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diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/XF86.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/XF86.hlp index d2c2038..332e185 100644 --- a/release/sysinstall/help/XF86.hlp +++ b/release/sysinstall/help/XF86.hlp @@ -1,913 +1,791 @@ - Release Notes for XFree86[TM] 3.2 - The XFree86 Project, Inc - 29 October 1996 - This document describes the new features in XFree86 3.2 compared with - the previous full release, 3.1.2. It also includes installation - instructions for the binary distributions. - 1. XFree86 and X11R6.1 +Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1 - XFree86 releases starting with the 3.1.2D beta are based on the X - Consortium's X11R6.1. - R6.1 is an update to R6, and is intended to be compatible with R6 at - the source and protocol levels. Binaries should be upward-compatible. - X11R6.1 includes some new Xserver extensions: DOUBLE-BUFFER, XKEYBOARD - and RECORD. LBX has been dropped from R6.1, and as such, has been - dropped from XFree86 too. It is expected that it will reappear in - some form in a future release. - 2. OS issues - Always check the OS specific README files for special requirements or - caveats. - Users running Linux/Elf (on Intel platforms) should note that they - will need ld.so-1.7.14. This can be found at - tsx-11.mit.edu:pub/linux/packages/GCC - <ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC>. + Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1 - 3. New Features in 3.2 - Note, items marked with `*' have been added since the last beta - release (3.1.2G). + The XFree86 Project, Inc - 3.1. General + 8 August 1997 - o XFree86 3.2 includes the X Consortium's X11R6.1. - o XFree86-3.2 includes a full distribution for Linux/m68k. - o XFree86-3.2 includes a full distribution for Linux/Alpha. + Abstract - o XFree86-3.2 includes a full distribution for OS/2. + This document describes the bugs fixed in XFree86 3.3.1 compared with + the 3.3 release, as well as the new features in XFree86 3.3 compared + with the previous full release, 3.2. It also includes installation + instructions for the binary distributions. - 3.2. General X server changes - o A `DefaultColorDepth' keyword has been added for the Screen - section in XF86Config files to allow the default bpp to be - specified. +1. XFree86 and X11R6.3 - o A `-nolock' server command-line option has been added to allow - the server's locking mechanism to be disabled. +XFree86 releases starting with the 3.2A beta are based on the X Consortium's +X11R6.3 (the final release from the X Consortium). - o All VGA cards with a set of discrete clocks (i.e. not a - ClockChip or a ClockProg) can now also use all the clocks - mentioned in the clocks line divided by 2. This presents the - server with twice as many clocks to choose from. Add the option - "clkdiv2" to the "Device" section of XF86Config to enable this. +R6.3 is an update to R6.1, and is intended to be compatible with R6.1 and R6 at +the source and protocol levels. Binaries should be upward-compatible. X11R6.3 +includes some new Xserver extensions: SECURITY, XC-APPGROUP, XpExtension (print +extension), and an updated, and standardised version of LBX. X11R6.3 also has +new standards, including RX (X Remote Execution MIME type), and a proxy manage- +ment protocol. X11R6.3 includes support for gzipped fonts. - o Some cursor colouring bugs have been fixed for servers that use - hardware cursors. +R6.1 is an update to R6, and is intended to be compatible with R6 at the source +and protocol levels. Binaries should be upward-compatible. X11R6.1 includes +some new Xserver extensions: DOUBLE-BUFFER, XKEYBOARD and RECORD. - o A security problem related to the X server's lock files has been - fixed. +What about R6.2? X11R6.2 is the name given to a subset of X11R6.3, which has +only the print extension and the Xlib implementation of vertical writing and +user-defined character support in addition to those features included in R6.1. - o The VidMode extension (as used by xvidtune) now by default only - allows changes to modes by clients using a local connection - type. There is also an option to completely disable mode - changes via this extension. - o A new server extension called "XFree86-Misc" has been added. - The primary purpose of this is to allow reconfiguration of some - parameters while the server is running. Some functions - previously in the VidMode extension (like screen save functions) - have been moved to this new extension. +2. OS issues - o Support has been added for the ALPS GlidePoint. A tap on the - pad is treated as a fourth button. +Always check the OS specific README files for special requirements or caveats. - o The XKEYBOARD extension is included in the servers as part of - X11R6.1. It is enabled by default, but can be disabled either - from the command line (see the Xserver man page) or from the - XF86Config file (see XkbDisable in the XF86Config man page). - With this extension enabled, you may see some differences in the - keyboard mappings. +Users running Linux/Elf (on Intel platforms) should note that they will need +ld.so version 1.7.14 or later. This can be found at +ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC. - o A new extension called XFree86-DGA is now provided. This allows - a client program to get direct access to the video card's - memory. This is implemented for most of the servers/drivers - that can support it. Connections are only allowed from clients - using a local connection type (e.g., DISPLAY=":0"). For details - of the client-side API, see the XF86DGA(3) man page, and the - file README.DGA. +Note: Elf is now the only binary type supported for Linux OSs. This means that +binaries for ix86/a.out and AXP/ECOFF are not available with this release. - o An implementation of the XInput extension is now included. It - has support for the following devices: - + Joystick (Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD only) - + Wacom tablet (Wacom IV protocol only) - + Elographics touchscreen +Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1 - + SummaSketch tablet - + Mouse - Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) manual page and the xinput document - for configuration details. - o The default black and white pixel values are now black = 0 and - white = 1 for all servers. This may be swapped with the - `-flipPixels' command-line option. - o Underscore characters are now ignored in Options and keywords in - the XF86Config file. +Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1 - o The built-in X server malloc is used by default. - o A problem that can cause the X server to crash when running - xvidtune has been fixed. - o Bitmap fontpath elements can have ":unscaled" appended to - prevent the fonts from being treated as scalable. This works - with the fontserver (xfs) too. +3. What's new in 3.3.1? +3.1 Bug fixes + o XFree86 3.3.1 includes The Open Group's public patch 2 for X11R6.3. - o *The PEX and XIE server extensions can now be dynamically loaded - for Linux/ELF, FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD. + o Build problems that showed up on some OSs have been fixed. - 3.3. XF86Setup + o Support for SCO Open Server 5 should now be complete. + o A malloc problem in libXt which showed up on FreeBSD has been fixed. - o 3.2 includes a new, graphical utility for X server configuration - called `XF86Setup'. NOTE: this utility requires that you have - the