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Re: Xfree on x86

On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 11:56:13AM -0500, Peter Eisch wrote:
>
> [Replying to myself]
>
> > Apr 29 15:34:09 donna mach_kernel: Couldn't alloc class
> > "AppleG3SeriesDisplay"
> > Apr 29 15:34:09 donna mach_kernel: IOBootFramebuffer: user ranges num:1
> > start:fc000000 size:300080
> > Apr 29 15:34:09 donna mach_kernel: IOBootFramebuffer: using
> > (1024x768@75Hz,32 bpp)
> >
> > So I9m guessing that there is something in the darwin port of XFree86 that
> > is forcing the selection of this display. Also, after the startx exits the
> > console is dead, but I9d guess that to be the driver in the console getting
> > munged.

Very cool that it's choosing 75Hz for you. XFree86 on Darwin has had a
history of problems when exiting and trying to get back to the console.
I'm not sure exactly what that is.

> As luck would have it, XFree86 works better in VirtualPC than it does on my
> native PC. There are still some snags around the coordinate system and
> screen mapping. The mouse doesn't track right and the mouse button is
> seemingly always "down."

Hmm. I was having that problem too, and what it turned out to be was
the mouse driver was reversing the mouse down and mouse up events for me.
So, I reversed the detection of these events in the XFree86 code for
x86. Are you using a normal PS2 mouse?

> Anyway, the point here is that I get the same kernel log items when I kick
> up X11 under VPC as I do under the native intel. So, that's not my problem
> on the Intel.

Yes, I think I'm one of the few people that actually runs Darwin/x86
nativly. Most developers use VPC, so expect Darwin/x86 to run better
on the fake machine than in reality. =)

Rob

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 >Re: Xfree on x86 (From: Peter Eisch <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Xfree on x86 (From: Peter Eisch <email@hidden>)



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