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From: Digestifier <Linux-Misc-Request@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu>
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To: Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Reply-To: Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Date: Mon, 3 Oct 94 14:13:41 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #872
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Linux-Misc Digest #872, Volume #2 Mon, 3 Oct 94 14:13:41 EDT
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Contents:
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Announcing the release of XFree86 3.1 (David Dawes)
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From: dawes@XFree86.org (David Dawes)
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Crossposted-To: comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.minix,comp.os.mach
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Subject: Announcing the release of XFree86 3.1
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Date: 3 Oct 1994 09:58:10 -0400
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Reply-To: XFree86@XFree86.org
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Announcing the Release of
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XFree86[TM] 3.1
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3 October 1994
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XFree86 version 3.1 is now available. Attached is the README. The
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XFree86 3.1 distribution is available in both source and binary form.
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Binary distributions are currently available for FreeBSD, NetBSD,
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BSD/386, Linux, SVR4 and Solaris. A list of ftp sites is included below.
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There are some major configuration-related changes in XFree86 3.1. It
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is important that the documentation be read before installing and running
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this release.
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We now have a World Wide Web server running which can be accessed
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via the URL http://WWW.XFree86.Org/.
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Contents
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1) What is XFree86?
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2) What's new in XFree86 3.1?
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3) Systems XFree86 has been tested on
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4) Supported video-card chip-sets
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5) Important Changes
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6) Where to get more information
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7) Credits
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8) The XFree86 Project, Inc.
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9) Contact information
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10) Source and binary archive sites
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1 - What is XFree86?
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====================
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XFree86 is a added-value package for X11R6 that supports several versions
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of Intel-based Unix and Unix-like operating systems. XFree86-3.0 was
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part of the X11R6 core distribution. This release XFree86-3.1 consists of
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many new features and performance improvements as well as many bug fixes.
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The release is available as source patches against the X Consortium X11R6
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code, as well as binary distributions for many architectures.
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2 - What's new in XFree86 3.1?
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The following items have been added since XFree86 2.1.1 was released in
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May 1994:
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1) XFree86 is now based on X11R6, including shared library support for
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SVR4, Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD.
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2) New configuration file format. One of the biggest changes that you
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will notice with the new XFree86 version is that the old Xconfig
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file has been replaced by an XF86Config file. For further details,
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see the `Important Changes' section below.
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3) Support is included for the X Image Extension (XIE).
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4) A new accelerated server for boards based on the Weitek P9000
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chipset.
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5) A new accelerated server for boards based on the AGX chipsets.
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6) A new accelerated server for boards based on the Tseng ET4000/W32
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series of chipsets.
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7) Support for the S3 Vision 864 and 964 chipsets (including boards
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like the ELSA Winner 1000Pro and 2000Pro, Number Nine GXE64 and
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GXE64Pro, Miro Crystal 20SV).
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8) 16bpp support for some Mach32 boards.
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9) 16bpp and 32bpp support for P9000 boards.
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10) 16bpp and 32bpp support for some S3 boards.
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11) Improved Cirrus accelerated support (including 5434), and 16bpp and
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32bpp support for some Cirrus boards.
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12) Accelerated support for Western Digital WD90C33 boards.
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13) Support for the S3 GENDAC, S3 SDAC, AT&T 20C498, STG1700 and TI3025
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RAMDACS in the S3 server.
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14) Support for the S3 GENDAC, S3 SDAC, ICS2595, and TI3025 programmable
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clocks in the S3 server.
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15) New SVGA drivers for the AL2101, MX68000/MX68010, Video7, Cirrus
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CL6420 chipsets.
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16) Significantly updated ATI vgawonder driver, including unaccelerated
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support for Mach64 boards.
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17) A generic VGA driver for the SVGA server (fixed 320x200 at 8bpp).
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18) Dual-headed vga2/mono and vga16/mono servers.
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19) Significant updates to the VGA16 code, including a wider range of
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banking support.
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20) Incorporated the Screen Saver extension into the base server.
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21) Support for "green" monitor screen savers in S3 and SVGA servers.
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22) Support for the "experimental" LBX code included with X11R6.
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Plus a number of other small things. Refer to the CHANGELOG file in the
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source distribution for full details.
