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Release Notes for XFree86[TM] 3.2
The XFree86 Project, Inc
29 October 1996
This document describes the new features in XFree86 3.2 compared with
the previous full release, 3.1.2. It also includes installation
instructions for the binary distributions.
1. XFree86 and X11R6.1
XFree86 releases starting with the 3.1.2D beta are based on the X
Consortium's X11R6.1.
R6.1 is an update to R6, and is intended to be compatible with R6 at
the source and protocol levels. Binaries should be upward-compatible.
X11R6.1 includes some new Xserver extensions: DOUBLE-BUFFER, XKEYBOARD
and RECORD. LBX has been dropped from R6.1, and as such, has been
dropped from XFree86 too. It is expected that it will reappear in
some form in a future release.
2. OS issues
Always check the OS specific README files for special requirements or
caveats.
Users running Linux/Elf (on Intel platforms) should note that they
will need ld.so-1.7.14. This can be found at
tsx-11.mit.edu:pub/linux/packages/GCC
<ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC>.
3. New Features in 3.2
Note, items marked with `*' have been added since the last beta
release (3.1.2G).
3.1. General
o XFree86 3.2 includes the X Consortium's X11R6.1.
o XFree86-3.2 includes a full distribution for Linux/m68k.
o XFree86-3.2 includes a full distribution for Linux/Alpha.
o XFree86-3.2 includes a full distribution for OS/2.
3.2. General X server changes
o A `DefaultColorDepth' keyword has been added for the Screen
section in XF86Config files to allow the default bpp to be
specified.
o A `-nolock' server command-line option has been added to allow
the server's locking mechanism to be disabled.
o All VGA cards with a set of discrete clocks (i.e. not a
ClockChip or a ClockProg) can now also use all the clocks
mentioned in the clocks line divided by 2. This presents the
server with twice as many clocks to choose from. Add the option
"clkdiv2" to the "Device" section of XF86Config to enable this.
o Some cursor colouring bugs have been fixed for servers that use
hardware cursors.
o A security problem related to the X server's lock files has been
fixed.
o The VidMode extension (as used by xvidtune) now by default only
allows changes to modes by clients using a local connection
type. There is also an option to completely disable mode
changes via this extension.
o A new server extension called "XFree86-Misc" has been added.
The primary purpose of this is to allow reconfiguration of some
parameters while the server is running. Some functions
previously in the VidMode extension (like screen save functions)
have been moved to this new extension.
o Support has been added for the ALPS GlidePoint. A tap on the
pad is treated as a fourth button.
o The XKEYBOARD extension is included in the servers as part of
X11R6.1. It is enabled by default, but can be disabled either
from the command line (see the Xserver man page) or from the
XF86Config file (see XkbDisable in the XF86Config man page).
With this extension enabled, you may see some differences in the
keyboard mappings.
o A new extension called XFree86-DGA is now provided. This allows
a client program to get direct access to the video card's
memory. This is implemented for most of the servers/drivers
that can support it. Connections are only allowed from clients
using a local connection type (e.g., DISPLAY=":0"). For details
of the client-side API, see the XF86DGA(3) man page, and the
file README.DGA.
o An implementation of the XInput extension is now included. It
has support for the following devices:
+ Joystick (Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD only)
+ Wacom tablet (Wacom IV protocol only)
+ Elographics touchscreen
+ SummaSketch tablet
+ Mouse
Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) manual page and the xinput document
for configuration details.
o The default black and white pixel values are now black = 0 and
white = 1 for all servers. This may be swapped with the
`-flipPixels' command-line option.
o Underscore characters are now ignored in Options and keywords in
the XF86Config file.
o The built-in X server malloc is used by default.
o A problem that can cause the X server to crash when running
xvidtune has been fixed.
o Bitmap fontpath elements can have ":unscaled" appended to
prevent the fonts from being treated as scalable. This works
with the fontserver (xfs) too.
o *The PEX and XIE server extensions can now be dynamically loaded
for Linux/ELF, FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD.
3.3. XF86Setup
o 3.2 includes a new, graphical utility for X server configuration
called `XF86Setup'. NOTE: this utility requires that you have
the VGA16 server installed, as well as the server specific to
your video card.
3.4. PC98 Support
o Support has been added for PC98 machines. These are Intel based
machines which are common in Japan.
o Support has been added for the PANIX-PC98 SVR4.0 OS.
o The following PC98-specific X servers are included:
+ XF98_NECS3 PC98 NEC(S3) server.
+ XF98_PWSKB SKB-PowerWindow(S3) server.
+ XF98_PWLB PC98 PowerWindowLB(S3) server.
+ XF98_GA968 GA-968V4/PCI(S3 968).
+ XF98_TGUI Cyber9320 and TGUI9680.
+ XF98_NKVNEC NKV-NEC(cirrus) server.
+ XF98_WABS WABS(cirrus) server.
+ XF98_GANBWAP GANB-WAP(cirrus) server.
+ XF98_WABEP WAB-EP(cirrus) server.
+ XF98_WSNA WSN-A2F(cirrus) server.
+ XF98_EGC EGC(generic vga16) server.
+ XF98_NEC480 PEGC-480(generic vga256) server.
3.5. XInput Extension
o Motion history support is included for XInput devices.
o XInput drivers are now dynamically loadable for Linux/ELF,
FreeBSD, and NetBSD.
o Multiple instances of XInput devices may be specified.
3.6. S3 server
o Support for the S3 Trio64V+.
o *New server (XF86_S3V) for the S3 ViRGE and ViRGE/VX. Note that
this server is very new, and is considered "beta". Please
report any problems with it.
o Support in the S3 server for the AT&T 20C409 and 20C499 RAMDACs.
o Some potential problems with the way the accelerator is used
have been fixed.
o A new driver has been added for the 868/968/Trio64V+ which uses
the new MMIO mode available with these chips. This new driver
is used by default for these chips on Intel platforms, but not
yet on Alpha platforms. It can be enabled for Alpha platforms
by specifying:
Chipset "NewMMio"
If you see any problems with the new driver, please let us know.
It is possible to disable this new driver and use the old one by
specifying:
Chipset "mmio_928"
in the Device section. Please test the new driver before disabling
it, and for any problem you see, also check if it happens with the
old driver, and let us know (even if the old driver fixes the prob-
lem!).
o An initialisation problem with some VideoLogic cards has been
fixed.
o Support for the ELSA Winner 2000PRO/X rev G and ELSA Gloria-8
(except the GLint 300SX 3D chip) has been added.
o Problems with S3 dashed lines are fixed.
o Added options "slow_dram" and "slow_edodram" to avoid pixel
errors on the display for some broken cards.
o A Ti3026 clock problem that appears on some SPEA cards has been
fixed.
o Code has been added to automatically detect the Trio32 bug that
causes font cache problems. When detected, a workaround is
activated..
o Framebuffer address problems with some 1MB Trio64 VLB cards
should be fixed.
o The low ICS5342 clock limit has been removed.
o Detection of Diamond S3 cards has been improved. If you've
needed to use the "diamond" option to avoid screen wrapping in
previous releases, try removing it and let us know if there are
any problems.
o Memory parameter calculations for 2MB Trio64 cards have been
fixed. If you've needed to add something like "S3MClk 170" to
your XF86Config with previous versions, you should remove it
now.
o The handling of the S3RefClk XF86Config setting has been fixed
for cards with an IBM Ramdac.
o Support for S3 and Bt485 HW cursor in doublescan modes.
o Fix positioning of IBM RGB Ramdac HW cursor in interlace and
doublescan modes (the cursor shape still isn't correct).
o Improved linear fb detection for PCI cards. In particular this
should allow most Trio64V+ cards to use the linear fb, which
seems to prevent a lot of the lockups that have been reported.
o Support for the ELSA Elsa Winner2000PRO/X-2,4 Rev.G which uses
an ICS9161A clock chip as well as the Ti3026 RAMDAC (clock
doubling not supported yet).
o The default InvertVCLK settings have been changed for #9 Motion
771 cards and Hercules Terminator 64 Pro cards. If you have
needed to add Invert_VCLK lines to your XF86Config file to avoid
screen wrapping with version 3.1.2, please remove them when
testing this version. If there are problems with the new
defaults, please report them to us.
o *Text clipping performance has been improved.
3.7. Mach64 server
o Most problems in the handling of block_write have been fixed.
