From: da...@xfree86.org (David Dawes)
Subject: Announcing the Release of XFree86[TM} 3.2
Date: 1996/10/30
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Announcing the Release of
XFree86[tm] 3.2
30 October 1996
XFree86 version 3.2 is now available. The README for this release
follows. The XFree86 3.2 distribution is available in both source
and binary form. Binary distributions are currently available for
FreeBSD (2.1.5 and 2.2-CURRENT), NetBSD, OpenBSD, Interactive Unix,
Linux (ix86 a.out and ELF, axp ECOFF and ELF, m68k ELF), SVR4,
Solaris 2.5 and LynxOS AT. A binary distribution for OS/2 should be
available soon.
The XFree86 documentation is available on-line on our Web server. It
The documentation for 3.2 can be accessed at http://WWW.XFree86.org/3.2/.
The XFree86 FAQ is at http://WWW.XFree86.org/FAQ/.
Note that the mirror sites listed below are those that have indicated
that they will be mirroring this release. Only a small number of
sites have done so at this time.
XFree86 is a port of X11R6.1 that supports several Unix and Unix-like
operating systems on Intel and other platforms. This release consists
of new features and performance improvements as well as many bug
fixes. The release is available as source patches against the X Con-
sortium X11R6.1 code, as well as binary distributions for many archi-
tectures.
1. What's new in XFree86 3.2
The following items are some of the features that have been added
since XFree86 3.1.2 was released in August 1995:
1. XFree86 3.2 includes the X Consortium's X11R6.1.
2. Support for OS/2.
3. Support for Linux/AXP on DEC Alpha/AXP (both ECOFF and ELF).
4. Support for Linux/m68k.
5. Support for the Japanese PC98 platforms.
6. A new graphical configuration utility XF86Setup.
7. Support for the S3 Trio64V+.
8. A new server (XF86_S3V) for the S3 ViRGE and ViRGE/VX.
9. Support in the S3 server for chipset driver "newmmio" for S3
868, 968 and Trio64V+ chips.
10. Support for more Mach64 cards (GX rev 3, CT, VT, GT).
11. Support for the ET6000.
12. Support for some new Cirrus chips.
13. Support for Trident TGUI chips.
14. Support for the Number Nine Imagine 128.
15. Support for the Matrox Millennium.
16. Support for the NVidia NV1 / SGS Thomson STG2000.
17. Support for some SiS chips.
18. Support for more Chips & Technologies chips.
19. Support for DEC 21030 (aka DEC TGA; Linux/AXP only).
20. DGA server extension.
21. XInput extension is implemented.
Further information (including installation instructions) can be found
in the RELNOTES file. For a detailed list of changes, refer to the
CHANGELOG file in the source distribution.
2. Systems XFree86 has been tested on
Note: Not all systems listed here have been tested with the current
release.
SVR4.0:
o Esix: 4.0.3A, 4.0.4, 4.0.4.1
o Microport: 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2
o Dell: 2.1, 2.2, 2.2.1
o UHC: 2.0, 3.6
o Consensys: 1.2
o MST: 4.0.3 (Load 2.07 and Load 3.02)
o ISC: 4.0.3
o AT&T: 2.1, 4.0
o NCR: MP-RAS
o SunSoft: Solaris x86 2.1, 2.4, 2.5
o PANIX 5.0 for AT
SVR4.2:
o Consensys
o Novell UnixWare
SVR3:
o SCO: 3.2.2, 3.2.4
o ISC: 3.0, 4.0, 4.1
Others:
o NetBSD 1.0, 1.1, 1.2
o OpenBSD 2.0
o FreeBSD 1.1.5.1, 2.0.5, 2.1, 2.1.5, 2.2-current
o BSD/386 1.1, BSD/OS 2.0
o Mach 386
o Linux (Intel x86, DEC Alpha/AXP and m68k)
o Amoeba
o Minix-386
o LynxOS AT 2.2.1, 2.3.0, 2.4.0
o LynxOS microSPARC 2.4.0
PC98:
o FreeBSD(98) 2.0.5, 2.1, 2.1.5, 2.2-current
o NetBSD/pc98 (based on NetBSD 1.2)
o PANIX 5.0 for 98
3. Supported video-card chip-sets
At this time, XFree86 3.2 supports the following accelerated chipsets:
8514/A
(and true clones)
ATI
Mach8, Mach32, Mach64
Cirrus
CLGD5420, CLGD5422, CLGD5424, CLGD5426, CLGD5428, CLGD5429,
CLGD5430, CLGD5434 CLGD5436, CLGD5440, CLGD5446, CLGD5462,
CLGD5464
S3 86C911, 86C924, 86C801, 86C805, 86C805i, 86C928, 86C864, 86C964,
86C732, 86C764, 86C765, 86C868, 86C968, 86C325, 86C988
Western Digital
WD90C31, WD90C33, WD90C24A
Weitek
P9000
IIT
AGX-014, AGX-015, AGX-016
IBM
XGA-2
Tseng
ET4000/W32, ET4000/W32i, ET4000/W32p, ET6000
Oak Technologies Inc
OTI087
Ark Logic
ARK1000PV, ARK1000VL, ARK2000PV, ARK2000MT
Matrox
MGA2064W
Number Nine
I128 (not accelerated yet)
The Cirrus, Western Digital, Oak, ARK, Chips & Technologies and Matrox
accelerators are supported in the SVGA server; the other chipsets each
have their own server.