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3 - Systems XFree86 has been tested on
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SVR4.0:
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Esix: 4.0.3A, 4.0.4, 4.0.4.1
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Microport: 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2
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Dell: 2.1, 2.2, 2.2.1
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UHC: 2.0, 3.6
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Consensys: 1.2
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MST: 4.0.3 (Load 2.07 and Load 3.02)
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ISC: 4.0.3
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AT&T: 2.1, 4.0
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NCR: MP-RAS
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SunSoft: Solaris x86 2.1, 2.4
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SVR4.2:
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Consensys
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Novell UnixWare
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SVR3:
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SCO: 3.2.2, 3.2.4
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Others:
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NetBSD 1.0BETA, FreeBSD 1.1.5
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BSD/386 1.1
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Mach 386
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Linux
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Amoeba
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Minix-386
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4 - Supported video-card chipsets
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At this time, XFree86 3.1 supports the following accelerated chipsets:
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8514/A (and true clones)
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ATI Mach8, Mach32
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Cirrus CLGD5420, CLGD5422, CLGD5424, CLGD5426, CLGD5428, CLGD5429,
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CLGD5430, CLGD5434, CLGD6205, CLGD6215, CLGD6225, CLGD6235
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S3 86C911, 86C924, 86C801, 86C805, 86C805i, 86C928, 86C864, 86C964
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Western Digital WD90C31, WD90C33
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Weitek P9000
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IIT AGX-014, AGX-015, AGX-016
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Tseng ET4000/W32, ET4000/W32i, ET4000/W32p
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The Cirrus and Western Digital accelerators are supported in the SVGA
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server; the other chipsets each have their own server. A list of some
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cards which the accelerated servers have been tested with is included in the
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files AccelCards, Devices, and some of the chipset-specific README files.
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They may well work on other cards, but we cannot guarantee it.
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In addition, the following SVGA chipsets are supported:
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Tseng ET3000, ET4000AX, ET4000/W32
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Western Digital/Paradise PVGA1
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Western Digital WD90C00, WD90C10, WD90C11, WD90C24, WD90C30, WD90C31,
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WD90C33
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Genoa GVGA
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Trident TVGA8800CS, TVGA8900B, TVGA8900C, TVGA8900CL, TVGA9000,
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TVGA9000i, TVGA9100B, TVGA9200CX, TVGA9320, TVGA9400CX, TVGA9420
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ATI 18800, 18800-1, 28800-2, 28800-4, 28800-5, 28800-6, 68800-3,
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68800-6, 68800AX, 68800LX, 88800
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NCR 77C22, 77C22E, 77C22E+
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Cirrus Logic CLGD5420, CLGD5422, CLGD5424, CLGD5426, CLGD5428,
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CLGD5429, CLGD5430, CLGD5434, CLGD6205, CLGD6215,
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CLGD6225, CLGD6235, CLGD6420
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Compaq AVGA
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OAK OTI067, OTI077
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Advance Logic AL2101
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MX MX68000, MX680010
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Video 7/Headland Technologies HT216-32
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All of the above are supported in both 256 color and monochrome modes, with
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the exception of the Advance Logic, MX and Video 7 chipsets, which are only
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supported in 256 color mode.
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Refer to the chipset-specific README files (currently for Cirrus, Tseng,
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Western Digital, ATI, Trident and Video 7) for more information about using
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those chipsets.
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The monochrome server also supports generic VGA cards, using 64k of video
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memory in a single bank, the Hercules monochrome card, the Hyundai HGC1280,
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Sigma LaserView, and Apollo monochrome cards. On the Compaq AVGA, only
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64k of video memory is supported for the monochrome server, and the GVGA has
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not been tested with more than 64k.
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The VGA16 server supports memory banking with the ET4000, Trident, ATI,
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NCR, OAK and Cirrus 6420 chipsets allowing virtual display sizes up to
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about 1600x1200 (with 1MB of video memory). For other chipsets the display
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size is limited to approximately 800x600.
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NOTE: The Diamond SpeedStar 24 (and possibly recent SpeedStar+) boards are
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NOT supported, even though they use the ET4000. The Stealth 32 which
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uses the ET4000/W32p is also not supported. Historically the
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information required for this support was only available under
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non-disclosure. As of September 27, 1994, Diamond has verbally
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agreed to provide The XFree86 Project, Inc. with detailed information
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about Diamond products. This should permit us to better support
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these in future versions of XFree86.
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5 - Important Changes
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=====================
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There are a number of important user-visible changes between
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XFree86 2.1.1 and XFree86 3.1. The first is the default install location.
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The XFree86 distribution is now installed by default under /usr/X11R6
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instead of /usr/X386. This moves away from the now out-dated "X386" name,
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and it also makes it possible for both versions to co-exist.
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The next major change is related to the server configuration file. The old
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Xconfig file has been replaced in XFree86 3.1 by an XF86Config file. This
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is more than just a name change. The new XF86Config file uses a format
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that is quite different from the old Xconfig file. The new format is more
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structured, logical, and extensible than the old format. We realise that
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the transition to this new format won't be without problems. To help in
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this transition we have provided a program (`reconfig') to convert the old
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Xconfig format into the new XF86Config format. This doesn't provide a
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perfect conversion mostly because the new format contains more information
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than the old format. Some manual editing will always be required. One of
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the new types of information the XF86Config contains is a description of
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the monitor(s) you are using. This addition allows the servers to check
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that the video modes are within the specifications of the monitor.
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For information about the new config file format and how to use it, refer
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to the XF86Config(4/5) and reconfig(1) manual pages, and the README.Config
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file which can be found in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc.
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Another change related to the config file is the locations the servers look
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for it in. In previous releases the servers would look in places which
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could be specified by the user. This raised a number of security concerns.
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To address these, the server now only looks in places which are normally
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under the control of the system administrator. For further details, refer
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to the XFree86(1) manual page.
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6 - Where to get more information
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Additional documentation is available in the XFree86(1), XF86Config(4/5),
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XF86_SVGA(1), XF86_Mono(1), XF86_VGA16(1) and XF86_Accel(1) manual pages.
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In addition, several README files and tutorial documents are provided.
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These are available in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc in the binary distributions,
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and in xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/doc in the source distribution.
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The files README.Config and VideoModes.doc should be consulted for
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information on how to set up the XFree86 servers. All supplied documents
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and manual pages should be read before contacting the XFree86 team for
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assistance.
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Documentation on SVGA driver development can be found in the directory
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/usr/X11R6/lib/Server/VGADriverDoc in the binary distribution, and in the
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directory xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/VGADriverDoc in the source
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distribution.
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If you are totally at a loss, you can contact the XFree86 Core Team at
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the electronic mail address below.
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There is a Usenet news group comp.windows.x.i386unix that contains
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mostly discussions about XFree86 and related topics. Many questions can
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be answered there. The answers to common questions are found in the
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corresponding FAQ.
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7 - Credits
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XFree86 was originally put together by:
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David Dawes <dawes@XFree86.org>
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Glenn Lai <glenn@cs.utexas.edu>
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Jim Tsillas <jtsilla@ccs.neu.edu>
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David Wexelblat <dwex@XFree86.org>
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XFree86 support was integrated into the base X11R6 distribution by:
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Stuart Anderson <Stuart.Anderson@ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM>
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Doug Anson <danson@lgc.com>
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Gertjan Akkerman <akkerman@dutiba.twi.tudelft.nl>
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Mike Bernson <mike@mbsun.mlb.org>
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Robin Cutshaw <robin@XFree86.org>
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David Dawes <dawes@XFree86.org>
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Marc Evans <marc@XFree86.org>
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Pascal Haible <haible@izfm.uni-stuttgart.de>
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Matthieu Herrb <Matthieu.Herrb@laas.fr>
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Dirk Hohndel <hohndel@XFree86.org>
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David Holland <davidh@use.com>
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Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.demon.co.uk>
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Jeffrey Hsu <hsu@soda.berkeley.edu>
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Glenn Lai <glenn@cs.utexas.edu>
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Ted Lemon <mellon@ncd.com>
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Rich Murphey <rich@XFree86.org>
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Hans Nasten <nasten@everyware.se>
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Mark Snitily <mark@sgcs.com>
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Randy Terbush <randyt@cse.unl.edu>
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Jon Tombs <tombs@XFree86.org>
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Kees Verstoep <versto@cs.vu.nl>
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Paul Vixie <paul@vix.com>
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Mark Weaver <Mark_Weaver@brown.edu>
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David Wexelblat <dwex@XFree86.org>
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Philip Wheatley <Philip.Wheatley@ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM>
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Thomas Wolfram <wolf@prz.tu-berlin.de>
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Orest Zborowski <orestz@eskimo.com>
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386BSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD support by:
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Rich Murphey <Rich@XFree86.org>
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Original 386BSD port by:
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Pace Willison
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Amancio Hasty Jr <hasty@netcom.com>
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Mach 386 support by:
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Robert Baron <Robert.Baron@ernst.mach.cs.cmu.edu>
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Linux support by:
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Orest Zborowski <orestz@eskimo.com>
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Dirk Hohndel <hohndel@XFree86.org>
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SCO Unix support by:
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David McCullough <davidm@stallion.oz.au>
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Amoeba support by:
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Kees Verstoep <versto@cs.vu.nl>
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Minix-386 support by:
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Philip Homburg <philip@cs.vu.nl>
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OSF/1 support by:
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Marc Evans <Marc@Synergytics.Com>
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BSD/386 support by:
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Hans Nasten <nasten@everyware.se>
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Paul Vixie <paul@vix.com>
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Solaris support by:
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Doug Anson <danson@lgc.com>
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David Holland <davidh@use.com>
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Linux shared libraries by:
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Orest Zborowski <orestz@eskimo.com>
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Dirk Hohndel <hohndel@XFree86.org>
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Original accelerated code by:
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Kevin Martin <martin@cs.unc.edu>
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Rik Faith <faith@cs.unc.edu>
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Jon Tombs <tombs@XFree86.org>
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S3 accelerated code by:
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Jon Tombs <tombs@XFree86.org>
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David Wexelblat <dwex@XFree86.org
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David Dawes <dawes@XFree86.org>
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Robin Cutshaw <robin@XFree86.org>
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Amancio Hasty <hasty@netcom.com>
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Norbert Distler <Norbert.Distler@physik.tu-muenchen.de>
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Leonard N. Zubkoff <lnz@dandelion.com>
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Harald Koenig <koenig@tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de>
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Bernhard Bender <br@elsa.mhs.compuserve.com>
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Dirk Hohndel <hohndel@XFree86.org>
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Eddy Olk <eddy@dutecae.et.tudelft.nl>
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Steven Parker <sparker@taz.cs.utah.edu>
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Mach32 accelerated code by:
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Kevin Martin <martin@cs.unc.edu>
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Rik Faith <faith@cs.unc.edu>
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Mike Bernson <mike@mbsun.mlb.org>
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Mark Weaver <Mark_Weaver@brown.edu>
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Craig Groeschel <craig@metrolink.com>
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Mach8, 8514 accelerated code by:
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Kevin Martin <martin@cs.unc.edu>
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Rik Faith <faith@cs.unc.edu>
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Tiago Gons <tiago@comosjn.hobby.nl>
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Hans Nasten <nasten@everyware.se>
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Scott Laird <lair@midway.uchicago.edu>
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Cirrus accelerated code by:
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Simon Cooper <scooper@vizlab.rutgers.edu>
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Harm Hanemaayer <hhanemaa@cs.ruu.nl>
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Bill Reynolds <bill@goshawk.lanl.gov>
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Western Digital accelerated code by:
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Mike Tierney <floyd@pepsi.eng.umd.edu>
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Bill Conn <conn@bnr.ca>
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P9000 accelerated code by:
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Erik Nygren <nygren@mit.edu>
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Harry Langenbacher <harry@brain.jpl.nasa.gov>
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Chris Mason <mason@mail.csh.rit.edu>
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AGX accelerated code by:
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Henry Worth <henry.worth@amail.amdahl.com>
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ET4000/W32 accelerated code by:
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Glenn Lai <glenn@cs.utexas.edu>
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16 color VGA server by:
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Gertjan Akkerman <akkerman@dutiba.twi.tudelft.nl>
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2 color VGA and non-VGA mono servers by:
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Pascal Haible <haible@izfm.uni-stuttgart.de>
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ATI SVGA driver by:
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Per Lindqvist <pgd@compuram.bbt.se> and Doug Evans <dje@cygnus.com>
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Ported to X11R5 by Rik Faith <faith@cs.unc.edu>
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Rewritten by Marc La France <tsi@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
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Trident SVGA driver by:
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Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.demon.co.uk>
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NCR SVGA driver by:
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Stuart Anderson <Stuart.Anderson@ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM>
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with the permission of NCR Corporation
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Cirrus SVGA driver by:
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Bill Reynolds <bill@goshawk.lanl.gov>
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Hank Dietz <hankd@ecn.purdue.edu>
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Simon Cooper <scooper@vizlab.rutgers.edu>
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Harm Hanemaayer <hhanemaa@cs.ruu.nl>
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CL6420 support by Manfred Brands <mb@oceonics.nl>
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Compaq SVGA driver by:
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Hans Oey <hans@mo.hobby.nl>
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Oak SVGA driver by:
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Steve Goldman <sgoldman@encore.com>
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AL2101 SVGA driver by:
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Paolo Severini <lendl@dist.dist.unige.it>
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MX SVGA driver by:
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Frank Dikker <dikker@cs.utwente.nl>
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Video7 SVGA driver by:
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Craig Struble <cstruble@acm.vt.edu>
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Apollo Mono driver by:
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Hamish Coleman <hamish@zot.apana.org.au>
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Other contributors:
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Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.sax.de> (ET3000 banked mono)
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Eric Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> (new video mode documentation)
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and an entire horde of beta-testers around the world!
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8 - Contact information
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Ongoing development planning and support is coordinated by the XFree86
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Core Team. At this time the Core Team consists of (in alphabetical order):
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Robin Cutshaw <robin@XFree86.org>
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David Dawes <dawes@XFree86.org>
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Marc Evans <marc@XFree86.org>
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Dirk Hohndel <hohndel@XFree86.org>
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Rich Murphey <rich@XFree86.org>
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Jon Tombs <tombs@XFree86.org>
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David Wexelblat <dwex@XFree86.org>
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Mail sent to <Core@XFree86.org> will reach the core team.
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9 - The XFree86 Project, Inc.
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The XFree86 Project, Inc, has been founded to accomplish two major goals:
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1) To provide a vehicle by which XFree86 can be represented in
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X Consortium, Inc, the organization responsible for the
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design, development, and release of The X Window System.
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2) To provide some basic funding for acquisition of facilities for
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ongoing XFree86 development, largly to consist of new video
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hardware and basic computing facilities.
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The first of these was the primary motivation. We have held discussions
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with the X Consortium on and off for many months, attempting to find an
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avenue by which our loosely-organized free software project could be
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given a voice within the X Consortium. The bylaws of the Consortium
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would not recognize such an organization. After an initial investigation
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about funding, we decided to form our own corporation to provide the
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avenue we needed to meet the requirements of the X Consortium bylaws.
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By doing this, we were able to be involved in the beta-test interval for
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X11R6, and have contributed the majority of XFree86 to the X11R6 core
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release. The version of XFree86 in the X11R6 core is 3.0. As time goes
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on, XFree86 will be involved with more of the development of The X Window
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System, as a full Consortium member. How exactly this will evolve is still
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being determined.
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An additional benefit of this incorporation is that The XFree86 Project,
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Inc has obtained outside financial support for our work. This will
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hopefully give us the freedom to be more proactive in obtaining new
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video hardware, and enable us to release better products more quickly,
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as we will be able to go and get what we need, and get it into the hands
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of the people who can do the work.
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The initial Board of Directors and Officers of the The XFree86 Project,
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Inc, are:
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David Dawes, Secretary
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Dirk Hohndel, Vice-President
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Glenn Lai, Director
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Rich Murphey, Treasurer
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Jim Tsillas, Director
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Jon Tombs, Director
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David Wexelblat, President
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Email to <BOD@XFree86.org> reaches the board of directors.
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Our bylaws have been crafted in such a way to ensure that XFree86 is and
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always will be a free software project. There is no personal financial
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benefit to any member of the Core Team or any other XFree86 participant.
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All assets of the corporation remain with the corporation, and, in the
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event of the dissolution of the corporation, all assets will be turned over
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to the X Consortium, Inc. It is hoped that by doing this, our corporation
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will be merely a formalization of what we have been doing in the past,
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rather than something entirely new.
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Here is a list of the organizations and individuals who have provided
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sponsorship to The XFree86 Project, Inc, either by financial contribution
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or by the donation of equipment and resources. The XFree86 Project, Inc
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gratefully acknowledges these contributions, and hopes that we can do
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justice to them by continuing to release high-quality free software for
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the betterment of the Internet community as a whole.
