Re: [LI] XF86_SVGA server with generic chipset

["Archan Paul" <archanp@xxxxxxxx>]

I will try to get hold of code of  XFree86-4.0. Will u please provide the
exact pointer?
Again, Does anyone have a pointer to VGA documentation ?

Archan
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----- Original Message -----
From: Arun Sharma <adsharma@xxxxxxxx>
To: <linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 9:27 PM
Subject: Re: [LI] XF86_SVGA server with generic chipset


> On Mon, Oct 11, 1999 at 06:22:40PM +0530, Archan Paul wrote:
>
> > What is ur opinion [Atul,  Arun, Indra (ILUG-CAL), MANI]?? Hope for
> > something positive.
>
> You should try getting hold of the sources for the Xserver and try
> going through them or doing a compile.
>
> My opinion is that it's not the most well written program in the world.
> But if they pull off everything that they promised - One X server and
> modules published as shared libs for each graphics card, then our job
> comes down to writing one such module using only documented VGA calls.
> This should be happening in XFree86-4.0, which is in beta I think.
>
> Does anyone have a pointer to VGA documentation ?
>
> Also, given that everyone's time is limited, you might want to think
> about the best use of your time. What do  Free UNIXes need today ?
> A new X server or a whole bunch of stable, usable apps ?
>
> Another interesting development for programmers lurking around on the
> list - KDE folks are dumping CORBA and going for a COM like shared lib
> based modularization technique. If any of you went through the pain of
> Downloading several 10s of MBs of KDE 2.x through CVS and compiling them
> and then finding that CORBA is dog slow, you'll appreciate the wisdom.
>
> Mozilla has already been using such a framework for 5.0. But somehow it
> hasn't caught up much in the free software community (Is it the
> nsSomethingOrTheOther names that ticks off UNIX purists ? :-)
>
> -Arun "Waiting for my Redhat 6.1 CD" Sharma
>
> Quote for the day from a year ago (Comdex Nov 98):
>
> "I don't have a financial incentive to answering that question"
> - Steve Ballmer, Microsoft President, when he was asked if he was
> sure of the pronunciation of Linux.
>
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