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- From: rich@Rice.edu (& Murphey)
- Subject: XFree86 README (was: X11)
- In-Reply-To: solsman@ra.nrl.navy.mil's message of Tue, 15 Dec 1992 05:13:43 GMT
- Message-ID: <RICH.92Dec15013134@superego.Rice.edu>
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- Organization: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice
- University
- References: <1992Dec15.023831.18450@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu> <BzABuw.Fv3@ra.nrl.navy.mil>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 07:31:34 GMT
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- >>>>> In article <BzABuw.Fv3@ra.nrl.navy.mil>, solsman@ra.nrl.navy.mil (Mark Solsman) writes:
- MS> In article <1992Dec15.023831.18450@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu> mkagalen@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (michael kagalenko) writes:
- >Wise Men of the Net ! Where can layman get software to run X11 windows
- >on i386, including Unix ? (Available PC is connected to network not by
- >modem) Is there any FTP sites around ?
- >
- MS> Well, you could allways get Xfree386 for your intel unix. I dont know of
- MS> any free X-servers for msdos.
-
- MS> Location?? I have no idea, why not consult archie. He'll tell you where
- MS> the sources are, and maybe even binaries that you can use.
-
- You can find them on export.lsc.mit.edu (18.24.0.12) in
- contrib/XFree86 as well as any of the mirrors that archie will tell
- you about.
-
- The text below from the README describes some of the featurs and
- supported operating systems. Rich Murphey
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-
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- XFree86 is an enhanced version of X386 1.2, which was distributed with
- X11R5. This release consists of many bug fixes, speed improvements, and
- other enhancements. Here are the highlights of the enhancements:
-
- 1) The SpeedUp package from Glenn Lai is an integral part of XFree86,
- selectable at run-time via the Xconfig file. Some SpeedUps require
- an ET4000 based SVGA, and others require a virtual screen width of
- 1024. The SpeedUps suitable to the configuration are selected by
- default.
- 2) The fX386 packages from Jim Tsillas are included as the default
- operating mode if SpeedUp is not selected. This mode is now
- equivalent in performance to X386 1.1b (X11R4).
- 3) Support for LOCALCONN, compile-time selectable for server, clients,
- or both. This support is for both SVR3.2 and SVR4. For SVR4.0.4
- with the 'Advanced Compatibility Package', local connections from
- SCO XSight/ODT clients are supported.
- 4) Support for the newer ET4000-based SVGAs which have high clocks and
- reported incorrect clock values with the standard version. This
- support is automatic and does not require any Xconfig options.
- Note that the Diamond SpeedStar 24 (as opposed to the 24X) is an
- ET4000 board that is NOT compatible with XFree86.
- 5) A command line option has been added to allow the selection of which
- VT the server will use, rather than having it try to find one on
- its own.
- 6) Integrated support for 386BSD, Mach386, and Linux (previous versions
- required a separate patch kit).
- 7) The server's configuration file (Xconfig) can how be specified with a
- command line option or an environment variable in addition to the
- standard methods.
- 8) A monochrome version of the server which will run on generic VGA
- cards is now included. This server uses just 64k of the memory on
- the VGA, and hence is limited to a virtual screen of approx. 800x600.
- 9) Drivers for ATI and Trident TVGA8900C SVGA chipsets. The ATI
- 8514/A chipset is NOT supported. Refer to the files README.ati and
- README.trident (in /usr/X386/lib/X11/etc) for details about the ATI
- and Trident drivers.
- 10) New configuration method which allows the server's drivers and font
- renderers to be reconfigured from both source and binary
- distributions.
-
-
-
- SYSTEMS XFree86 HAS BEEN TESTED ON
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-
- Esix 4.0.3A, 4.0.4
- Microport SVR4 [34].1
- Dell SVR4
- UHC SVR4.0 version 2.0
- Consensys SVR4
- MST SVR4
- ISC SVR4
- AT&T SVR4
- Interactive SVR3 2.2, 3.0
- 386BSD 0.1
- Mach 386
- Linux
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