VGA16 server installed, as well as the server specific to - your video card. + o Depth-specific DacSpeeds are now implemented for the ET6000. - 3.4. PC98 Support + o Depth-specific DacSpeeds are fixed for the S3 server. + o HW cursor problem with the I128 server has been fixed. - o Support has been added for PC98 machines. These are Intel based - machines which are common in Japan. + o I128 Series II rev 2 chips are now supported. - o Support has been added for the PANIX-PC98 SVR4.0 OS. + o Xterm will now startup on Linux if /etc/termcap is missing. - o The following PC98-specific X servers are included: + o Various problems with the S3V server and the SVGA s3v driver have been + fixed. - + XF98_NECS3 PC98 NEC(S3) server. + o A problem with the clock limit for some revisions of the Circus 5434 has + been fixed. - + XF98_PWSKB SKB-PowerWindow(S3) server. + o The Mach64 server will now correctly recognise some of the newer ATI chip + revisions, including the Rage II+, Rage Pro and VT3. If you needed the + ChipId/ChipRev workaround when using 3.3, you should remove those lines + from your XF86Config file when upgrading to 3.3.1. - + XF98_PWLB PC98 PowerWindowLB(S3) server. + o An initialisation problem in the S3 server that shows up when the ramdac + type is given in the XF86Config file should be fixed. - + XF98_GA968 GA-968V4/PCI(S3 968). + o The MGA driver now defaults to using the software cursor because some peo- + ple have reported problems when using the hardware cursor with Millennium + cards. - + XF98_TGUI Cyber9320 and TGUI9680. + o Lockups with the MGA driver that happen on some SVR4 versions have been + fixed. Lockups when the server crashes and dumps core on some OSs have + also been fixed where possible. - + XF98_NKVNEC NKV-NEC(cirrus) server. + o The xterm termcap field for turning off colour has been fixed. - + XF98_WABS WABS(cirrus) server. + o A server crash that happens when starting some servers on Solaris has been + fixed. - + XF98_GANBWAP GANB-WAP(cirrus) server. + o Some problems with the Trident 9860 and 9685 chips have been fixed. - + XF98_WABEP WAB-EP(cirrus) server. + o A problem with xterm writing an invalid wtmp entry on Linux has been + fixed. - + XF98_WSNA WSN-A2F(cirrus) server. - + XF98_EGC EGC(generic vga16) server. - + XF98_NEC480 PEGC-480(generic vga256) server. - 3.5. XInput Extension - o Motion history support is included for XInput devices. - o XInput drivers are now dynamically loadable for Linux/ELF, - FreeBSD, and NetBSD. - o Multiple instances of XInput devices may be specified. - 3.6. S3 server +Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1 - o Support for the S3 Trio64V+. - o *New server (XF86_S3V) for the S3 ViRGE and ViRGE/VX. Note that - this server is very new, and is considered "beta". Please - report any problems with it. + o A PolyPoint bug in the S3V server has been fixed. + o Screen wraparound problems with the S3 server that show up on some old + Number Nine GXE level 10 cards have been fixed. + o A problem with the PCI framebuffer remapping in the S3 server has been + fixed. - o Support in the S3 server for the AT&T 20C409 and 20C499 RAMDACs. + o A problem with XF86Setup not showing the correct chipset-specific README + file has been fixed. - o Some potential problems with the way the accelerator is used - have been fixed. + o A problem with XF86Setup not setting up the link to the Xserver in some + situations has been fixed. - o A new driver has been added for the 868/968/Trio64V+ which uses - the new MMIO mode available with these chips. This new driver - is used by default for these chips on Intel platforms, but not - yet on Alpha platforms. It can be enabled for Alpha platforms - by specifying: + o Some libXt error/warning messages were partially duplicated, and this is + now fixed. - Chipset "NewMMio" + o Some line drawing problems that show up with the Cirrus 542x chips have + been fixed. + o A problem drawing wide fonts with some Cirrus chips has been fixed. + o Some bugs in some XKB symbols files have been fixed. - If you see any problems with the new driver, please let us know. - It is possible to disable this new driver and use the old one by - specifying: + o The Chips and Technologies 65555 and 68554 are now detected by the chips + driver. - Chipset "mmio_928" + o `xset dpms' didn't accept some parameters correctly. + o Some raster op bugs in the SVGA server's s3v driver have been fixed. + o Problems with the Mach32 server that show up with some AST motherboards + that have an on-board Mach32 chip have been fixed (see the README.Mach32 + file for details). - in the Device section. Please test the new driver before disabling - it, and for any problem you see, also check if it happens with the - old driver, and let us know (even if the old driver fixes the prob- - lem!). + o A bug in the ET6000 driver which can cause the server to crash on non- + Linux systems has been fixed. - o An initialisation problem with some VideoLogic cards has been - fixed. + o An initialisation problem with the ET6000 driver which can result in a + black screen has been fixed. - o Support for the ELSA Winner 2000PRO/X rev G and ELSA Gloria-8 - (except the GLint 300SX 3D chip) has been added. + o The Eraser support in the Wacom driver has been fixed. - o Problems with S3 dashed lines are fixed. + o Support for two relative devices has been fixed in the Wacom driver. - o Added options "slow_dram" and "slow_edodram" to avoid pixel - errors on the display for some broken cards. + o The DPMS state is now correctly reset when switching back to the Xserver's + VT. - o A Ti3026 clock problem that appears on some SPEA cards has been - fixed. + o A bug in the 24bpp framebuffer code which caused a server crash when run- + ning StarOffice has been fixed. - o Code has been added to automatically detect the Trio32 bug that - causes font cache problems. When detected, a workaround is - activated.. + o An Xserver bug which could cause a server crash when using lbxproxy has + been fixed. - o Framebuffer address problems with some 1MB Trio64 VLB cards - should be fixed. - o The low ICS5342 clock limit has been removed. - o Detection of Diamond S3 cards has been improved. If you've - needed to use the "diamond" option to avoid screen wrapping in - previous releases, try removing it and let us know if there are - any problems. - o Memory parameter calculations for 2MB Trio64 cards have been - fixed. If you've needed to add something like "S3MClk 170" to - your XF86Config with previous versions, you should remove it - now. - o The handling of the S3RefClk XF86Config setting has been fixed - for cards with an IBM Ramdac. - o Support for S3 and Bt485 HW cursor in doublescan modes. - o Fix positioning of IBM RGB Ramdac HW cursor in interlace and - doublescan modes (the cursor shape still isn't correct). +Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1 - o Improved linear fb detection for PCI cards. In particular this - should allow most Trio64V+ cards to use the linear fb, which - seems to prevent a lot of the lockups that have been reported. - o Support for the ELSA Elsa Winner2000PRO/X-2,4 Rev.G which uses - an ICS9161A clock chip as well as the Ti3026 RAMDAC (clock - doubling not supported yet). - o The default InvertVCLK settings have been changed for #9 Motion - 771 cards and Hercules Terminator 64 Pro cards. If you have - needed to add Invert_VCLK lines to your XF86Config file to avoid - screen wrapping with version 