Gentoo Forums
Gentoo Forums
Gentoo Forums
Quick Search: in
XFree86 4.3 released!
View unanswered posts
View posts from last 24 hours
View posts from last 7 days

Goto page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9  Next  
Reply to topic    Gentoo Forums Forum Index Desktop Environments
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Sykus
Tux's lil' helper
Tux's lil' helper


Joined: 19 Jul 2002
Posts: 131
Location: Santa Barbara, CA

PostPosted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 8:24 am    Post subject: XFree86 4.3 released! Reply with quote

http://xfree86.org/#43release

/me eagerly awaits the ebuild
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Obz
Retired Dev
Retired Dev


Joined: 11 Jun 2002
Posts: 274

PostPosted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 9:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

/me also eagerly awaits the ebuild. and i was *this* close to installing 4.2.99 :)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Sylhouette
n00b
n00b


Joined: 18 Apr 2002
Posts: 70
Location: Beverwijk , Holland

PostPosted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 10:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I hope it supports my i845 chipset now i must use the vesa driver wich can not go higher than 800 x 600

So /me also want xfree4.3
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
darktux
Veteran
Veteran


Joined: 16 Nov 2002
Posts: 1086
Location: Coimbra, Portugal

PostPosted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 11:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yesterday...

Quote:

* x11-base/xfree
Latest version available: 4.2.99.902
Latest version installed: 4.2.99.902
Size of downloaded files: 57,691 kB
Homepage: http://www.xfree.org
Description: Xfree86: famous and free X server


oh well.... :roll:
_________________
Lego my ego, and I'll lego your knowledge

www.tuxslare.org - My reborn website :P
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
cpwins
Tux's lil' helper
Tux's lil' helper


Joined: 08 Jul 2002
Posts: 130
Location: The Pandemonium Fortress

PostPosted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 11:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was planning to give 4.2.99 a try, so this is good news for me. :)

Let's see what happens to my fonts this time...
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
TecHunter
Tux's lil' helper
Tux's lil' helper


Joined: 15 Feb 2003
Posts: 124

PostPosted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 12:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

waiting...
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
tactless
l33t
l33t


Joined: 14 Jul 2002
Posts: 642
Location: Mitzpe Adi, Israel

PostPosted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 12:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm using XFree 4.2.1, and I was wondering: How difficult will upgrading be? Will anything have to be recompiled (except for X itself)? KDE? Terminal apps? GDM? I already have FreeType2 up and running, but I like using old fonts for my terminals... will I still have that?
_________________
Tactless

"If it wasn't for fog, the world would run at a really crappy framerate."

Jabber: tactless@amessage.info
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
idl
Retired Dev
Retired Dev


Joined: 24 Dec 2002
Posts: 1728
Location: Nottingham, UK

PostPosted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 12:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You will only need to install X, if your fonts naff up however - you may need to re merge freetype and what not.
_________________
a.k.a port001
Found a bug? Please report it: Gentoo Bugzilla
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
modal
Apprentice
Apprentice


Joined: 02 Oct 2002
Posts: 277

PostPosted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 8:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hehe, I've emerged all the 4.2.99.xxxxxxxxx series so far, what's a new emerge now?
Wow, my computer just loves the attention I give it. :wink:
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
akb
Guru
Guru


Joined: 25 Jan 2003
Posts: 314
Location: Wolfenbüttel/Germany

PostPosted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 8:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

are there any special functions new or improved or are the x updates just bugfixes and so on? well.... i think if a new version of a wm comes out it can give me more functionality, but dont know whats special about x updates but driver compatibility for example
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
sepp2k
Tux's lil' helper
Tux's lil' helper


Joined: 06 Feb 2003
Posts: 78

PostPosted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 8:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The new X supports transparent Mousecursors and Mouseshaddows. Looks realy cool. If you are already using XFree-4.2.99.xxx the new X will only bring you more stability (I think)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
idl
Retired Dev
Retired Dev


Joined: 24 Dec 2002
Posts: 1728
Location: Nottingham, UK

PostPosted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 9:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

does anyone happen to know how to make your own cursors with the alpha blending? I tried xmbdfed(sp?) but it just shows them as flat images..
_________________
a.k.a port001
Found a bug? Please report it: Gentoo Bugzilla
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Lovechild
Advocate
Advocate


Joined: 17 May 2002
Posts: 2858
Location: Århus, Denmark

PostPosted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 9:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

port001 wrote:
does anyone happen to know how to make your own cursors with the alpha blending? I tried xmbdfed(sp?) but it just shows them as flat images..