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UUNET Communications Services, Inc.
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UUNET Communications Services, Inc, deserves special mention. This
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organization stepped forward and contributed the entire 1994 X Consortium
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membership fee on a moment's notice. This single act ensured XFree86's
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involvement in X11R6.
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AIB Software Corporation, Dulles, VA
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American Micro Group
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AT&T Global Information Services (formerly NCR)
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Andrew Burgess
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BSDI, Falls Church, VA
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The Destek Group, Inc., Pelham, NH (formerly Synergytics)
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Digital Equipment Corp
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Elsa GmbH, Aachen, Germany
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Frank & Paige McCormick
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InfoMagic, Rocky Hill, NJ
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LunetIX Softfair, Berlin, Germany
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Number Nine, Lexington, MA
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Prime Time Freeware, San Bruno, CA
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Red Hat Software, Chapel Hill, NC
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Clifford M Stein
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Joel Storm
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S.u.S.E, GmbH, Fuerth, Germany
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Tekelec Airtronic GmbH, Muenchen, Germany
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Unifix Software GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany
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Vixie Enterprises, La Honda, CA
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Walnut Creek CDROM, Concord, CA
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Xtreme s.a.s., Livorno, Italy
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The XFree86 Project, Inc, welcomes the additional contribution of funding
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and/or equipment. Such contributions should be tax-deductible; we will
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know for certain when the lawyers get finished with the papers. For more
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information, contact The XFree86 Project, Inc, at <BOD@XFree86.org>
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10 - Source and binary archive sites
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Source patches are available to upgrade X11R6 PL5 from the X Consortium
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to XFree86 3.1. They and binaries for many OSs are available via anonymous
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FTP from:
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ftp.XFree86.org (under /pub/XFree86/current)
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and the following mirror sites:
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North America:
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xfree86.cdrom.com:/pub/XFree86 (source and binaries)
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ftp.bsdi.com:/contrib/X11/XFree86 (source and BSD/386 binaries)
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ref.tfs.com:/pub/mirrors/XFree86 (source and FreeBSD binaries)
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ftp.iastate.edu:/pub/netbsd/XFree86/XFree86-3.1 (source and NetBSD binaries)
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tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/packages/X11 (Linux binaries and source diffs)
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ftp.eecs.umich.edu:/BSD/XFree86 (source and binaries)
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sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/X11/XFree86 (source and binaries)
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abode.ccd.bnl.gov:/pub/XFree86 (Solaris, SVR4, SCO binaries)
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Europe:
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ftp.fee.vutbr.cz:/pub/XFree86 (source and binaries)
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ftp.gwdg.de:/pub/xfree86 (source and binaries)
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ftp.uni-stuttgart.de:/pub/X11/Xfree86 (source and binaries)
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ftp.funet.fi:/pub/X11/XFree86 (source and binaries)
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ftp.laas.fr:/pub/NetBSD/XFree86-3.1 (NetBSD binaries only)
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ftp.unipi.it:/pub/mirrors/XFree86-3.1 (source and binaries)
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nova.pvv.unit.no:/pub/XFree86/current (source and binaries)
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ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/xwindows/XFree86 (source and binaries)
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Middle East:
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orgchem.weizmann.ac.il:/pub/XFree86 (sources and FreeBSD binaries)
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Asia/Australia:
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x.physics.su.oz.au:/pub/XFree86 (source and binaries)
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ftp.iij.ad.jp:/pub/X/XFree86 (source and binaries)
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ftp.nectec.or.th:/pub/mirrors/XFree86 (source and binaries)
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ftp.edu.tw:/X/XFree86/3.1 (source and binaries)
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Please use the closest mirror site where possible.
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Refer to the README file under the specified directory for information on
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which files you need to get to build your distribution.
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Ensure that you are getting XFree86 3.1 - some of these sites may archive
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older releases as well. Each binary distribution will contain a README
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file that describes what files you need to take from the archive, and which
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compile-time option selections were made when building the distribution.
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2 October 1994
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nic.funet.fi pub/OS/Linux
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tsx-11.mit.edu pub/linux
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sunsite.unc.edu pub/Linux
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