3.1.2, please remove them when - testing this version. If there are problems with the new - defaults, please report them to us. + o A conflict between Imake.rules and Motif.rules has been fixed. - o *Text clipping performance has been improved. + o Some problems that show up with some accelerated servers on SVR4 when + using Xqueue have been fixed. - 3.7. Mach64 server + o A problem that can cause a server crash when drawing some arcs has been + fixed. + o The MGA driver now recognises the newer 220MHz Mystique chips. - o Most problems in the handling of block_write have been fixed. - Nevertheless, you still might need to add the "no_block_write" - option to your XF86Config if the BIOS doesn't correctly - initialise the chip. + o The MGA driver has experimental support for the Millennium II. This + really is very new, and is largely untested. There are known problems + (see README.MGA for details). - o Screen blanking for some Mach64 CT cards running at 16bpp and - 32bpp has been fixed. Problems remain for some revisions of the - CT chip. + o The "noaccel" option could cause a lockup with the Cirrus Laguna chips + (546x). This option is now disabled for those chips. - o The Mach64 server supports the VT and GT chipset. The GT is - also known as "3D Rage". The newer 3D Rage II is not yet - supported. + o Some blitter timeouts that show up with Cirrus 7548 and 7555 chips should + now be fixed. - o A problem with olvwm icons has been fixed. + o The handling of the PS/2 mouse protocol is fixed for OpenBSD. - o A problem with ghostview scrollbars has been fixed. This may - also fix some Netscape font problems that have been reported. + o The SiS driver should now correctly determine the MMIO address. - o The Mach64 CT (also known as the 264CT or 215CT22200) chip is - now supported. This chip has a integrated RAMDAC and clockchip, - and is used on some Graphics Xpression and WinBoost cards. + o Support is added for Number Nine I128 DRAM cards. There are some text + mode restore problems at some depths though. - o The Mach64 GX-F (GX rev 3) is now supported. +3.2 Known Problems - o The IBM RGB514 RAMDAC is now supported (as used on the ATI - Graphics Turbo Pro 1600). + o There are problems with some Cirrus laptop chipsets (75xx). The driver + seems to work for some people, but not others. Until someone with the + appropriate hardware can look into this, these problems are unlikely to be + fixed. If you wish to work on this, please contact us. We don't need + testers, we need people willing and able to fix the problems. - o The memory base should now be correctly detected for VLB cards. - If you've needed to add a `MemBase' line to the XF86Config for - previous versions, please try removing it, and let us know if - there are any problems. + o There are problems with some of the Trident laptop chipsets. The driver + seems to work in a limited way for some people, but not others. Until + someone with the appropriate hardware can look into this, these problems + are unlikely to be fixed. If you wish to work on this, please contact us. + We don't need testers, we need people willing and able to fix the prob- + lems. - o Cursor colour problems at 16bpp/32bpp mode with some RAMDACs - have been fixed. + o We have had some reports of apparently random lockups with some Mystique + cards. We have not been able to reproduce this problem, and have no fix + for it. - o Errors in detecting some RAMDACs (like the CH8398) should now be - fixed. + o There is a drawing bug in the MGA driver that shows up when running `view- + fax'. We have no fix for this problem yet. - o 8 bit-per-RGB mode (when running at 8bpp) is now the default for - RAMDACs that support it. + o Some people have reported problems with some newer Rage II cards. This + problem is currently being investigated. When we have a fix for it, we + will make it available. - o Hardware cursor mask problem has been fixed. - o Support for the AT&T 20C408 RAMDAC/Clockchip has been added. - o Arbitrary clocks can be used on most cards with supported clock - chips. - o Hardware cursor color problem on Mach64 CT, VT and GT chips at - 16bpp and 32bpp has been fixed. - o Doublescan mode is supported on VT and GT chipsets. The - hardware cursor is not correctly displayed in doublescan modes, - but functions correctly. No other Mach64 chipsets can support - an accelerated doublescan mode. - o Video noise on certain CT, VT and GT chips has been eliminated - (on nearly all cards) or reduced as much as possible (on certain - CT based cards). - o Clock chip programming accuracy has been greatly improved on CT, - ET, VT and GT based cards. This may result in modes that were - set up for a previous release not being displayed as before. - With the xvidtune program, you can adjust the screen to work - with the now correct clock programming. - o *The reliability of the Mach64 detection code has been improved. - 3.8. Mach32 server +Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1 - o Hardware cursor mask problem has been fixed. - o *16bpp support has been added for the AT&T 20C490 and Bt481 - RAMDACs. - o *Some VT switching problems have been fixed. + o We've had a report that the SVGA server will cause a lockup on some SVR4 + versions (UnixWare 1.x) with some Chips and Technologies chips. A + workaround for this problem is to use the "xaa_no_color_exp" option. - 3.9. W32 server + o It is possible to use a setuid root X server as a denial of service which + blocks reserved ports. A workaround for this is to not have the X server + setuid, and have it started by xdm. The X servers do not need to be + setuid root when started by xdm because xdm runs as root. - o Support has been added for the ET6000 +4. New Features in 3.3 - o Support has been added for the ICD2061A clock chip (which is - used on the Diamond Stealth 32). +4.1 General - o The server's reporting of bits/RGB resolution has been fixed. + o XFree86 3.3 includes the X Consortium's X11R6.3. - o Support for the STG1703 RAMDAC/clock has been added. Clocks up - to 135MHz should be OK. To use the programmable clock add the - following line to the Device section of the XF86Config: +4.2 General X server changes + o The X servers include a new DPMS extension, which was donated by Digital + Equipment Corporation. Not all DPMS modes have been implemented by all + servers yet, but this should improve in future releases. See the XF86Con- + fig(4/5) and xset(1) man pages for further details. - ClockChip "stg1703" + o The LBX extension is included in all the X servers, as part of the update + to R6.3. + o A print-only server (Xprt) is included as part of the update to R6.3. + o Some bugs in the Type1 font code have been fixed. + o Some bugs in newer functions in the XFree86 VidMode extension have been + fixed. + o Support has been added for the Microsoft IntelliMouse. - o Options have been added to allow PCI burst mode and W32 - interleaving to be turned on or off. The XF86Config Device - section entries for these are: +4.3 XF86Setup + o Some bugs have been fixed, but no major changes have been made to this + version. + o More modelines were added. There are now high-refresh versions of most + common modes available (85 and 100 Hz). 