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o Acceleration support has been added for the 9320, 9440 and 96xx chips.
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o Support for the Cyber series of laptop chips has been improved.
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o 24/32bpp support has been added for some chips.
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o Some clock limits have been fixed.
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4.18 Ark driver (SVGA server)
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o More complete acceleration has been implemented using XAA, including line
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draw, fill, and text acceleration, at different colour depths.
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4.19 W32 driver (SVGA server)
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o The SVGA server now supports acceleration for the most recent ET4000W32
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chips. In 3.3, the ET4000W32p chips are now fully accelerated, and also
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support the higher performing linear memory layout (read the tseng README
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file for more information: there are a few problems).
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o VESA DPMS (monitor power saving) support was added.
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o There is now support for more than 256 colors on most ET4000W32i and
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ET4000W32p chips. This means 15, 16, 24 and/or 32 bits per pixel modes
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(32768, 65536 or 16 million colors) are supported on most common RAMDACs.
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On the W32p, these modes are accelerated. On the W32i, there is no accel-
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eration in any mode. For accelerated support on W32i chips, refer to the
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separate W32 server (XF86_W32).
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o A few bugs in XFree86 3.2 and 3.2A have been fixed. Most importantly the
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failure to probe some PCI cards has been resolved.
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Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1
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o Fix interference with ISA-DMA sensitive devices (soundcards, floppy-tape
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drives)
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o Support for the Chrontel RAMDAC has been added.
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4.20 ET6000 driver (SVGA server)
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o The ET6000 driver in the separate W32 server (XF86_W32) has not changed
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significantly.
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o On the other hand, the ET6000 driver in the SVGA server, which already
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existed in XFree86 3.2 for all color depths, is now fully accelerated for
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all those color depths. It builds upon the new XAA architecture, which is
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the cornerstone of a new acceleration framework within the XFree86
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servers. It is responsible for the outstanding acceleration performance of
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this release.
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o Many small problems which existed in the initial 3.2 release have been
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solved. Screen noise, flicker or instability at higher pixel clocks are
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mostly fixed. Some detection problems are gone. Weird behaviour (jumping
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and screen wrap) when panning through large virtual desktops has been
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fixed. The server now detects the correct amount of memory on ET6000 cards
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with 2.25 MB of MDRAM. More realistic pixel clock rate limits have been
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put in place, to avoid modes that would cause screen problems.
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o DPMS support was added.
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o The ET6000 hardware cursor is now supported. Read the Tseng documentation
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file for more information (there are a few limitations)
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o fix interference with ISA-DMA sensitive devices (soundcards, floppy-tape
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drives)
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4.21 Alliance ProMotion driver (SVGA server)
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o The driver now recognises the AT24 chipset, but it is treated the same way
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as the AP6422.
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4.22 Matrox driver (SVGA server)
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o More complete acceleration for the Millennium (MGA2064W).
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o Support is included for the Mystique (including some acceleration). This
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code is very new.
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o 24 bpp mode tiled pattern problems still present.
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o Support for DGA, Sync-on-Green, and DPMS.
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o The "nolinear" option is no longer available.
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o Support for 8 bits per colour component (at 8bpp) has been added.
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Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1
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4.23 Cirrus driver (SVGA server)
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o More complete acceleration for all chips with a BitBLT engine (CL-GD5426,
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5428, 5429, 5430, 5434, 5436, 5440, 5446, 7541, 7543, and 7548).
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o More complete acceleration for Laguna series chips (CL-GD546X).
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o The support for the 754x series of laptop controllers has been improved.
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o The 24bpp mode on the CL-GD5430/40 has been fixed.
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o Support for the CL-GD5480 has been added.
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4.24 SiS driver (SVGA server)
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o Significant updates have been made to the SiS driver (see README.SiS for
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further details).
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o Acceleration support is included, making use of XAA.
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o Linear addressing is supported.
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o Support has been added for 15/16/24bpp.
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o Support has been added for programmable clocks.
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o HW cursor support is included.
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4.25 Chips and Technologies driver (SVGA server)
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o Support has been included for the 65525, 65535, 64200 and 64300
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o Problems relating to blank screen at start-up and text mode restoration
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with the 65550 and 65554 should now be fixed
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o Acceleration support for all chips has improved due to the new XAA archi-
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tecture.
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o Many additional minor fixes and documentation updates (see README.chips
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for further details).