In addition, the following SVGA chipsets are supported:
Tseng
ET3000, ET4000AX, ET4000/W32, ET6000
Western Digital/Paradise
PVGA1
Western Digital
WD90C00, WD90C10, WD90C11, WD90C24, WD90C24A, WD90C30, WD90C31,
WD90C33
Genoa
GVGA
Trident
TVGA8800CS, TVGA8900B, TVGA8900C, TVGA8900CL, TVGA9000,
TVGA9000i, TVGA9100B, TVGA9200CX, TVGA9320, TVGA9400CX,
TVGA9420, TGUI9420DGi, TGUI9430DGi, TGUI9440AGi, TGUI9660XGi,
TGUI9680
ATI
18800, 18800-1, 28800-2, 28800-4, 28800-5, 28800-6, 68800-3,
68800-6, 68800AX, 68800LX, 88800GX-C, 88800GX-D, 88800GX-E,
88800GX-F, 88800CX, 264CT, 264ET, 264VT, 264VT2, 264GT
NCR
77C22, 77C22E, 77C22E+
Cirrus Logic
CLGD5420, CLGD5422, CLGD5424, CLGD5426, CLGD5428, CLGD5429,
CLGD5430, CLGD5434, CLGD5436, CLGD5440, CLGD5446, CLGD5462,
CLGD5464, CLGD6205, CLGD6215, CLGD6225, CLGD6235, CLGD6410,
CLGD6412, CLGD6420, CLGD6440
OAK
OTI067, OTI077, OTI087
Avance Logic
ALG2101, ALG2228, ALG2301, ALG2302, ALG2308, ALG2401
Chips & Technologies
65520, 65530, 65540, 65545, 65520, 65530, 65540, 65545, 65546,
65548, 65550, 65554
MX MX68000, MX680010
Video 7/Headland Technologies
HT216-32
SiS
86C201, 86C202, 86C205
ARK Logic
ARK1000PV, ARK1000VL, ARK2000PV, ARK2000MT
RealTek
RTG3106
Alliance
AP6422
Matrox
MGA2064W
NVidia/SGS Thomson
NV1, STG2000
All of the above are supported in both 256 color, and some are
supported in mono and 16 color modes.
Refer to the chipset-specific README files (currently for Cirrus,
Tseng, Western Digital, ATI, ARK, Trident, Oak, Matrox, NVidia, and
Video 7) for more information about using those chipsets.
The monochrome server also supports generic VGA cards, using 64k of
video memory in a single bank, the Hyundai HGC1280, Sigma LaserView,
Visa and Apollo monochrome cards.
The VGA16 server supports memory banking with the ET4000, Trident,
ATI, NCR, OAK and Cirrus 6420 chipsets allowing virtual display sizes
up to about 1600x1200 (with 1MB of video memory). For other chipsets
the display size is limited to approximately 800x600.
Note: The Diamond SpeedStar 24 (and possibly some SpeedStar+) boards
are NOT supported, even though they use the ET4000.
The Weitek 9100 and 9130 chipsets are not supported (these are used on
the Diamond Viper Pro and Viper SE boards). Most other Diamond boards
will work with this release of XFree86. Diamond is actively supporting
The XFree86 Project, Inc.