512x384, 1152x864, 1600x1200 and + 1800x1440 modes were added. +4.4 PC98 Support + o The XF98_TGUI server includes XAA support, but there are some problems + with this at the moment. It can be disabled with the "noaccel" option. - Option "pci_burst_on" - Option "pci_burst_off" - Option "w32_interleave_on" - Option "w32_interleave_off" +4.5 Alpha (AXP) platform support + o Support for the S3 ViRGE and ViRGE/VX is now available. - o Support has been added for the ICS5341 programmable clock. To - enable this, add the following lines to the Device section of - your XF86Config file: - Ramdac "ics5341" - ClockChip "ics5341" +Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1 - o Problems that could cause the W32 server to crash at startup or - get stuck in a loop at exit have been fixed. - o *Some drawing bugs have been fixed. - 3.10. AGX server + o Support for "newmmio" is now available for the S3 868/968/Trio64V+ and is + enabled by default (use chipset "mmio_928" to get the old behaviour). + o Support for the Matrox Millennium and Mystique (in the SVGA server) is + included. - o Fix for clock probing with AGX-010 chips. + o Support for the Trident driver (in the SVGA server) is included. - 3.11. I128 server + o Some problems that showed up with Netscape on some servers have been + fixed. + o Various alignment problems have been fixed. - o A new server for the Number Nine Imagine 128 card is included. - This server is currently not accelerated. + o NOTE: A recent Linux kernel version is required for most of these servers + (essential for the Matrox driver). - o Support has been added for the Series 2 cards. + o Scanpci now works on Alpha platforms. - o Support has been added for 8MB cards. +4.6 XInput Extension - 3.12. TGA server + o Multiple input devices can share the core pointer. +4.6.1 Wacom driver - o *A new server for the DEC 21030 (TGA) is included. This is only - available for Alpha machines. This server is currently not - accelerated. + o Multiple devices can be defined for the same tablet to represent different + active zones. - 3.13. SVGA/VGA16/Mono servers +4.7 XKEYBOARD Extension + o An improved layout for Russian keyboards is provided. - o A PCI probe has been added to these servers. If it causes - problems, it can be disabled by adding the line: + o A layout for Hungarian keyboards is provided. - Option "no_pci_probe" +4.8 SVGA server + o A new general graphics acceleration interface (XFree86 Acceleration Archi- + tecture - XAA) has been implemented. It is used to provide relatively + complete acceleration, at different colour depths, for several chips in + the SVGA server. Chips currently making use of this include the Matrox + Millennium, Mystique, Tseng ET4000/W32p and ET6000, and several chips from + ARK Logic, Chips and Technologies, Cirrus, Trident, SiS and the S3 ViRGE + family. + o The SVGA server now includes a driver for the S3 ViRGE family. It supports + the ViRGE, ViRGE/DX, ViRGE/GX and ViRGE/VX. This driver is a completely + new implementation, so please send in success/failure reports. - to the Device section in your XF86Config file. +4.9 S3 server - 3.14. VGA16 server + o Some further S3 968 hardware bugs for lines/text have been worked around. + o Cursor/pointer pixmaps larger than 64x64 are now supported without the + need to use the "sw_cursor" option. - o A problem preventing the StaticGray visual from working has been - fixed. - 3.15. ET3000 driver (VGA16 server) - o VGA16 support has been added to the ET3000 driver. - 3.16. Trident driver (SVGA server) - o TGUI9440 is now fully supported by the SVGA server. - o Major updates for most of the trident family of chips. - o TGUI9660/9680 chipsets are now fully supported +Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1 - o Check README.trident distributed with this release for full - details. - 3.17. Ark driver (SVGA server) + o Detection/support for the Trio64UV+, Trio64V2 (including the /DX and /GX + versions), Aurora64V+ (86CM65 used in notebooks), and Plato/PX is now + included. This support is very new and hasn't had much testing, so please + send us success/failure reports. - o The Ark driver will now detect the ARK2000MT, but it is treated - as an ARK2000PV. + o Support is now included for the ELSA Winner 2000PRO/X-8. Please refer to + the notes for this card in README.S3. - o A problem which caused the server to crash when no Ramdac was - given in the XF86Config file has been fixed. + o Support is now included for the MIRO 80SV. - o ICS5342 clock support (required for the Diamond Stealth64 - Graphics 2001 series) has been added. To enable this, add the - following lines to the Device section of your XF86Config file: + o A bug which prevented DGA apps from setting the ViewPort to the lower part + of the framebuffer has been fixed (this showed up most commonly with 4MB + cards). +4.10 S3V (ViRGE) server - Ramdac "ics5342" - ClockChip "ics5342" + o Support has been added for the ViRGE/DX and ViRGE/GX. + o Problems with the Diamond Stealth 3D 3000 are now fixed. + o The line drawing code has been improved. + o Packed 24bpp support is included, and should be improved over earlier ver- + sions. + o The S3V server translates between sparse 32bpp pixmaps and packed 24bpp + for the framebuffer. In some cases this can be slow. - Do not include any Clocks lines in your XF86Config file. + o 32bpp framebuffer format is not supported. - o Panning has been fixed for ARK2000PV cards with 2MB of video - memory. +4.11 Mach64 server - o *Some basic BitBlt acceleration has been added. + o Support for 3D Rage II based Mach64 cards is included. - o *24bpp packed pixel support has been added for some - cards/RAMDACs. + o Various problems with support for some revisions of CT, VT and GT chipsets + have been fixed. - o *Memory bandwidth problems have been fixed. + o It is strongly recommended that all users with CT, VT, GT and 3D Rage II + based Mach64 cards upgrade to the 3.3 release due to the problems that + were fixed. - o *Hardware cursor support has been added. +4.12 Mach32 server - 3.18. ET6000 driver (SVGA server) + o A bug that causes problems when running XF86Setup with cards with less + than 2MB of video memory has been fixed. + o Minor shifts in maximum clock rate under 16 bpp, and inclusion of explicit + 15 "bpp" setting. - o *This driver includes support for linear memory and 16bpp, 24bpp - and 32bpp operation. Note, this support isn't currently present - in the W32 accelerated server. +4.13 W32 server - 3.19. Alliance ProMotion driver (SVGA server) + o In this version, the separate W32 server (XF86_W32) has not undergone any + significant changes. In fact, it is not being developed further. Instead, + the SVGA server (XF86_SVGA) is now the main focus of new developments. See - o A driver for the Alliance ProMotion 6442 has been added (from - Alliance Semiconductor). This has not been thoroughly tested. - 3.20. NVidia NV1 / SGS Thomson STG2000 driver (SVGA server) - o *A driver for the NV1/STG2000 has been added. This chipset is - used on the Diamond Edge 3D card. This is a very new driver, - and is considered "beta". It includes support for 8bpp and - 16bpp. - 3.21. Matrox Millennium driver (SVGA server) +Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1 - o *A driver for the Matrox Millennium (mga2064w) has been added. - This is a very new driver, and is considered "beta". It - includes support for 8bpp, 16bpp, 24bpp and 32bpp. The - acceleration capabilities of this chipset are only used to a - very limited extent at this stage. - 3.22. Cirrus driver (SVGA server) + the W32 (SVGA) description. - o Support has been added for the CL-GD5446, CL-GD5462 and CL- - GD5464. +4.14 P9000 server - o Support has been