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Hello! You have found the latest version 3.1.2F of XFree86/OS2.
This file is a condensed version of the file README.OS2 to be found in
somewhere else here.
The purpose of this file is to give you a SHOPPING LIST of things you
should obtain. The whole distribution in this directory is about 50 MB
archived, but you by far won't need everything. The following list describes
what the files contain and what you must have (marked REQUIRED) and what you
might get as well (marked OPTIONAL). Save net bandwidth and your money and do
not overload the FTP servers with things you hardly ever need - don't do an
uncritical MGET.
Note for 3.1.2D or 3.1.2E users: An uncountable number of things changed
between earlier versions and 3.1.2F. As with almost all alpha and beta
releases, it is not possible to copy the new version over the old one -
some outdated files might remain that could cause trouble. Read the file
README.UPDATE for instructions how to proceed.
Before ANYTHING ELSE, get the following files:
312FBASE.ZIP (REQUIRED)
EMXRT.ZIP (REQUIRED, this contains emx09b patch level 5 or later,
not needed if you already have it installed)
The 312FBASE file contains a test program for your video card. If this
fails or reports a non-supported video card *which is VGA compatible*, it is
usually only possible to run the VGA16 X server with a lousy 640x480x16
resolution, which might not be what you really want. This currently holds
for the Matrox cards (see also the XFree86 FAQ) and for instance the
S3 Virge card, for which a server is in progress, but not finished by the
time this version is released.
If the test was okay *or you really know what you are doing* (most people
don't), select among the following archives:
312FDOC.ZIP (REQUIRED)
READMEs and XFree86 specific man pages.
312FBIN.ZIP (REQUIRED)
all of the executable X client applications and shared libs
312FFNTS.ZIP (REQUIRED)
the misc and 75dpi fonts
You must choose at least ONE of the following to match your hardware:
Note every server comes in two flavors: the full-featured server containing
PEX, XI, XIE support, and a smaller server without these special support.
You probably want to have a small server.
The full-featured servers are called '312F*.ZIP', the small servers are
'S12F*.ZIP'.
312F8514.ZIP, S312F8514.ZIP (*)
the X server for IBM 8514/A and compatible boards
312FAGX.ZIP, S312FAGX.ZIP (*)
the X server for AGX boards
312FI128.ZIP, S312FI128.ZIP (*)
the X server for #9 Imagination 128 boards
312FMA32.ZIP, S312FMA32.ZIP (*)
the X server for ATI Mach32 graphics boards
312FMA64.ZIP, S312FMA64.ZIP (*)
the X server for ATI Mach64 graphics boards
312FMA8.ZIP, S312FMA8.ZIP (*)
the X server for ATI Mach8 graphics boards
312FMONO.ZIP, S312FMONO.ZIP (*)
the Monochrome X Server
312FP9K.ZIP, S312FP9K.ZIP (*)
the X server for P9000 based boards
312FS3.ZIP, S312FS3.ZIP (*)
the X server for S3 based boards
312FSVGA.ZIP, S312FSVGA.ZIP (*)
the 8-bit pseudo-color X server for Super VGA cards
312FVG16.ZIP, S312FVG16.ZIP (*)
the 4-bit pseudo-color X server for VGA & SVGA cards.
312FW32.ZIP, S312FW32.ZIP (*)
the X server for et4000w32 based boards
The following optional packages are there:
312FMAN.ZIP (OPTIONAL)
pre-formatted man pages for the X11 interface and clients
312FF100.ZIP (OPTIONAL)
100dpi fonts
312FFSCL.ZIP (OPTIONAL)
Speedo and Type1 fonts
312FFNON.ZIP (OPTIONAL)
Japanese, Chinese and other fonts
312FFCYR.ZIP (OPTIONAL)
Cyrillic fonts
312FPROG.ZIP (OPTIONAL)
the X11 header files and programmer's utilities for compiling
other X applications
312FPEX.ZIP (OPTIONAL)
PEX fonts and libraries required for PEX applications
312FSLIB.ZIP (OPTIONAL)
Static X11 libraries for special standalone X applications that
should not use the XFree86 DLLs, useful only together with
312FPROG.ZIP
Read the README.OS2 file which comes with the base package how to install
the stuff.