4. Where to get more information
Additional documentation is available in the XFree86(1),
XF86Config(4/5), XF86_SVGA(1), XF86_Mono(1), XF86_VGA16(1),
XF86_Accel(1) XF86Setup(1) and xvidtune(1) manual pages. In addition,
several README files and tutorial documents are provided. These are
available in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc in the binary distributions, and
in xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/doc in the source distribution.
The files QuickStart.doc and README.Config should be consulted for
information on how to set up the XFree86 servers. All supplied
documents, manual pages, and the XFree86 FAQ
<http://www.XFree86.org/FAQ> should be read before contacting the
XFree86 team for assistance.
Documentation on SVGA driver development can be found in the directory
/usr/X11R6/lib/Server/VGADriverDoc in the binary distribution, and in
the directory xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/VGADriverDoc in the
source distribution.
If you are totally at a loss, you can contact the XFree86 Support Team
at <XFre...@XFree86.Org>. Before doing so, please make sure that you
are using the latest release of XFree86. Check the versions listed on
ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86.
There is a Usenet news group comp.windows.x.i386unix that contains
mostly discussions about XFree86 and related topics. Many questions
can be answered there.
5. Credits
XFree86 was originally put together by:
o David Dawes <da...@XFree86.org>
o Glenn Lai <gl...@cs.utexas.edu>
o Jim Tsillas <jtsi...@ccs.neu.edu>
o David Wexelblat <d...@XFree86.org>
XFree86 support was integrated into the base X11R6 distribution by:
o Stuart Anderson <ander...@metrolink.com>
o Doug Anson <dan...@lgc.com>
o Gertjan Akkerman <akker...@dutiba.twi.tudelft.nl>
o Mike Bernson <m...@mbsun.mlb.org>
o Robin Cutshaw <ro...@XFree86.org>
o David Dawes <da...@XFree86.org>
o Marc Evans <m...@XFree86.org>
o Pascal Haible <hai...@izfm.uni-stuttgart.de>
o Matthieu Herrb <Matthieu.He...@laas.fr>
o Dirk Hohndel <hohn...@XFree86.org>
o David Holland <dav...@use.com>
o Alan Hourihane <al...@fairlite.demon.co.uk>
o Jeffrey Hsu <h...@soda.berkeley.edu>
o Glenn Lai <gl...@cs.utexas.edu>
o Ted Lemon <mel...@ncd.com>
o Rich Murphey <r...@XFree86.org>
o Hans Nasten <nas...@everyware.se>
o Mark Snitily <m...@sgcs.com>
o Randy Terbush <ran...@cse.unl.edu>
o Jon Tombs <to...@XFree86.org>
o Kees Verstoep <ver...@cs.vu.nl>
o Paul Vixie <p...@vix.com>
o Mark Weaver <Mark_Wea...@brown.edu>
o David Wexelblat <d...@XFree86.org>
o Philip Wheatley <Philip.Wheat...@ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM>
o Thomas Wolfram <w...@prz.tu-berlin.de>
o Orest Zborowski <ore...@eskimo.com>
386BSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD support by:
o Rich Murphey <R...@XFree86.org>
NetBSD, OpenBSD support by:
o Matthieu Herrb <Matthieu.Her...@laas.fr>
Original 386BSD port by:
o Pace Willison,
o Amancio Hasty Jr <ha...@netcom.com>
Mach 386 support by:
o Robert Baron <Robert.Ba...@ernst.mach.cs.cmu.edu>
Linux support by:
o Orest Zborowski <ore...@eskimo.com>
SCO Unix support by:
o David McCullough <dav...@stallion.oz.au>
Amoeba support by:
o Kees Verstoep <ver...@cs.vu.nl>
Minix-386 support by:
o Philip Homburg <phi...@cs.vu.nl>
OSF/1 support by:
o Marc Evans <M...@XFree86.org>
BSD/OS support by:
o Hans Nasten <nas...@everyware.se>,
o Paul Vixie <p...@vix.com>
Solaris support by:
o Doug Anson <dan...@lgc.com>,
o David Holland <dav...@use.com>
ISC SVR3 support by:
o Michael Rohleder <michael.rohle...@stadt-frankfurt.de>
LynxOS support by:
o Thomas Mueller <t...@systrix.de>
Linux shared libraries by:
o Orest Zborowski <ore...@eskimo.com>,
o Dirk Hohndel <hohn...@XFree86.org>