added for the CL-GD7543. + o Support for PCI probing has been added. - o Support for the CL-GD754x series of laptop chips is included, - but it appears to be broken in this release. + o DPMS support has been added. - o The programmable clock code has been improved to avoid unstable - settings. +4.15 I128 server - o *Some FIFO setting problems have been fixed. + o Some preliminary acceleration (for bitblts) is included. This code is + very new, and hasn't been extensively tested yet. - o *Packed 24bpp support has been added for the 54xx. +4.16 TGA server - o *Some problems with 16bpp for a 1MB 5434 have been fixed. + o Preliminary acceleration support is included, using XAA. - 3.23. SiS driver (SVGA server) + o Various bugs have been fixed. +4.17 Trident driver (SVGA server) - o Support is included for the SiS 86C201 PCI graphics card. + o Acceleration support has been added for the 9320, 9440 and 96xx chips. - o 256 colour support has been added. + o Support for the Cyber series of laptop chips has been improved. - o SiS 86c202 and 86c205 somewhat work when "sis86c201" is - specified as chipset. + o 24/32bpp support has been added for some chips. - 3.24. Chips and Technologies driver (SVGA server) + o Some clock limits have been fixed. +4.18 Ark driver (SVGA server) - o This driver has been significantly reworked. + o More complete acceleration has been implemented using XAA, including line + draw, fill, and text acceleration, at different colour depths. - o Support has been added for the 65546, 65548, 65550 and 65554. +4.19 W32 driver (SVGA server) - o Linear addressing support for the 65530 and above. + o The SVGA server now supports acceleration for the most recent ET4000W32 + chips. In 3.3, the ET4000W32p chips are now fully accelerated, and also + support the higher performing linear memory layout (read the tseng README + file for more information: there are a few problems). - o 16bpp and 24bpp (packed) support for the 65545 an above. + o VESA DPMS (monitor power saving) support was added. - o BitBLT and some other acceleration for the 65545, 65546, 65548 - and 65550. + o There is now support for more than 256 colors on most ET4000W32i and + ET4000W32p chips. This means 15, 16, 24 and/or 32 bits per pixel modes + (32768, 65536 or 16 million colors) are supported on most common RAMDACs. + On the W32p, these modes are accelerated. On the W32i, there is no accel- + eration in any mode. For accelerated support on W32i chips, refer to the + separate W32 server (XF86_W32). - 3.25. ALI driver (SVGA server) + o A few bugs in XFree86 3.2 and 3.2A have been fixed. Most importantly the + failure to probe some PCI cards has been resolved. - o Interlaced modes now work with this driver. - 3.26. ATI driver (SVGA server) - o Mach64 support has been improved. - o The driver name has been changed back from "vgawonder" to "ati". - o Support is included for most recent Mach64 cards. - o The "undoc_clocks" option has been removed. If you had been - using it, remove it from your XF86Config file. +Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1 - o A colourmap problem with VGA Wonder V3 boards has been fixed. - 3.27. WD90C24 driver (SVGA server) + o Fix interference with ISA-DMA sensitive devices (soundcards, floppy-tape + drives) - o A problem with snow at high clocks has been fixed. + o Support for the Chrontel RAMDAC has been added. - 3.28. Compaq AVGA driver (SVGA server) +4.20 ET6000 driver (SVGA server) + o The ET6000 driver in the separate W32 server (XF86_W32) has not changed + significantly. - o The Compaq AVGA driver has been disabled in this release because - it doesn't work, and nobody seems interested in fixing it. + o On the other hand, the ET6000 driver in the SVGA server, which already + existed in XFree86 3.2 for all color depths, is now fully accelerated for + all those color depths. It builds upon the new XAA architecture, which is + the cornerstone of a new acceleration framework within the XFree86 + servers. It is responsible for the outstanding acceleration performance of + this release. - 3.29. Hercules mono driver + o Many small problems which existed in the initial 3.2 release have been + solved. Screen noise, flicker or instability at higher pixel clocks are + mostly fixed. Some detection problems are gone. Weird behaviour (jumping + and screen wrap) when panning through large virtual desktops has been + fixed. The server now detects the correct amount of memory on ET6000 cards + with 2.25 MB of MDRAM. More realistic pixel clock rate limits have been + put in place, to avoid modes that would cause screen problems. + o DPMS support was added. - o The Hercules mono driver has been disabled in this release - because it has problems, and isn't likely to be fixed soon. + o The ET6000 hardware cursor is now supported. Read the Tseng documentation + file for more information (there are a few limitations) - 3.30. Client/Library changes + o fix interference with ISA-DMA sensitive devices (soundcards, floppy-tape + drives) +4.21 Alliance ProMotion driver (SVGA server) - o Support for most vt220/vt320 escape sequenced has been added to - xterm. + o The driver now recognises the AT24 chipset, but it is treated the same way + as the AP6422. - o Support for ddterm's escape sequences has been added to xterm. +4.22 Matrox driver (SVGA server) - o The termcap and terminfo entries for xterm have been updated in - line with the new features present. These entries are not - completely compatible with earlier versions of xterm. + o More complete acceleration for the Millennium (MGA2064W). - o xdm's session handling on BSD OSs has been fixed. + o Support is included for the Mystique (including some acceleration). This + code is very new. - o Some buffer overrun problems which can lead to security problems - have been fixed in libXt and libX11. At least one of these - problems has been used to exploit the setuid xterm. + o 24 bpp mode tiled pattern problems still present. - o POSIX termios support has been added for xterm on most BSD - systems. This removes the need for the BSD kernel to built with - the COMPAT_43 option. + o Support for DGA, Sync-on-Green, and DPMS. - o As part of the change to X11R6.1, the shared library revisions - for libX11, libXaw, libXext, and libXtst have been incremented - to 6.1. + o The "nolinear" option is no longer available. - o The client-side library code for the XFree86 extensions and the - ScreenSaver extension has been moved into separate libraries. - The old libXExExt has been removed. + o Support for 8 bits per colour component (at 8bpp) has been added. - o Colour support is now included by default in xterm. It isn't - enabled by default, but can be enabled with the +cm command line - flag, or by setting the `colorMode' resource to `true'. I18N - support in xterm has been improved (as part of X11R6.1). If - you've previously been using one of the many "color_xterm" - variants, try this and let us know if you have any problems. - o xdpyinfo has been updated to provide more detailed information - about the XInput extension and the XFree86 extensions. - o The setting/examining of extended screen saver parameters has - been added to xset (was in xvidtune). xset can now also be used - to set the keyboard repeat parameters. - o The following new clients have been added: - + dga -- a test program for the XFree86-DGA extension. - + xsetmode, xsetpointer -- programs for use with the XInput - extension. - o The xdm security fix from