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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 14:02:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: John Hawkinson <jhawk@bbnplanet.com>
> The main problem with the 760 series seems to be the video support
> (surprise). There has been considerable trouble getting the 760C to
> work right -- to my knowledge there is only one XFree86 server that
> works correctly, a patched unreleased one
Meaning 3.1.2E does not work properly on the 760C?
Well, depends on what you mean by "properly"; see below. It seems as
though the patched 3.1.2D server is still the best one.
> And of course, MWave doesn't work at all, although there are some
> people working on fixing this. I am uncertain about whether this
> effort will converge.
Do you have more info on this? (who and where?)
I've included the relevant message below.
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Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 22:15:49 PDT
From: "Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy)" <hardy@lynx.ps.uci.edu>
Subject: XF86-3.1.2E released and tested!
I just downloaded the 3.1.2E release from ftp.xfree86.org and
installed the update, and the XF86_SVGA server.
Except for some fiddling with symbolic links (libX11.so.6, libXt.so.6
have to be removed first), the installation took about 5 minutes, and
when I restarted X everything worked with the old XF86Config file.
I have not tried the 16bpp mode yet. if any one of you is successful,
please let us all know.
In a few days I will remove the 3.1.2Dd server from lynx.ps.uci.edu.
If I come up with a better XF86Config file, I will let you know.
Regards,
--
Hardy
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Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 22:44:41 PDT
From: "Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy)" <hardy@lynx.ps.uci.edu>
Subject: Warning: new 3.1.2E server produces blank screen when exiting X.
Just tried to get out of X and got a black screen; none of the other
virtual consoles produced anything visible.
However, I could restart the server from a telnet login (from my NeXT
in the same room), I presume one can restart it by typing blindly
startx.
This means that one should reboot or shut down from an Xterm.
I reported this to XF86.
Alan, any comments?
--
Hardy
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 00:54:24 +0100
From: Joachim Seifert <Joachim.Seifert@Physik.Uni-Muenchen.de>
Subject: Mwave for Linux IS coming !
Dear Friends,
Some of you might have lost hope, but their is good news ---
Mwave Support for Linux is coming.
Hannu Savolainen (The Author of the TASD (former Voxware)
Sounddriver) is going to port the DSP-Loader
and the sound interface for us.
Hannu Savolainen wrote:
>
> I'm very much interested in implementing mwave support to the sound
> driver. My goal is to implement the driver in a way that is compatible
> with IBM's OS/2, DOS and Windows drivers so that the same MWave modules
> could be used in Linux. This also should make it possible to use standard
> MWave development tools (MWave SDK) in developing these modules for
> Linux.
What is still needed is people who would do the interfacing to the
Modem,Fax,(ISDN?,Voice?) Services of the Mwave-System.Hopefully
using the IBM-DSP code this should not be too difficult, as one
should only reproduce the handling the Windows(OS/2, DOS)-drivers do.
It would be very good to have some volunteers for this matter,
before searching help from IBM (In fact the lack of a lead programmer
made me hesitating in contacting IBM -- this problem is now gone !).
Also Linux-Friendly contact addresses from Hardware manufacturers (IBM,Miro)
might be handy now.
This is List as it stands now, if you'd like to add/(remove) yourself or friends.
Please drop me a note.
If the project gets going I'll devote a web-page to it.
interested are:
aoster <alster@interport.net>
alien@essex.ac.uk (Adrian F Clark)
pepersb@cuug.ab.ca (Brad Pepers)
Alvin Starr <alvin@eyepoint.com>
David Fox <fox@GRAPHICS.CS.NYU.EDU>
DE VITO Eric <DEVITO@cyborg.cea.fr>
pim@nepac.ucsd.edu (Pim van Meurs)
guyver@pi.net
joee@netcom.com (Joe Edmonds)
John Baltzer <jbaltzer@vulcan.inlink.com>
Thomas E Zerucha <zerucha@shell.portal.com>
tkoch@informatik.hu-berlin.de (Thorsten Koch)
cph@martigny.ai.mit.edu (Chris Hanson)
teichman@SLINKY.CS.NYU.EDU (Marek Teichmann)
Joachim Seifert <seifert@lswes8.ls-wess.physik.uni-muenchen.de>
COMITALE LEO <comital@ecf.toronto.edu>
Sanjay Seth <sseth@ford.com>
martin@zib-berlin.de
Raul Miller <rdm@tad.micro.umn.edu>
teffta@erie.ge.com (Andrew R. Tefft)
John Brock <jbrock@panix.com>
The following people are also willing to help in the coding:
Hannu Savolainen <hannu@voxware.pp.fi>
DE VITO Eric 146599 <DEVITO@cyborg.cea.fr>
pepersb@cuug.ab.ca (Brad Pepers)
joee@netcom.com (Joe Edmonds)
Yours
Joachim
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University of Munich | Theresienstrasse 37
80333 Muenchen | Germany
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