PC98 support by:
o Toyonori Fujiura <t...@ibbsal.or.jp>,
o Hiroyuki Aizu <a...@jaist.ac.jp>,
o Tetsuya Kakefuda <kakef...@tag.iijnet.or.jp>,
o Takefumi Tsukada <ts...@linkt.imasy.or.jp>,
o H.Komatsuzaki,
o Naoki Katsurakawa <kats...@prc.tsukuba.ac.jp>,
o Shuichiro Urata <s-ur...@nmit.tmg.nec.co.jp>,
o Yasuyuki Kato <yasuy...@acaets0.anritsu.co.jp>,
o Michio Jinbo <k...@pms.nagaokaut.ac.jp>,
o Tatsuya Koike <koi...@focus.rim.or.jp>,
o Koichiro Suzuki <ksuz...@cc.tuat.ac.jp>,
o Tsuyoshi Tamaki <tam...@sail.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp>,
o Isao Ohishi <ohi...@hf.rim.or.jp>,
o Kohji Ohishi <at...@njk.co.jp>,
o Shin'ichi Yairo <QZR00...@niftyserve.or.jp>,
o Kazuo Ito <ft4k-...@asahi-net.or.jp>,
o Jun Sakuma <i931...@jks.is.tsukuba.ac.jp>,
o Shuichi Ueno <ue...@ppp.bekkoame.or.jp>,
o Ishida Kazuo <ishid...@obp.cl.nec.co.jp>,
o Takaaki Nomura <tnom...@sfc.keio.ac.jp>,
o Tadaaki Nagao <na...@cs.titech.ac.jp>,
o Minoru Noda <mn...@cv.tottori-u.ac.jp>,
o Naofumi Honda <ho...@Kururu.math.hokudai.ac.jp>,
o Akio Morita <amor...@bird.scphys.kyoto-u.ac.jp>,
o Takashi Sakamoto <sakam...@yajima.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp>,
o Yasuhiro Ichikawa <cs94...@mbox.sist.ac.jp>,
o Kazunori Ueno <g540...@komaba.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp>,
o Yasushi Suzuki <s...@d2.bs1.fc.nec.co.jp>,
o Masato Yoshida (Contributor of PW805i support)
Original accelerated code by:
o Kevin Martin <mar...@cs.unc.edu>,
o Rik Faith <fa...@cs.unc.edu>,
o Jon Tombs <to...@XFree86.org>
S3 accelerated code by:
o Jon Tombs <to...@XFree86.org>,
o Harald Koenig <koe...@tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de>,
o David Wexelblat <d...@XFree86.org>,
o David Dawes <da...@XFree86.org>,
o Robin Cutshaw <ro...@XFree86.org>,
o Amancio Hasty <ha...@netcom.com>,
o Norbert Distler <Norbert.Dist...@physik.tu-muenchen.de>,
o Leonard N. Zubkoff <l...@dandelion.com>,
o Bernhard Bender <b...@elsa.mhs.compuserve.com>
o Dirk Hohndel <hohn...@XFree86.org>
o Joe Moss <j...@XFree86.org>
S3V accelerated code by:
o Harald Koenig <koe...@tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de>,
Mach32 accelerated code by:
o Kevin Martin <mar...@cs.unc.edu>,
o Rik Faith <fa...@cs.unc.edu>,
o Mike Bernson <m...@mbsun.mlb.org>,
o Mark Weaver <Mark_Wea...@brown.edu>,
o Craig Groeschel <cr...@metrolink.com>
o Bryan Feir <jen...@istar.ca>
Mach64 accelerated code by:
o Kevin Martin <mar...@cs.unc.edu>,
Mach8, 8514 accelerated code by:
o Kevin Martin <mar...@cs.unc.edu>,
o Rik Faith <fa...@cs.unc.edu>,
o Tiago Gons <ti...@comosjn.hobby.nl>,
o Hans Nasten <nas...@everyware.se>,
o Scott Laird <sc...@laird.com>
Cirrus accelerated code by:
o Simon Cooper <scoo...@vizlab.rutgers.edu>,
o Harm Hanemaayer <H.Hanemaa...@inter.nl.net>,
o Bill Reynolds <b...@goshawk.lanl.gov>,
o Corin Anderson <cor...@bdc.cirrus.com>
Western Digital accelerated code by:
o Mike Tierney <fl...@pepsi.eng.umd.edu>,
o Bill Conn <c...@bnr.ca>
P9000 accelerated code by:
o Erik Nygren <nyg...@mit.edu>,
o Harry Langenbacher <ha...@brain.jpl.nasa.gov>
o Chris Mason <ma...@mail.csh.rit.edu>
o Henrik Harmsen <harm...@eritel.se>
AGX accelerated code by:
o Henry Worth <henry.wo...@amail.amdahl.com>,
ET4000/W32 accelerated code by:
o Glenn Lai <gl...@cs.utexas.edu>,
ET6000 SVGA and accelerated support (both based on the existing W32
code) by:
o Koen Gadeyne <koen.gade...@barco.com>,
Oak Technologies Inc. accelerated code by:
o Jorge Delgado <er...@dit.upm.es>,
16 color VGA server by:
o Gertjan Akkerman <akker...@dutiba.twi.tudelft.nl>
2 color VGA and non-VGA mono servers by:
o Pascal Haible <hai...@izfm.uni-stuttgart.de>
ATI SVGA driver by:
o Per Lindqvist <p...@compuram.bbt.se> and Doug Evans
<d...@cygnus.com>.