the X Consortium's R6 fix-13 is - included. - o xconsole has been updated for Unixware 2.x. - o XNLS support has been added for KOI8-R. +Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1 - o xrdb dynamically allocates string space to avoid overruns. - o A memory overrun problem in xterm has been fixed. - o An "AllowNullPasswd" resource has been added to xdm. +4.23 Cirrus driver (SVGA server) - o libXt bug fix from the X Consortium's R6 fix-13. + o More complete acceleration for all chips with a BitBLT engine (CL-GD5426, + 5428, 5429, 5430, 5434, 5436, 5440, 5446, 7541, 7543, and 7548). - 3.31. xf86config utility + o More complete acceleration for Laguna series chips (CL-GD546X). + o The support for the 754x series of laptop controllers has been improved. - o Incorrect handling of IBM RGB Ramdacs has been fixed. + o The 24bpp mode on the CL-GD5430/40 has been fixed. - 3.32. SuperProbe + o Support for the CL-GD5480 has been added. +4.24 SiS driver (SVGA server) - o Added detection for C&T 65548, Cirrus CL-GD7543/1, AT&T 20C409, - AT&T20C499, and fixed an incorrect ET4000/W32 probe problem. + o Significant updates have been made to the SiS driver (see README.SiS for + further details). - o Much improved detection for Mach64 cards. + o Acceleration support is included, making use of XAA. - o Improved detection for Trident cards. + o Linear addressing is supported. - o Added detection of SiS, ARK, S3 ViRGE cards. + o Support has been added for 15/16/24bpp. - 3.33. Fonts + o Support has been added for programmable clocks. + o HW cursor support is included. - o The Cyrillic fonts have been updated. +4.25 Chips and Technologies driver (SVGA server) + o Support has been included for the 65525, 65535, 64200 and 64300 - 4. Installing the XFree86 3.2 Release + o Problems relating to blank screen at start-up and text mode restoration + with the 65550 and 65554 should now be fixed - The XFree86 3.2 binary release is distributed as a full release, not - as an upgrade. + o Acceleration support for all chips has improved due to the new XAA archi- + tecture. - What follows is a list of the XFree86 3.2 components. There may be - some variations in this for some OSs. + o Many additional minor fixes and documentation updates (see README.chips + for further details). +4.26 S3 ViRGE driver (SVGA server) - The following are required for all installations: + o Completely new driver for the ViRGE family. The driver works with linear + addressing and PCI chipsets. + o Acceleration support uses the XAA architecture. - preinst.sh Pre-installation script - postinst.sh Post-installation script - X32bin.tgz Clients, run-time libs, and app-defaults files - X32doc.tgz Documentation - X32fnts.tgz 75dpi, misc and PEX fonts - X32lib.tgz Data files required at run-time - X32man.tgz Manual pages - X32set.tgz XF86Setup utility - X32VG16.tgz 16 colour VGA server (XF86Setup needs this server) + o The driver supports 8/15/16/24/32 bpp on all cards. + o Acceleration includes bitblits, filled rectangles, color expansion and + pattern fills (8/15/16/24 bpp). Acceleration at 32 bpp is limited to bit- + blits and filled rectangles. - The following is required for new installations, and optional for - existing installations: - X32cfg.tgz sample config files for xinit, xdm - 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. +Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1 - 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). - X328514.tgz 8514/A server - X32AGX.tgz AGX server - X32I128.tgz I128 server - X32Ma32.tgz Mach 32 server - X32Ma64.tgz Mach 64 server - X32Ma8.tgz Mach 8 server - X32Mono.tgz Mono server - X32P9K.tgz P9000 server - X32S3.tgz S3 server - X32S3V.tgz S3 ViRGE server - X32SVGA.tgz SVGA server - X32VG16.tgz 16 colour VGA server (XF86Setup needs this server) - X32W32.tgz ET4000/W32, ET6000 server + o Includes HW cursor support. + o See README.S3V for further details. +4.27 WD90C24 driver (SVGA server) + o DPMS support is included (only for "off" mode so far). - The following X server is for Alpha hardware. +4.28 Compaq AVGA driver (SVGA server) + o The Compaq AVGA driver has been resurrected. The bugs causing it to not + work in some previous releases have been fixed. - X32TGA.tgz DEC 21030 (TGA) server +4.29 Hercules mono driver + o The problems with the Hercules mono driver in previous releases has now + been fixed, and the driver is included in this release. +4.30 Client/Library changes + o The libraries have been updated to R6.3. The shared lib version numbers + for libXext and libICE have been bumped to 6.3. The others remain the + same. - 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. + o An Xlib problem with non-latin-1 encodings that shows up when using XKB is + fixed. + o Some Xlib security vulnerabilities have been fixed. + o Xterm's emulation of DECUDK (DEC user-defined keys) now (correctly) inter- + prets shifted keys only. - 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 + o VT52 emulation has been added to xterm. + o Xterm's VT100 emulation generates correct codes for PF1-PF4, as well as + the keypad "+" and ",". These codes differ from the VT220 emulation. + o Some xterm bugs have been fixed, including coloured background exposure + while selection is active, and missing state changes in the VT100 emula- + tion. + o Xterm's memory requirements for colour have been reduced. The colour + resource file is merged with the regular resource file to reduce installa- + tion problems. - The following are optional. + o Emulation of VT220 soft-reset, and non-DEC REP (repeat) control sequence + has been added to xterm. + o Xterm now recognizes control sequences for 16 colors (from aixterm). - 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 - X32lkit.tgz X server LinkKit - X32lk98.tgz PC98 X server LinkKit - X32nest.tgz Nested X server - X32vfb.tgz Virtual framebuffer X server - X32ps.tgz PostScript version of the documentation - X32html.tgz HTML version of the documentation + o xset includes support for the DPMS extension. + o xset's "r rate" flag was broken on some OSs, and is now fixed. - 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: - mkdir /home/X11R6 - ln -s /home/X11R6 /usr +Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1 - 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: +4.31 xf86config utility - cd /usr/X11R6 - sh /var/tmp/preinst.sh + o More modelines were added. There are now high-refresh versions of most + common modes available (85 and 100 Hz). 