In related news, anyone know how to completely disallow that feature, it's SO annoying to look at IMHO.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
tsuru
Tux's lil' helper
Tux's lil' helper


Joined: 19 Apr 2002
Posts: 99
Location: Nashville, Tennessee, USA

PostPosted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 9:25 pm    Post subject: no more emerge freetype ? Reply with quote

Xfree86 Release Doc wrote:
XFree86 4.3.0 includes sources for FreeType version 2.1.1, and, by default, they are built and installed automatically.


yay
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
idl
Retired Dev
Retired Dev


Joined: 24 Dec 2002
Posts: 1728
Location: Nottingham, UK

PostPosted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 9:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
In related news, anyone know how to completely disallow that feature, it's SO annoying to look at IMHO.


edit /usr/X11/lib/X11/icons/index.theme (think thats right path) and change inherit=whatever to inherit=default.
_________________
a.k.a port001
Found a bug? Please report it: Gentoo Bugzilla
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Yans
Apprentice
Apprentice


Joined: 09 Feb 2003
Posts: 171
Location: [TI] Switzerland

PostPosted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 9:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

sepp2k wrote:
The new X supports transparent Mousecursors and Mouseshaddows. Looks realy cool. If you are already using XFree-4.2.99.xxx the new X will only bring you more stability (I think)


me too :wink:
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Imar
n00b
n00b


Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Posts: 21

PostPosted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 10:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Argh!!! I can't wait for the ebuild! I think I have done emerge rsync 40 times today! :|
_________________
/Imar - Illusion doesn't mean unreal. Illusion means an impossibility to decide whether it is real or unreal.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
akb
Guru
Guru


Joined: 25 Jan 2003
Posts: 314
Location: Wolfenbüttel/Germany

PostPosted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 10:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yeeee... remember the traffic... think the hosters wont be glad with that rsync-bombing ;-)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
OddFox
Apprentice
Apprentice


Joined: 28 Nov 2002
Posts: 270
Location: Spokane, WA

PostPosted: Fri Feb 28, 2003 4:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am so anxious, I feel like those poor guys in the waiting rooms waiting to hear if the baby was born okay. :)
_________________
Now the rainy season reminds me of Maria
The way she danced, the color of her hair
Now I'm locked inside a stall at the cantina
Eating the bananas and the cocaine off the mirror
Looking for a ticket to take me away from here
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Reformist
Guru
Guru


Joined: 06 Oct 2002
Posts: 323

PostPosted: Fri Feb 28, 2003 6:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

LOl we are such geeks. Well at least I am. The gentoo forum, Xfree thread, is our ER.
_________________
-Phil Crosby
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
b-llwyd
Guru
Guru


Joined: 24 Jul 2002
Posts: 302
Location: Uppsala, Sweden

PostPosted: Fri Feb 28, 2003 6:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

OMG the 4.3.0 ebuild is on my HDD now :) (rsync1.uk.gentoo.org)
Good luck fellas!
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
jufoa
Apprentice
Apprentice


Joined: 10 Dec 2002
Posts: 213
Location: Rovaniemi, Finland

PostPosted: Fri Feb 28, 2003 6:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mmm. candy.

emerging it now.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Mooses
Tux's lil' helper
Tux's lil' helper


Joined: 16 Jul 2002
Posts: 128

PostPosted: Fri Feb 28, 2003 10:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi

Just emerged XFree-4.3, wondered what the new mouse pointers looked like, but, surprise surprise, they didn't change.

I thought those were the new default pointers, if it isn't so, what needs to be done?
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Exci
Apprentice
Apprentice


Joined: 12 Jul 2002
Posts: 265
Location: The Netherlands, Zoetermeer

PostPosted: Fri Feb 28, 2003 10:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mooses wrote:
Hi

Just emerged XFree-4.3, wondered what the new mouse pointers looked like, but, surprise surprise, they didn't change.

I thought those were the new default pointers, if it isn't so, what needs to be done?


Code:

ws root # ls -al /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons/
total 24
drwxr-xr-x    6 root     root         4096 Feb 13 18:21 .
drwxr-xr-x   12 root     root         4096 Feb 28 11:05 ..
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Feb 28 11:03 default
drwxr-xr-x    3 root     root         4096 Feb 13 18:21 handhelds
drwxr-xr-x    3 root     root         4096 Feb 13 18:21 redglass
drwxr-xr-x    3 root     root         4096 Feb 13 18:21 whiteglass


there are the themes, but where is the config file where to change default to another :/
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
akb
Guru
Guru


Joined: 25 Jan 2003
Posts: 314
Location: Wolfenbüttel/Germany

PostPosted: Fri Feb 28, 2003 10:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

in the default dir you have to edit the index file to point inherit the theme you want. for example inherit=whiteglass
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Reply to topic    Gentoo Forums Forum Index Desktop Environments All times are GMT
Goto page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9  Next
Page 1 of 9

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum