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  • From: sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [BL] BL2 X_SVGA server bug was Re: X libraries problems in BL3.40
  • Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 18:20:38 +0000 (UTC)

BL2 X_SVGA server in BL3 and BL2. S3 Trio32 video card 1MB RAM.
This server was working properly in BL2 in another computer with Tseng or Matrox video cards, same hard drive.

I copied over the XFConfig file from BL3 and pointed X at the SVGA server.

The SVGA server is from SW7.1.

Something seems to be wrong with the fonts:

Icewm loads but without any numbers where it is supposed to number the
workspaces 1 to 4, there is no date, the Ctrl-Esc menu items look like bar
codes, there is no text labelling the rxvt, and when I type in the rxvt,
what I typed is invisible. But if I type xv it loads.

X is working correctly on this computer in BL3. It works when I chroot
from BL2 to BL3. So it is a software problem.

I have 2MB of /usr/X11/lib/fonts (75dpi, PEX and misc).

I checked XF86Config and the fonts were in the right place.

What might I have messed up this time? Is there some file that tells X
where to look for fonts?

X works properly in BL3 with X_SVGA server from SW4.0 on this computer,
same XF86Config as in BL2.

I switched from SVGA to S3 X server and it worked properly now with t e same XF86Config (VertRefresh 55-69, 640x480) as for BL3.40, which works with SVGA server.

So the SW7.1 SVGA X server is not working right with Trio32 but the SW4.0 one is. Did someone introduce a bug (that may affect only this one strange motherboard, which won't do Xvesa even with MS DOS himem.sys) or omit Trio32?

Still hoping for a BL3 xpdf.

Sindi




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