512x384, 1152x864, 1600x1200 and + 1800x1440 modes were added. +4.32 SuperProbe - 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: + o Add detection of Alliance Pro Motion chips. + o Add detection of I128-2. - gzip -d < X32file.tgz | tar vxf - + o Add detection of S3 Trio64UV+ and Aurora64V+, Trio64V2/DX and /GX, S3 + ViRGE/DX and /GX and Plato/PX. + o Add detection of Matrox chips. + o Add detection of newer Trident chips, including the Cyber series. + o Fix detection of ET4000W32 chips, and their memory probing. - 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. + o Add detection of newer ATI chips. - If you are using NetBSD or FreeBSD, a more reliable (and highly - recommended) way of doing this is to extract the .tgz files with: + o Add detection of STG170x and CH8398 RAMDACs + o Add detection of Sigma Designs REALMagic - gzip -d < X32file.tgz | tar -v -x --unlink -f - + o Add detection of 3DLabs GLINT +4.33 Fonts + o Gzipped fonts are now supported. - 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: +5. Installing the XFree86 3.3.1 Release +The XFree86 3.3.1 binaries are distributed as both a full release and as an +upgrade to XFree86 3.3. - gzip -d < X32file.tgz | cpio -i -v -d -u -H ustar +What follows is a list of the XFree86 3.3.1 components. There may be some +variations in this for some OSs. +The following are required for all new installations or upgrades from versions +prior to 3.3: - 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 - 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. - Generated from XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/doc/sgml/RELNOTE.sgml,v 3.47 1996/10/26 09:38:54 dawes Exp $ @@ -915,10 +793,396 @@ +Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1 + preinst.sh Pre-installation script + postinst.sh Post-installation script + extract XFree86 extraction utility + X331bin.tgz Clients, run-time libs, and app-defaults files + X331doc.tgz Documentation + X331fnts.tgz 75dpi, misc and PEX fonts + X331lib.tgz Data files required at run-time + X331man.tgz Manual pages + X331set.tgz XF86Setup utility + X331VG16.tgz 16 colour VGA server (XF86Setup needs this server) +The following are required for an upgrade from XFree86 3.3: + + + preinst.sh Pre-installation script + postinst.sh Post-installation script + extract XFree86 extraction utility + X331upd.tgz Changes since 3.3 (except the servers) + X331doc.tgz Documentation + X331set.tgz XF86Setup utility + X331VG16.tgz 16 colour VGA server (XF86Setup needs this server) + + +The following is required for new installations, and optional for existing +installations: + + + X331cfg.tgz sample config files for xinit, xdm + + +NOTE: Be very careful about installing X331cfg.tgz over an existing installa- +tion if you have customised your xinit and/or xdm config files. Installing +X331cfg.tgz will overwrite any existing files. If you do have customised +files, there is no need to install X331cfg.tgz. + +NOTE: The bitmap fonts distributed with this release are compressed using gzip +rather than compress. This means that you will probably want to remove the old +versions (after backing them up). The Xservers and font server in releases +prior to 3.2A cannot read gzipped fonts, so keep a copy of the old fonts if you +wish to run older servers. + +The following X servers are for PC/AT based hardware (i.e., typical Intel ix86 +based PCs). 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). + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1 + + + + X3318514.tgz 8514/A server + X331AGX.tgz AGX server + X331I128.tgz I128 server + X331Ma32.tgz Mach 32 server + X331Ma64.tgz Mach 64 server + X331Ma8.tgz Mach 8 server + X331Mono.tgz Mono server + X331P9K.tgz P9000 server + X331S3.tgz S3 server + X331S3V.tgz S3 ViRGE server + X331SVGA.tgz SVGA server + X331VG16.tgz 16 colour VGA server (XF86Setup needs this server) + X331W32.tgz ET4000/W32, ET6000 server + + + +The following X servers are available for Alpha hardware: + + + X331Ma64.tgz Mach 64 server + X331Mono.tgz Mono server (generic driver only) + X331P9K.tgz P9000 server + X331TGA.tgz DEC 21030 (TGA) server + X331S3.tgz S3 server + X331S3V.tgz S3 ViRGE server + X331SVGA.tgz SVGA server (Matrox Millennium driver only) + + + +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. + + + X3319NS3.tgz PC98 NEC(S3) server + X3319SPW.tgz PC98 PCSKB-PowerWindow(S3) server + X3319LPW.tgz PC98 PowerWindowLB(S3) server + X3319EGC.tgz PC98 EGC(generic) server + X3319GA9.tgz PC98 GA-968V4/PCI(S3 968) server + X3319GAN.tgz PC98 GANB-WAP(cirrus) server + X3319480.tgz PC98 PEGC-480(generic) server + X3319NKV.tgz PC98 NKV-NEC(cirrus) server + X3319WS.tgz PC98 WABS(cirrus) server + X3319WEP.tgz PC98 WAB-EP(cirrus) server + X3319WSN.tgz PC98 WSN-A2F(cirrus) server + X3319TGU.tgz PC98 TGUI server + + + +The following are optional. + + + + + + + + + + + + +Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1 + + + + X331f100.tgz 100dpi fonts + X331fcyr.tgz Cyrillic fonts + X331fnon.tgz Other fonts (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hebrew) + X331fscl.tgz Scalable fonts (Speedo and Type1) + X331fsrv.tgz Font server and config files + X331prog.tgz X header files, config files and compile-time libs + X331nest.tgz Nested X server + X331vfb.tgz Virtual framebuffer X server + X331prt.tgz X Print server + X331ps.tgz PostScript version of the documentation + X331html.tgz HTML version of the documentation + X331jdoc.tgz Documentation in Japanese (for version 3.2) + X331jhtm.tgz HTML version of the documentation in Japanese (3.2) + X331lkit.tgz X server LinkKit + X331lk98.tgz X server LinkKit for PC98 servers + + +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: + + mkdir /home/X11R6 + ln -s /home/X11R6 /usr + +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 may also remove some outdated files and symbolic links from a pre- +vious installation that could cause problems. + +For the purposes of these installation instructions, it is assumed that you +have downloaded all the files to the /var/tmp directory. If you've put them in +another directory, that's fine -- just replace all occurrences of ``/var/tmp'' +with the name of that directory. + +To run the pre-installation script, go to /usr/X11R6 and run it: + + cd /usr/X11R6 + sh /var/tmp/preinst.sh + +The next step is to make the installation utility executable. To do this, make +sure the `extract' file is in the same directory as all the X331*.tgz files, +and run the following from that directory: + + chmod 755 extract + +The installation utility ``extract'' is used to unpack the .tgz files that make +up the XFree86 distribution. The .tgz files are gzipped tar files. However, +``tar'' in its standard form on most OSs is not well-suited to the task of + + + + + + + + +Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1 + + + +installing XFree86. The extract utility is a modified version of GNU tar 1.12 +built with the options required to make it suitable for installing XFree86. +The source for extract is available from the same place you got the XFree86 +distribution. + +It is strongly recommended that you use the provided extract utility to unpack +the XFree86 distribution. If you choose to ignore this and use something else, +we don't want to hear from you if you run into problems. It is also important +that you do not rename the extract utility. If renamed, it behaves just like +the normal GNU tar. + +To extract the XFree86 binaries, run the following as root: + + cd /usr/X11R6 + /var/tmp/extract /var/tmp/X331*.tgz + +Once the required .tgz files have been extracted, run the post installation +script: + + cd /usr/X11R6 + sh /var/tmp/postinst.sh + +For OSs which use ldconfig, you may need to run ldconfig or reboot to complete +the installation. The postinst.sh script should run ldconfig correctly for you +if you are using Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD or OpenBSD. For other OSs that use +ldconfig, check how it normally gets run at boot time. + + Generated from XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/doc/sgml/RELNOTE.sgml,v 3.59.2.23 1997/08/08 03:14:38 dawes Exp $ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.3.1 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + CONTENTS + + + +1. XFree86 and X11R6.3 ...................................................... 1 + +2. OS issues ................................................................ 