o Ported to X11R5 by Rik Faith <fa...@cs.unc.edu>.
o Rewritten by Marc La France <Marc.La-Fra...@ualberta.ca>
WD90C24 support by:
o Brad Bosch <b...@lachman.com>
Trident SVGA driver by:
o Alan Hourihane <al...@fairlite.demon.co.uk>
SiS SVGA driver by:
o Alan Hourihane <al...@fairlite.demon.co.uk>
DEC 21030 (TGA) server by:
o Alan Hourihane <al...@fairlite.demon.co.uk>
o Harald Koenig <koe...@tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de>
NCR SVGA driver by:
o Stuart Anderson <ander...@metrolink.com> with the permission
of NCR Corporation
Cirrus SVGA driver by:
o Bill Reynolds <b...@goshawk.lanl.gov>,
o Hank Dietz <ha...@ecn.purdue.edu>,
o Simon Cooper <scoo...@vizlab.rutgers.edu>,
o Harm Hanemaayer <H.Hanemaa...@inter.nl.net>,
o Corin Anderson <cor...@bdc.cirrus.com>
Cirrus CL64xx driver by:
o Manfred Brands <m...@oceonics.nl>
o Randy Hendry <ra...@sgi.com>
o Jeff Kirk <j...@bambam.dsd.ES.COM>
Compaq SVGA driver by:
o Hans Oey <h...@mo.hobby.nl>
Oak SVGA driver by:
o Steve Goldman <sgold...@encore.com>
o Jorge Delgado <er...@dit.upm.es>
ARK Logic SVGA driver by:
o Harm Hanemaayer <H.Hanemaa...@inter.nl.net>
o Leon Bottou <bot...@laforia.ibp.fr>
AL2101 SVGA driver by:
o Paolo Severini <le...@dist.dist.unige.it>
Avance Logic ``ali'' SVGA driver by:
o Ching-Tai Chiu <cc...@netcom.com>
Chips & Technologies SVGA driver by:
o Regis Cridlig <crid...@dmi.ens.fr>
o Jon Block <bl...@frc.com>
o Mike Hollick <holl...@graphics.cis.upenn.edu>
o Nozomi Ytow
o Egbert Eich <Egbert.E...@Physik.TH-Darmstadt.DE>
o David Bateman <dbate...@ee.uts.edu.au>
o Xavier Ducoin <xav...@rd.lectra.fr>
MX SVGA driver by:
o Frank Dikker <dik...@cs.utwente.nl>
Video7 SVGA driver by:
o Craig Struble <cstru...@acm.vt.edu>
RealTek SVGA driver by:
o Peter Trattler <pe...@sbox.tu-graz.ac.at>
Apollo Mono driver by:
o Hamish Coleman <ham...@zot.apana.org.au>
XFree86-VidModeExtension and xvidtune client by:
o Kaleb S. Keithley <ka...@x.org>
o David Dawes <da...@XFree86.org>
o Jon Tombs <to...@XFree86.org>
o Joe Moss <j...@XFree86.org>
XFree86-Misc extension by:
o Joe Moss <j...@XFree86.org>
o David Dawes <da...@XFree86.org>
XFree86-DGA extension by:
o Jon Tombs <to...@XFree86.org>
o Mark Vojkovich <mvojk...@ucsd.edu>
o Harm Hanemaayer <H.Hanemaa...@inter.nl.net>,
o David Dawes <da...@XFree86.org>
XInput integration, devices and clients by:
o Frederic Lepied <lep...@XFree86.Org> (XInput integration,
Wacom tablet, Joystick and extended mouse devices,
xsetpointer and xsetmode clients)
o Patrick Lecoanet <lecoa...@cena.dgac.fr> (Elographics
touchscreen device)
o Steven Lang <ti...@ecis.com> (Summagraphics tablet device)
Other contributors:
o Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wun...@uriah.sax.de> (ET3000 banked
mono),
o Eric Raymond <e...@snark.thyrsus.com> (new video mode
documentation),
o and an entire horde of beta-testers around the world!
