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- From: martin@cs.unc.edu (Kevin Martin)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: 8514/A X Server for Linux
- Message-ID: <14883@borg.cs.unc.edu>
- Date: 1 Sep 92 01:38:51 GMT
- Sender: news@cs.unc.edu
- Lines: 55
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- We've been experiencing some problems with our internet connection, so
- I thought I'd post again about the release.
-
- If you've sent me e-mail in the past 5 days, please re-send it. I've
- received only 3 messages over that period (usually it is on the order of
- 20-30 messages/day), and I don't know if our mail-server will ever recover
- those messages floating in e-mail limbo.
-
- Thanks,
- Kevin
-
-
-
-
- Here's the original post:
-
- After weeks of development and testing, I'm finally ready to announce
- the release of the 8514/A X server for Linux.
-
- The X server is based upon Orest's 1.1 release, and should be
- compatible with his upcoming 2.0 release.
-
- The requirements for running this X server are an 8514/A register
- compatible video card, Linux 0.96c.pl2 or newer kernel, Orest's 1.1
- release, Xlinux8514.T.Z, and GCC 2.2.2d. Installation instructions
- can be found in the README in Xlinux8514.T.Z.
-
- For those of you who want to further optimize the server or port it to
- other platforms (e.g., SVR4 or 386BSD), I've provided source code
- cdiffs to Orest's xsrc.1.1.T.Z in the x.8514.src.T.Z file. If you
- would like to do further development, please contact me at the e-mail
- address below.
-
- Unfortunately my free time has run out, so this will be the only
- release of the 8514/A X server unless someone has the time and
- experience to pick up where I have to leave off. I've delayed my
- dissertation research during July and August to get this ready, and
- while my professor has been patient with me, I cannot push him any
- further. If anyone would like to volunteer, please contact me at the
- e-mail address below.
-
- If you have problems setting things up or getting things working,
- please send e-mail to the X11 channel on the linux-activists mailing
- list or post to c.o.l. This way everyone can benefit.
-
- I will try to upload these files to sunsite.unc.edu, tsx-11.mit.edu
- and nic.funet.fi in the next few days. The main distribution site for
- this package is ftp.cs.unc.edu in the /pub/martin directory. The
- Xlinux8514.T.Z and x.8514.src.T.Z files can be found there today.
-
- Thanks,
- Kevin
- ___
- Kevin E. Martin University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- martin@cs.unc.edu Department of Computer Science
-