1 + +3. What's new in 3.3.1? ..................................................... 2 + 3.1 Bug fixes ........................................................... 2 + 3.2 Known Problems ...................................................... 4 + +4. New Features in 3.3 ...................................................... 5 + 4.1 General ............................................................. 5 + 4.2 General X server changes ............................................ 5 + 4.3 XF86Setup ........................................................... 5 + 4.4 PC98 Support ........................................................ 5 + 4.5 Alpha (AXP) platform support ........................................ 5 + 4.6 XInput Extension .................................................... 6 + 4.7 XKEYBOARD Extension ................................................. 6 + 4.8 SVGA server ......................................................... 6 + 4.9 S3 server ........................................................... 6 + 4.10 S3V (ViRGE) server .................................................. 7 + 4.11 Mach64 server ....................................................... 7 + 4.12 Mach32 server ....................................................... 7 + 4.13 W32 server .......................................................... 7 + 4.14 P9000 server ........................................................ 8 + 4.15 I128 server ......................................................... 8 + 4.16 TGA server .......................................................... 8 + 4.17 Trident driver (SVGA server) ........................................ 8 + 4.18 Ark driver (SVGA server) ............................................ 8 + 4.19 W32 driver (SVGA server) ............................................ 8 + 4.20 ET6000 driver (SVGA server) ......................................... 9 + 4.21 Alliance ProMotion driver (SVGA server) ............................. 9 + 4.22 Matrox driver (SVGA server) ......................................... 9 + 4.23 Cirrus driver (SVGA server) ........................................ 10 + 4.24 SiS driver (SVGA server) ........................................... 10 + 4.25 Chips and Technologies driver (SVGA server) ........................ 10 + 4.26 S3 ViRGE driver (SVGA server) ...................................... 10 + 4.27 WD90C24 driver (SVGA server) ....................................... 11 + 4.28 Compaq AVGA driver (SVGA server) ................................... 11 + 4.29 Hercules mono driver ............................................... 11 + 4.30 Client/Library changes ............................................. 11 + 4.31 xf86config utility ................................................. 12 + 4.32 SuperProbe ......................................................... 12 + 4.33 Fonts .............................................................. 12 + +5. Installing the XFree86 3.3.1 Release .................................... 12 + + + + + + + + + i diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/apache.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/apache.hlp deleted file mode 100644 index 8b56dcc..0000000 --- a/release/sysinstall/help/apache.hlp +++ /dev/null @@ -1,51 +0,0 @@ -There are two sets of options that the Apache HTTP Server needs. - -The first set covers how it operates. These are as follows: - - The "HostName" field is the name of this host, as it is - reported to each client connection. Normally, the fully - qualified domain name of the host running the server is - returned. If you want this set to something else, however, - (usually "www.my.domain") then this can be entered here. - - Additionally, the server needs to know how many connections - are allowed at one time - this is the "Max Connections" - field. If more than this number of clients attempt to connect - at once, the additional connections will be refused. This is - used to limit how much system load will be imposed by the HTTP - server. - - The "Email Address" field is the address of the person (or - system alias) who is the administrator for this web site. In - addition to being used by the Apache Server itself, it is also - put at the bottom of the sample web page that is created. - - Finally, the "Default User" and "Default Group" fields specify - what user id and group id should be used by the server for - remote connections. Local connections are kept as the UID and - GID of the local process. - -The second set of options determine what information is made available -to each client: - - The "Document Root Path" is the top of the tree of documents - that are made available. For example, if the value is - "/usr/web", then the URL "http://www.foo.com/doc.html" would - translate as "/usr/web/doc.html". - - Similarly, the "User Directory" is the location in each user's - home directory where their public web documents are - stored. Thus if the value if this is "Public", then the URL - "http://www.foo.com/~joe/doc" would translate to the path - "~joe/Public/doc". - - Finally, if the URL points to a directory, there is always a - "Default Document" that Apache will use. This field holds the - name (not the path) of this document. By default, Apache uses - the file "index.html". However, some sites may be more used to - using the file "welcome.html". - -There are a number of other options that can be configured with -Apache, such as path aliases, masquerading as multiple hosts, server -child process parameters, and so forth. For more information on these, -consult the Apache man pages at http://www.apache.org. diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/distributions.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/distributions.hlp index 74f9c61..01d0fc8 100644 --- a/release/sysinstall/help/distributions.hlp +++ b/release/sysinstall/help/distributions.hlp @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION ------------------------ An ``X-'' prefixed before a distribution set means that the XFree86 -3.2 base distribution, libraries, manual pages, SVGA server and a +3.3.1 base distribution, libraries, manual pages, SVGA server and a set of default fonts will be selected in addition to the set itself. If you select such a set, you will also be presented with a set of menus for customizing the selections to your desired X Window System diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/tcp.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/tcp.hlp index 774bf2c..05dca60 100644 --- a/release/sysinstall/help/tcp.hlp +++ b/release/sysinstall/help/tcp.hlp @@ -18,15 +18,12 @@ hack :-): If you're running SLIP or PLIP, you also need to use it for specifying the remote end of the link (simply type the foreign IP address in). -If you're dealing with an ethernet adaptor with multiple "link" +If you're dealing with an ethernet adaptor with multiple media connectors (e.g. AUI, 10BT, 10B2, etc), you can use this field to -specify which one to use. The following links are recognized: +specify which one to use. The following strings are recognized: - link0 - AUI * highest precedence - link1 - BNC - link2 - UTP * lowest precedence - -That is to say that you can enter one of "link0", "link1" or "link2" -into this field to select a different link. + "media 10base5/AUI" - Select the AUI port. + "media 10baseT/UTP" - Select the twisted pair port. + "media 10bast2/BNC" - Select the BNC connector. When you're done with this form, select OK. |