Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 00:04:06 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [UnixOS2_Archive] No. 313 ************************************************** Saturday 13 March 2004 Number 313 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: XFree86/OS2 version 4.4.0 : Stefan Neis 2 Re: XFree86/OS2 version 4.4.0 : Holger Veit 3 Re: XFree86/OS2 version 4.4.0 : Dave and Natalie" 4 Re: XFree86/OS2 version 4.4.0 : Dave and Natalie" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 14:05:10 +0100 (CET) From: Stefan Neis Subject: Re: XFree86/OS2 version 4.4.0 On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, John Poltorak wrote: > Did you run 'xfree86 -configure'? That should create a XF86Config.new > in your home directory... After actually reading some documentation, I actually found that this was precisely the problem: You need to manually copy XF86Config.new to the right place. The old program used to ask you if it should update the decisive copy of that file by itself ... > Can't you just delete one of the 'SubSection "Display"' sections? > > I'm no expert here... Actually, there was a whole menu in xf86cfg that I didn't find prior to reading the excellent description in os2voice's April 2003 edition. Regards, Stefan **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 15:42:47 +0100 From: Holger Veit Subject: Re: XFree86/OS2 version 4.4.0 On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 09:22:13AM +0000, Dave Saville wrote: > On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 14:22:50 +0000, John Poltorak wrote: > > >It also uses the recommended FHS directory structure which means the home > >of XFree86 is now /usr/X11R6 like it is everywhere else instead of > >/XFree86 as it was on OS/2. > > There do not seem to be any OS/2 specific instructions - I will be > replacing a V3 setup. Does it still need Holger's driver etc? The driver is still required - no change there. Holger **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 07:56:35 -0800 From: "Dave and Natalie" Subject: Re: XFree86/OS2 version 4.4.0 On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 14:05:10 +0100 (CET), Stefan Neis wrote: >On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, John Poltorak wrote: > >> Did you run 'xfree86 -configure'? That should create a XF86Config.new >> in your home directory... > >After actually reading some documentation, I actually found that this was >precisely the problem: You need to manually copy XF86Config.new to the >right place. The old program used to ask you if it should update the >decisive copy of that file by itself ... Actually I was so impatient that I forgot all about needing a XF86Config file. Fired up 4.4 after adjusting my startup script and X actually came up using the VESA driver. Dave **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 08:06:17 -0800 From: "Dave and Natalie" Subject: Re: XFree86/OS2 version 4.4.0 On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 11:27:37 +0000 (GMT), Dave Saville wrote: >>ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/xfree86/4.3.0/HowTo.txt >> >>An updated driver is contained within one of the packages. > >Hmm - Just tried V4 on my warp4 fp15 system. Changed all the paths >etc. Rebooted - Started the config program - black screen - left it >for a few minutes - no nothing, no keyboard - reset button. Ouch. Did the keyboard totally die? eg no numlock or capslock changing the leds. Did you find anything in \usr\adm Dave