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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: XFree86 4.02 out?
From:       Simon Hausmann <sh () caldera ! de>
Date:       2000-12-20 8:07:42
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On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 11:08:31PM -0800, Charles Samuels wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Rolf Magnus wrote:
> 
> > On freshmeat.net, there is a message that XFree86 4.02 is out, and they link 
> > to the XFree homepage, but this page doesn't contain any information about it.
> > So, is it out, and does it have the AA support?
> Yes, it does support AA, reportedly.
> 
> But I'm trying to get it to work with my video card (Number 9 I128),
> doesn't work, I fried my XF3 versions, can't find the RPMS, and am stuck
> using pine :(
> 
> Speaking of which, if anyone has Linux Mandrake 7.0 RPMS, please tell me
> as soon as possible where to get them from, because I'm currently
> stuck downloading an entire ISO just to loopback mount the thing and
> install them RPMs.
> 
> May I add that XFree has never treated my kindly, or with any respect.
> 
> Basically, when I first used Linux, my card wasn't compatible, I had to
> download the new binaries, install the damned thing. This took _hours_
> on a 14.4 modem :(
> 
> And now, with XF3, I can't switch to a virtual console from
> X because X locks up.  I also can't exit X after a long period of usage,
> or X will lock up my display and I have to reboot from a telnet.
> 
> So, sufficely to say, I would be very pleased if we had a framebuffer
> version.

You think the framebuffer support for the graphic cards out there is better
than the support XFree provides?

Bye,
 Simon

 
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