Path: sparky!uunet!sun-barr!sh.wide!wnoc-tyo-news!scslwide!wsgw!wsservra!daemon From: d...@cbnewsj.cb.att.com ("david.e.wexelblat") Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.x-window Subject: Release of X386 1.2E 1.0 Message-ID: <1992Jul23.123245.8372@sm.sony.co.jp> Date: 23 Jul 92 12:32:45 GMT Sender: dae...@sm.sony.co.jp (The devil himself) Distribution: fj Organization: AT&T Lines: 164 Approved: mich...@sm.sony.co.jp Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1992 13:13:11 GMT Message-Id: <1992Jul18.131311.27001@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.windows.x,comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd Sender: xpert-requ...@expo.lcs.mit.edu Announcing X386 1.2E 1.0 -------------------------- July 18, 1992 What is X386 1.2E? ------------------ X386 1.2E 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 X386 1.2E, selectable at run-time via the Xconfig file. SpeedUp requires an ET4000-based SVGA card, and a virtual screen width of 1024. SpeedUp is selected by default when these requirements are satisfied. 2) The fX386 packages from Jim Tsillas are included as the default operating mode if SpeedUp is not selected. This mode is now slightly better than X386 1.1b (X11R4) in terms of overall performance. 3) Support for LOCALCONN, compile-time selectable for server, clients, or both. This support is for both SVR3 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 for the standard version. 5) Support for serial mice connected for Fas serial ports on SVR4 (although the STREAMS-based SAS is a better alternative; the Fas option may not be supported in later versions). 6) 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. 7) Support for compressed bitmap fonts has been added (Thomas Eberhardt's code from the contrib directory on export.lcs.mit.edu) Also included are a tutorial on monitor timing by Bob Crosson, and the current X386 mode database and a sample xdm configuration by David Wexelblat. What about SGCS? ---------------- The changes in X386 1.2E were done with the full knowledge, consent and cooperation of SGCS (Mark Snitily and Thomas Roell). These changes are not derived from current SGCS work. The current SGCS product is X386 1.3. It is the intention of all parties involved that the X386 1.2E changes be folded back into the SGCS product, the SVGA portions of which will then be submitted to MIT for inclusion in X11R6. This code will remain freely available, even though it is being included as a piece of a commercial product. Availability? ------------- Source Patches based on X11R5 PL12, from MIT, are available via anonymous FTP from: export.lcs.mit.edu (under /pub/contrib) ftp.physics.su.oz.au (under /X386) ftp.win.tue.nl (under /pub/X386) in the file 'X386-1.2E-1.diff.Z'. For Linux, 386BSD, BSD/386 and Mach386, additional patch kits are (currently) required. Send mail to x...@physics.su.oz.au if you need these additional patch kits; we will try to make them generally available in the near future. Binaries are available via anonymous FTP from: ftp.physics.su.oz.au - SVR4 binaries under /X386/SVR4 ftp.win.tue.nl - SVR4 binaries under /pub/X386/SVR4 f.ms.uky.edu - SVR4 binaries under /pub2/Xwindows/X386 stasi.bradley.edu - SVR4 binaries under /pub/X386 banjo.concert.net - Linux binaries under /pub/Linux/X11 Each binary distribution will contain a README file that describes the compile-time option selections that were made. Systems X386 1.2E has been verified as working on ------------------------------------------------- Dell SVR4 2.1 Esix 4.0.3A and 4.0.4 Microport SVR4 3.1 and 4.1 UHC SVR4 Consensys SVR4 ISC SVR4 AT&T SVR4 MST SVR4 [We believe that it will work correctly on all Intel-based, ISA/EISA SVR4's - MicroChannel has not been tested] Interactive SVR3 2.2 Interactive SVR3 3.0 Linux BSD/386 386BSD Other systems for which X386 1.2E is being tested ------------------------------------------------- These are systems for which we have Beta-Testers. These fall into two categories: (a) systems which work, but we have not received confirmation from the tester indicating whether or not X386 1.2E functions correctly, and (b) systems where some or all of the functionality is not yet working. Esix SVR3 3.2D AT&T SVR3 3.2.2 SCO SVR3 3.2.2 Xenix/386 Mach386 Future Directions ----------------- X386 1.2E will be an ongoing project; we are currently in the planning phase for a 2.0 release. Some of the items we intend to include are: - Fixes for a couple of bugs we've identified in the X11R5 code, but have not yet had a chance to fix, plus any others that are reported to us. - Continued performance improvements. - Implementation of server-side support for the X Input Extension. A joystick hanging off a standard game port will be supported. - Completing support for Intel-based Unix versions. In particular, we will test with SVR4.2 (aka Destiny) and Solaris 2.0, when and if we can locate systems and/or testers. Our source patch kit will track any MIT official fix releases that are issued between now and the release of a 2.0 version. Announcements will be posted when updated patches are available. Acknowledgements ---------------- X386 1.2E was put together by: David Dawes <da...@physics.su.oz.au> Glenn Lai <gl...@cs.utexas.edu> Jim Tsillas <jtsi...@damon.ccs.northeastern.edu> David Wexelblat <d...@mtgzfs3.att.com> e-mail sent to <x...@physics.su.oz.au> will reach all of us. X386 1.2, and moral support, from: Thomas Roell <ro...@sgcs.com> Mark Snitily <m...@sgcs.com> Other contributors: Bob Crosson <cros...@cam.nist.gov> Thomas Eberhardt <tho...@mathematik.uni-Bremen.de> and a horde of beta-testers around the world! (46 on 4 continents)