Grx December 2003

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GRX 2.4.7 pre-release 1
by Mariano Alvarez Fernandez 07 Jan '04

07 Jan '04

Hi, I have uploaded a GRX 2.4.7 pre-release. Mostly the new Dinitar's DGA driver. Get it from http://grx.gnu.de/more.html Happy new year, M.Alvarez

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Re: Testing the DGA driver
by Dimitar Zhekov 04 Jan '04

04 Jan '04

MAF> Hi Dimitar. Hi. Long time no hear. MAF> I have retested your new DGA driver in 2.4.7p1 MAF> without the framebuffer: Tnanks. MAF> In my desktop with XFree86 4.2.0 I see a blak MAF> screen only. Does it work with the framebuffer enabled under the same circumstances? What's the video driver? MAF> In my Toshiba with XFree86 4.3.0: MAF> ./xdemogrx and Hey! It seems to work, but returning MAF> to X the screen was cripped to a 640*480 window. I didn't quite understood that. If the entire screen (the one before ./xdemogrx?) is now in a window, then what's on the rest of it, that is, outside that window? Empty? MAF> I managed to run "./xdemogrx 1024 768 24" and it MAF> works, but funny things happen with the input, like MAF> if you have pressed the Return key all the time. I have such a problem, but only when running xfce4. TWM and IceWM are OK - gtk+2 dependency here? Tried to solve it with absolutely no success. All DGA 1/2 examples fail the same way as well, so it's not a vd_xfdga.c error. DGA is unstable, as noted... It'll be replaced in XFree86-5. Anyone else tested that? I can send you the DGA examples. -- E-gards: Jimmy

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Testing the DGA driver
by Mariano Alvarez Fernandez 30 Dec '03

30 Dec '03

Hi Dimitar. I have retested your new DGA driver in 2.4.7p1 without the framebuffer: In my desktop with XFree86 4.2.0 I see a blak screen only. In my Toshiba with XFree86 4.3.0: ./xdemogrx and Hey! It seems to work, but returning to X the screen was cripped to a 640*480 window. I managed to run "./xdemogrx 1024 768 24" and it works, but funny things happen with the input, like if you have pressed the Return key all the time. Greetings, M.Alvarez

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Re: DGA driver v2 fix
by Josu Onandia 15 Dec '03

15 Dec '03

Hi, Interesting comments. Thank you. Josu > -----Mensaje original----- > De: Dimitar Zhekov [SMTP:jimmy@is-vn.bg] > Enviado el: lunes 15 de diciembre de 2003 12:24 > Para: Josu Onandia > CC: grx(a)gnu.de > Asunto: Re: DGA driver v2 fix > > Hi. > > JO> Sorry for my ignorance, > > That's allright, they're too recent. DGA driver v1 has been > included in 246, the rest currently exists only as patches. > > JO> but I haven't heard about DGA, raw driver or psf2. > JO> I use the drivers for Linux framebuffer and for ..., > JO> and I would like to know if those changes affect me. > > They won't, except that you'll be able to use psf2 fonts. > Presently only iso01-12x22, iso02-12x22 and sun12x22 are > psf2 AFAIK. My next terminus font will include 12x24 psf2. > > JO> Could you explain me something about all this? > > DGA is the XFree86 Direct Graphics Access, which operates > with or without [it's own] framebuffer [a memory pointer]. > 246's vd_xfdga.c requires that framebuffer, DGA v2 (to be > included in 247p1?) may operate without it (and w/o 4755). > > As of psf2, that's v2.0 of the Linux Console PC Screen Font > format. Allows arbitary width and height monospaced fonts > (GRX driver does, but as of 2.4.22, the console framebuffer > drivers allow only width = 8, 12 and 16 and height <= 32). > > -- > E-gards: Jimmy >

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Re: DGA driver v2 fix
by Josu Onandia 15 Dec '03

15 Dec '03

Hi Dimitar, Sorry for my ignorance, but I haven't heard about DGA, raw driver or psf2. Could you explain me something about all this? I use the drivers for Linux framebuffer and for Windows, and I would like to know if those changes affect me. Thank you, Regards Josu Onandia > -----Mensaje original----- > De: Dimitar Zhekov [SMTP:jimmy@is-vn.bg] > Enviado el: viernes 12 de diciembre de 2003 14:13 > Para: grx(a)gnu.de > Asunto: DGA driver v2 fix > > Close the framebuffer if DGA is compiled with framebuffer > support, not without it. Incremential, apply after > xfdga-small-changes and dga-driver-v2. > > -- > E-gards: Jimmy <<Archivo: dga-driver-v2-fix.zip>>

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RAW driver v2
by Dimitar Zhekov 12 Dec '03

12 Dec '03

Version 2 of the raw driver. Support for psf2. Better support for RAW: up to 16x32, assuming width:height 1:2 (the previous code was always assuming width = 8). -- E-gards: Jimmy

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DGA driver v2 fix
by Dimitar Zhekov 12 Dec '03

12 Dec '03

Close the framebuffer if DGA is compiled with framebuffer support, not without it. Incremential, apply after xfdga-small-changes and dga-driver-v2. -- E-gards: Jimmy

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