6. Contact information
Ongoing development planning and support is coordinated by the XFree86
Core Team. At this time the Core Team consists of (in alphabetical
order):
o Robin Cutshaw <ro...@XFree86.org>
o David Dawes <da...@XFree86.org>
o Marc Evans <m...@XFree86.org>
o Dirk Hohndel <hohn...@XFree86.org>
o Harald Koenig <koe...@XFree86.org>
o Rich Murphey <r...@XFree86.org>
o Jon Tombs <to...@XFree86.org>
o David Wexelblat <d...@XFree86.org>
Mail sent to <C...@XFree86.org> will reach the core team. Please note
that support questions should be sent to <XFre...@XFree86.org>.
7. The XFree86 Project, Inc.
The XFree86 Project, Inc, has been founded to accomplish two major
goals:
1. To provide a vehicle by which XFree86 can be represented in X
Consortium, Inc, the organization responsible for the design,
development, and release of The X Window System.
2. To provide some basic funding for acquisition of facilities for
ongoing XFree86 development, largely to consist of new video
hardware and basic computing facilities.
The first of these was the primary motivation. We have held discus-
sions with the X Consortium on and off for many months, attempting to
find an avenue by which our loosely-organized free software project
could be given a voice within the X Consortium. The bylaws of the
Consortium would not recognize such an organization. After an initial
investigation about funding, we decided to form our own corporation to
provide the avenue we needed to meet the requirements of the X Consor-
tium bylaws.
By doing this, we were able to be involved in the beta-test interval
for X11R6, and have contributed the majority of XFree86 to the X11R6
and X11R6.1 core release. The version of XFree86 in the initial X11R6
core is 3.0. The version of XFree86 in the current X11R6.1 release is
3.1.2C.
An additional benefit of this incorporation is that The XFree86
Project, Inc has obtained outside financial support for our work.
This will hopefully give us the freedom to be more pro-active in
obtaining new video hardware, and enable us to release better products
more quickly, as we will be able to go and get what we need, and get
it into the hands of the people who can do the work.
The current Board of Directors and Officers of the The XFree86
Project, Inc, are:
o David Dawes, President and Secretary
o Dirk Hohndel, Vice-President
o Glenn Lai, Director
o Rich Murphey, Treasurer
o Jim Tsillas, Director
o Jon Tombs, Director
o David Wexelblat, Director
Email to <B...@XFree86.org> reaches the board of directors.
Our bylaws have been crafted in such a way to ensure that XFree86 is
and always will be a free software project. There is no personal
financial benefit to any member of the Core Team or any other XFree86
participant. All assets of the corporation remain with the
corporation, and, in the event of the dissolution of the corporation,
all assets will be turned over to the X Consortium, Inc. It is hoped
that by doing this, our corporation will be merely a formalization of
what we have been doing in the past, rather than something entirely
new.
