Re: KDE displaying images in black and white??

["Adam Alexander" <adam tjconline com>]

LOL, yes....  if you haven't patched your XFree86 you are in for a tough
time indeed with the 3DLabs server.  From the XFree86 FAQ at
http://www.xfree86.org/FAQ/#GLINT :
__________________________________
Warning! This server has a bug that will most likely make your clock run
significantly slower. This bug has been fixed, new binaries will be made
available. If you are building from source, use the following patch. Note:
it is necessary to reboot between running the buggy version and the fixed
version so that the OS can reinitialise the timers.

--- programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/accel/glint/glint_regs.h
+++ programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/accel/glint/glint_regs.h        Sun Sep 13
15:13:16
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@
        *(unsigned int *)((char*)GLINTMMIOBase+r)

 #define GLINT_SLOW_READ_REG(r) \
-       ( outb(80,0),*(unsigned int *)((char*)GLINTMMIOBase+r))
+       ( outb(0x80,0),*(unsigned int *)((char*)GLINTMMIOBase+r))

 #define GLINT_WAIT(n)  \
        if (!UsePCIRetry)  \
-------------------------------------------------------------

This bug is still present in the XFree863.3.3 rpms at updates.redhat.com.  I
successfully compiled the server with the patch above and it works
beautifully.  Let me know if you want me to email the binary to you if you
would like to save some time.

On a side note, after running the unpatched version of this server and
returning to the console, typing "sleep 1" took about 7 seconds.  =)  Bad,
bad bug.

Adam Alexander




-----Original Message-----
From: Juha Saarinen <juha_saarinen email msn com>
To: Adam Alexander <adam tjconline com>; redhat-list redhat com
<redhat-list redhat com>
Date: Sunday, January 03, 1999 6:20 PM
Subject: RE: KDE displaying images in black and white??


>Adam Alexander wrote:
>
>> am using XFree86 3.3.3 with the XF86_3DLabs server. (and yes, I
>> applied the
>> clock bug patch).
>
>Which patch is that?
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>-- Juha
>
>With a GLiNT 500TX card that performs like frozen molasses in X.
>
>
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