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4.26 S3 ViRGE driver (SVGA server)
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o Completely new driver for the ViRGE family. The driver works with linear
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addressing and PCI chipsets.
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o Acceleration support uses the XAA architecture.
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o The driver supports 8/15/16/24/32 bpp on all cards.
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o Acceleration includes bitblits, filled rectangles, color expansion and
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pattern fills (8/15/16/24 bpp). Acceleration at 32 bpp is limited to bit-
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blits and filled rectangles.
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Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1
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o Includes HW cursor support.
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o See README.S3V for further details.
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4.27 WD90C24 driver (SVGA server)
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o DPMS support is included (only for "off" mode so far).
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4.28 Compaq AVGA driver (SVGA server)
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o The Compaq AVGA driver has been resurrected. The bugs causing it to not
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work in some previous releases have been fixed.
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4.29 Hercules mono driver
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o The problems with the Hercules mono driver in previous releases has now
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been fixed, and the driver is included in this release.
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4.30 Client/Library changes
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o The libraries have been updated to R6.3. The shared lib version numbers
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for libXext and libICE have been bumped to 6.3. The others remain the
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same.
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o An Xlib problem with non-latin-1 encodings that shows up when using XKB is
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fixed.
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o Some Xlib security vulnerabilities have been fixed.
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o Xterm's emulation of DECUDK (DEC user-defined keys) now (correctly) inter-
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prets shifted keys only.
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o VT52 emulation has been added to xterm.
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o Xterm's VT100 emulation generates correct codes for PF1-PF4, as well as
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the keypad "+" and ",". These codes differ from the VT220 emulation.
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o Some xterm bugs have been fixed, including coloured background exposure
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while selection is active, and missing state changes in the VT100 emula-
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tion.
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o Xterm's memory requirements for colour have been reduced. The colour
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resource file is merged with the regular resource file to reduce installa-
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tion problems.
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o Emulation of VT220 soft-reset, and non-DEC REP (repeat) control sequence
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has been added to xterm.
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o Xterm now recognizes control sequences for 16 colors (from aixterm).
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o xset includes support for the DPMS extension.
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o xset's "r rate" flag was broken on some OSs, and is now fixed.
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4.31 xf86config utility
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o More modelines were added. There are now high-refresh versions of most
|
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common modes available (85 and 100 Hz). 512x384, 1152x864, 1600x1200 and
|
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1800x1440 modes were added.
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4.32 SuperProbe
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o Add detection of Alliance Pro Motion chips.
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o Add detection of I128-2.
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o Add detection of S3 Trio64UV+ and Aurora64V+, Trio64V2/DX and /GX, S3
|
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ViRGE/DX and /GX and Plato/PX.
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o Add detection of Matrox chips.
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o Add detection of newer Trident chips, including the Cyber series.
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o Fix detection of ET4000W32 chips, and their memory probing.
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o Add detection of newer ATI chips.
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o Add detection of STG170x and CH8398 RAMDACs
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o Add detection of Sigma Designs REALMagic
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o Add detection of 3DLabs GLINT
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4.33 Fonts
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o Gzipped fonts are now supported.
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5. Installing the XFree86 3.3.1 Release
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The XFree86 3.3.1 binaries are distributed as both a full release and as an
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upgrade to XFree86 3.3.
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What follows is a list of the XFree86 3.3.1 components. There may be some
|
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variations in this for some OSs.
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The following are required for all new installations or upgrades from versions
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prior to 3.3:
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Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1
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preinst.sh Pre-installation script
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postinst.sh Post-installation script
|
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extract XFree86 extraction utility
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X331bin.tgz Clients, run-time libs, and app-defaults files
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X331doc.tgz Documentation
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X331fnts.tgz 75dpi, misc and PEX fonts
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X331lib.tgz Data files required at run-time
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X331man.tgz Manual pages
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X331set.tgz XF86Setup utility
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X331VG16.tgz 16 colour VGA server (XF86Setup needs this server)
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The following are required for an upgrade from XFree86 3.3:
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preinst.sh Pre-installation script
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postinst.sh Post-installation script
|
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extract XFree86 extraction utility
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X331upd.tgz Changes since 3.3 (except the servers)
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X331doc.tgz Documentation
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X331set.tgz XF86Setup utility
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X331VG16.tgz 16 colour VGA server (XF86Setup needs this server)
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The following is required for new installations, and optional for existing
|
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installations:
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X331cfg.tgz sample config files for xinit, xdm
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NOTE: Be very careful about installing X331cfg.tgz over an existing installa-
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tion if you have customised your xinit and/or xdm config files. Installing
|
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X331cfg.tgz will overwrite any existing files. If you do have customised
|
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files, there is no need to install X331cfg.tgz.