Here is a list of the organizations and individuals who have provided
sponsorship to The XFree86 Project, Inc, either by financial
contribution or by the donation of equipment and resources. The
XFree86 Project, Inc gratefully acknowledges these contributions, and
hopes that we can do justice to them by continuing to release high-
quality free software for the betterment of the Internet community as
a whole.
o UUNET Communications Services, Inc. <http://www.uu.net/>
UUNET Communications Services, Inc, deserves special mention. This
organization stepped forward and contributed the entire 1994 X Consor-
tium membership fee on a moment's notice. This single act ensured
XFree86's involvement in X11R6.
o GUUG -- 1st German Linux Congress
Also deserving of special mention are the organizers and attendees of
the 1st German Linux Congress in Heidelberg. Significant funding to
The XFree86 Project has been provided from its proceeds.
o AIB Software Corporation <http://www.aib.com/>, Herndon, VA
o Roland Alder, Armin Fessler, Patrick Seemann, Martin Wunderli
o American Micro Group
o AT&T Global Information Services <http://www.attgis.com/>
(formerly NCR)
o ATI Technologies Inc <http://www.atitech.ca/>
o Andrew Burgess
o Berkeley Software Design, Inc <http://www.bsdi.com/>, Falls
Church, VA
o Caldera, Inc. <http://www.caldera.com/>
o Delix Computer GmbH <http://www.delix.de/>, Stuttgart, Germany
o The Destek Group, Inc. <http://www.destek.net/Destek/>, Nashua,
NH (formerly Synergytics)
o Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. <http://www.diamondmm.com/>
o Digital Equipment Corporation <http://www.digital.com/>
o Elsa GmbH <http://www.elsa.de/>, Aachen, Germany
o Genoa Systems Corporation
o Helius, Inc. <http://www.helius.com/>
o Hercules Computer Technology, Inc. <http://www.hercules.com/>
o Ralf Hockens
o Dirk Hohndel
o InfoMagic <http://www.infomagic.com/>, Flagstaff, AZ
o Daniel Kraemer
o Frank & Paige McCormick
o Linux International
o Linux Support Team, Erlangen, Germany
o LunetIX Softfair <http://www.lunetix.de>, Berlin, Germany
o Morse Telecommunications <http://www.morse.net>, Long Beach, NY
o MIRO Computer Products AG, Braunschweig, Germany
o Rich & Amy Murphey
o Brett Neumeier
o Number Nine, Lexington, MA
o Kazuyuki Okamoto, Japan
o Prime Time Freeware <http://www.ptf.com/>, San Bruno, CA
o Red Hat Software <http://www.redhat.com/>, Chapel Hill, NC
o Norbert Reithinger
o SPEA Software AG, Starnberg, Germany
o STB Systems
o Clifford M Stein
o Joel Storm
o S.u.S.E. GmbH <http://www.suse.de>, Fuerth, Germany
o Tekelec Airtronic GmbH <http://www.tekelec.com>, Muenchen,
Germany
o Jim Tsillas
o Trans-Ameritech Enterprises, Inc., Santa Clara, CA
o Unifix Software GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany
o Vixie Enterprises <http://www.vix.com/>, La Honda, CA
o Walnut Creek CDROM <http://www.cdrom.com/>, Concord, CA
o Xtreme s.a.s. <http://www.xfree86.org/xtreme>, Livorno, Italy
The XFree86 Project, Inc, welcomes the additional contribution of
funding and/or equipment. Such contributions should be tax-
deductible; we will know for certain when the lawyers get finished
with the papers. For more information, contact The XFree86 Project,
Inc, at <B...@XFree86.org>
8. Source and binary archive sites
Source patches are available to upgrade X11R6.1 PL1 from the X
Consortium to XFree86 3.2. They and binaries for many OSs are
available via anonymous FTP from:
o ftp://ftp.XFree86.org/pub/XFree86
and the following mirror sites:
o North America:
+ ftp://ftp.gw.com/pub/unix/XFree86 (source and NetBSD
binaries)
o Europe:
+ ftp://ftp.fee.vutbr.cz/pub/XFree86 (source patches and
binaries)
+ ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/xfree86/XFree86 (source and binaries)
+ ftp://ftp.ibp.fr/pub/X11/XFree86/XFree86 (source and
binaries)
+ ftp://ftp.laas.fr/pub/ii/NetBSD/XFree86 (NetBSD binaries
only)
o Asia/Australia:
+ ftp://x.physics.usyd.edu.au/pub/XFree86 (source and binaries)
Refer to the README file under the specified directory for information
on which files you need to get to build your distribution.
Ensure that you are getting XFree86 3.2 - some of these sites may
archive older releases as well. Check the RELNOTES to find which
files you need to take from the archive.
--
David Dawes Email: da...@XFree86.org
The XFree86 Project, Inc Phone: +61 2 9351 2639
c/- School of Physics, Fax: +61 2 9351 7726
University of Sydney 2006 AUSTRALIA