Re: Wily display

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  • Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 16:26:40 +0100

On Fri, 10 May 2002 10:34:32 -0400 ozan s yigit wrote:

> > I am confused about which version of wily I have.
> 
> if it gives you usage info with -h, that is the split 9libs version
> with the (sigh) same version number.

then it is not this version.


> i think have seen slow screen behaviour with an earlier version of
> freebsd but i don't recall the version of xfree86. i have not seen the
> problem on most platforms i use wily on (many of them sparcs with
> solaris, netbsd etc) and the latest freebsd/xfree86 seems ok too. have
> not checked linux.

This is what I have if it helps. Does anyone else have something similar
with or without slow screen redrawing?

pc095% X -version 
XFree86 Version 4.1.0 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510)
Release Date: 2 June 2001
        If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
        newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
        reporting problems.  (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.2.19 i686 [ELF] 
Module Loader present
pc095% uname -a
Linux pc095 2.4.16 #3 SMP Fri Jan 4 11:33:56 GMT 2002 i686 unknown




> bits of news: i have a spot for wily on sourceforge. i will put up a
> baseline release (one with mostly internal cosmetic code changes and
> a bsd copyright for all versions for .42 onwards) of the non-split wily
> as 13.42, and get going from there.

great.

ian

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