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|
NOTE: The bitmap fonts distributed with this release are compressed using gzip
|
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rather than compress. This means that you will probably want to remove the old
|
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versions (after backing them up). The Xservers and font server in releases
|
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prior to 3.2A cannot read gzipped fonts, so keep a copy of the old fonts if you
|
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wish to run older servers.
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The following X servers are for PC/AT based hardware (i.e., typical Intel ix86
|
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based PCs). Choose at least one which matches your hardware, as well as the
|
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VGA16 server. The VGA16 server is required by the new configuration utility
|
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(XF86Setup).
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Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1
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X3318514.tgz 8514/A server
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X331AGX.tgz AGX server
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X331I128.tgz I128 server
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X331Ma32.tgz Mach 32 server
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X331Ma64.tgz Mach 64 server
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X331Ma8.tgz Mach 8 server
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X331Mono.tgz Mono server
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X331P9K.tgz P9000 server
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X331S3.tgz S3 server
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X331S3V.tgz S3 ViRGE server
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X331SVGA.tgz SVGA server
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X331VG16.tgz 16 colour VGA server (XF86Setup needs this server)
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X331W32.tgz ET4000/W32, ET6000 server
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The following X servers are available for Alpha hardware:
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X331Ma64.tgz Mach 64 server
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X331Mono.tgz Mono server (generic driver only)
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X331P9K.tgz P9000 server
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X331TGA.tgz DEC 21030 (TGA) server
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X331S3.tgz S3 server
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X331S3V.tgz S3 ViRGE server
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X331SVGA.tgz SVGA server (Matrox Millennium driver only)
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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
|
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is, you don't need any of these.
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X3319NS3.tgz PC98 NEC(S3) server
|
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X3319SPW.tgz PC98 PCSKB-PowerWindow(S3) server
|
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X3319LPW.tgz PC98 PowerWindowLB(S3) server
|
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X3319EGC.tgz PC98 EGC(generic) server
|
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X3319GA9.tgz PC98 GA-968V4/PCI(S3 968) server
|
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X3319GAN.tgz PC98 GANB-WAP(cirrus) server
|
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X3319480.tgz PC98 PEGC-480(generic) server
|
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X3319NKV.tgz PC98 NKV-NEC(cirrus) server
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X3319WS.tgz PC98 WABS(cirrus) server
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X3319WEP.tgz PC98 WAB-EP(cirrus) server
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X3319WSN.tgz PC98 WSN-A2F(cirrus) server
|
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X3319TGU.tgz PC98 TGUI server
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The following are optional.
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Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1
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X331f100.tgz 100dpi fonts
|
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X331fcyr.tgz Cyrillic fonts
|
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X331fnon.tgz Other fonts (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hebrew)
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X331fscl.tgz Scalable fonts (Speedo and Type1)
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X331fsrv.tgz Font server and config files
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X331prog.tgz X header files, config files and compile-time libs
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X331nest.tgz Nested X server
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X331vfb.tgz Virtual framebuffer X server
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X331prt.tgz X Print server
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X331ps.tgz PostScript version of the documentation
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X331html.tgz HTML version of the documentation
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X331jdoc.tgz Documentation in Japanese (for version 3.2)
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X331jhtm.tgz HTML version of the documentation in Japanese (3.2)
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X331lkit.tgz X server LinkKit
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X331lk98.tgz X server LinkKit for PC98 servers
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If you already have a version of XFree86 installed, MAKE A BACKUP OF /usr/X11R6
|
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BEFORE DOING ANYTHING ELSE. The standard installation procedure will overwrite
|
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your existing version of XFree86.
|
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|
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If you are installing from scratch, create a directory called /usr/X11R6, then
|
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extract the required .tgz files. If you don't have enough space in /usr for
|
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this, create a directory elsewhere and create a symbolic link to it. E.g., if
|
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you create a directory in /home:
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mkdir /home/X11R6
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ln -s /home/X11R6 /usr
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The next step is to run the pre-installation script. This script makes some
|
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preliminary checks of your system. For some OSs, it may tell you to install
|
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new versions of some system components before proceeding with the installation.
|
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This script may also remove some outdated files and symbolic links from a pre-
|
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vious installation that could cause problems.
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For the purposes of these installation instructions, it is assumed that you
|
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have downloaded all the files to the /var/tmp directory. If you've put them in
|
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another directory, that's fine -- just replace all occurrences of ``/var/tmp''
|
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with the name of that directory.
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To run the pre-installation script, go to /usr/X11R6 and run it:
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cd /usr/X11R6
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sh /var/tmp/preinst.sh
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The next step is to make the installation utility executable. To do this, make
|
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sure the `extract' file is in the same directory as all the X331*.tgz files,
|
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and run the following from that directory:
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chmod 755 extract
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The installation utility ``extract'' is used to unpack the .tgz files that make
|
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up the XFree86 distribution. The .tgz files are gzipped tar files. However,
|
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``tar'' in its standard form on most OSs is not well-suited to the task of
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Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1
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installing XFree86. The extract utility is a modified version of GNU tar 1.12
|
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built with the options required to make it suitable for installing XFree86.
|
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The source for extract is available from the same place you got the XFree86
|
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distribution.
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It is strongly recommended that you use the provided extract utility to unpack
|
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the XFree86 distribution. If you choose to ignore this and use something else,
|
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we don't want to hear from you if you run into problems. It is also important
|
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that you do not rename the extract utility. If renamed, it behaves just like
|
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the normal GNU tar.
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To extract the XFree86 binaries, run the following as root:
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cd /usr/X11R6
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/var/tmp/extract /var/tmp/X331*.tgz
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Once the required .tgz files have been extracted, run the post installation
|
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script:
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cd /usr/X11R6
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sh /var/tmp/postinst.sh
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For OSs which use ldconfig, you may need to run ldconfig or reboot to complete
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the installation. The postinst.sh script should run ldconfig correctly for you
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if you are using Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD or OpenBSD. For other OSs that use
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ldconfig, check how it normally gets run at boot time.
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CONTENTS
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1. XFree86 and X11R6.3 ...................................................... 1
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2. OS issues ................................................................ 1
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3. What's new in 3.3.1? ..................................................... 2
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3.1 Bug fixes ........................................................... 2
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3.2 Known Problems ...................................................... 4
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4. New Features in 3.3 ...................................................... 5
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4.1 General ............................................................. 5
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4.2 General X server changes ............................................ 5
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4.3 XF86Setup ........................................................... 5
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4.4 PC98 Support ........................................................ 5
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4.5 Alpha (AXP) platform support ........................................ 5
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4.6 XInput Extension .................................................... 6
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4.7 XKEYBOARD Extension ................................................. 6
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4.8 SVGA server ......................................................... 6
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4.9 S3 server ........................................................... 6
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4.10 S3V (ViRGE) server .................................................. 7
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4.11 Mach64 server ....................................................... 7
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4.12 Mach32 server ....................................................... 7
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4.13 W32 server .......................................................... 7
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4.14 P9000 server ........................................................ 8
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4.15 I128 server ......................................................... 8
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4.16 TGA server .......................................................... 8
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4.17 Trident driver (SVGA server) ........................................ 8
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4.18 Ark driver (SVGA server) ............................................ 8
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4.19 W32 driver (SVGA server) ............................................ 8
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4.20 ET6000 driver (SVGA server) ......................................... 9
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4.21 Alliance ProMotion driver (SVGA server) ............................. 9
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4.22 Matrox driver (SVGA server) ......................................... 9
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4.23 Cirrus driver (SVGA server) ........................................ 10
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4.24 SiS driver (SVGA server) ........................................... 10
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4.25 Chips and Technologies driver (SVGA server) ........................ 10
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4.26 S3 ViRGE driver (SVGA server) ...................................... 10
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4.27 WD90C24 driver (SVGA server) ....................................... 11
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4.28 Compaq AVGA driver (SVGA server) ................................... 11
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4.29 Hercules mono driver ............................................... 11
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4.30 Client/Library changes ............................................. 11
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4.31 xf86config utility ................................................. 12
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4.32 SuperProbe ......................................................... 12
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4.33 Fonts .............................................................. 12
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5. Installing the XFree86 3.3.1 Release .................................... 12
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