Nevertheless, you still might need to add the "no_block_write"
option to your XF86Config if the BIOS doesn't correctly
initialise the chip.
o Screen blanking for some Mach64 CT cards running at 16bpp and
32bpp has been fixed. Problems remain for some revisions of the
CT chip.
o The Mach64 server supports the VT and GT chipset. The GT is
also known as "3D Rage". The newer 3D Rage II is not yet
supported.
o A problem with olvwm icons has been fixed.
o A problem with ghostview scrollbars has been fixed. This may
also fix some Netscape font problems that have been reported.
o The Mach64 CT (also known as the 264CT or 215CT22200) chip is
now supported. This chip has a integrated RAMDAC and clockchip,
and is used on some Graphics Xpression and WinBoost cards.
o The Mach64 GX-F (GX rev 3) is now supported.
o The IBM RGB514 RAMDAC is now supported (as used on the ATI
Graphics Turbo Pro 1600).
o The memory base should now be correctly detected for VLB cards.
If you've needed to add a `MemBase' line to the XF86Config for
previous versions, please try removing it, and let us know if
there are any problems.
o Cursor colour problems at 16bpp/32bpp mode with some RAMDACs
have been fixed.
o Errors in detecting some RAMDACs (like the CH8398) should now be
fixed.
o 8 bit-per-RGB mode (when running at 8bpp) is now the default for
RAMDACs that support it.
o Hardware cursor mask problem has been fixed.
o Support for the AT&T 20C408 RAMDAC/Clockchip has been added.
o Arbitrary clocks can be used on most cards with supported clock
chips.
o Hardware cursor color problem on Mach64 CT, VT and GT chips at
16bpp and 32bpp has been fixed.
o Doublescan mode is supported on VT and GT chipsets. The
hardware cursor is not correctly displayed in doublescan modes,
but functions correctly. No other Mach64 chipsets can support
an accelerated doublescan mode.
o Video noise on certain CT, VT and GT chips has been eliminated
(on nearly all cards) or reduced as much as possible (on certain
CT based cards).
o Clock chip programming accuracy has been greatly improved on CT,
ET, VT and GT based cards. This may result in modes that were
set up for a previous release not being displayed as before.
With the xvidtune program, you can adjust the screen to work
with the now correct clock programming.
o *The reliability of the Mach64 detection code has been improved.
3.8. Mach32 server
o Hardware cursor mask problem has been fixed.
o *16bpp support has been added for the AT&T 20C490 and Bt481
RAMDACs.
o *Some VT switching problems have been fixed.
3.9. W32 server
o Support has been added for the ET6000
o Support has been added for the ICD2061A clock chip (which is
used on the Diamond Stealth 32).
o The server's reporting of bits/RGB resolution has been fixed.
o Support for the STG1703 RAMDAC/clock has been added. Clocks up
to 135MHz should be OK. To use the programmable clock add the
following line to the Device section of the XF86Config:
ClockChip "stg1703"
o Options have been added to allow PCI burst mode and W32
interleaving to be turned on or off. The XF86Config Device
section entries for these are:
Option "pci_burst_on"
Option "pci_burst_off"
Option "w32_interleave_on"
Option "w32_interleave_off"
o Support has been added for the ICS5341 programmable clock. To
enable this, add the following lines to the Device section of
your XF86Config file:
Ramdac "ics5341"
ClockChip "ics5341"
o Problems that could cause the W32 server to crash at startup or
get stuck in a loop at exit have been fixed.
o *Some drawing bugs have been fixed.
3.10. AGX server
o Fix for clock probing with AGX-010 chips.
3.11. I128 server
o A new server for the Number Nine Imagine 128 card is included.
This server is currently not accelerated.
o Support has been added for the Series 2 cards.
o Support has been added for 8MB cards.
3.12. TGA server
o *A new server for the DEC 21030 (TGA) is included. This is only
available for Alpha machines. This server is currently not
accelerated.
3.13. SVGA/VGA16/Mono servers
o A PCI probe has been added to these servers. If it causes
problems, it can be disabled by adding the line:
Option "no_pci_probe"
to the Device section in your XF86Config file.
3.14. VGA16 server
o A problem preventing the StaticGray visual from working has been
fixed.
3.15. ET3000 driver (VGA16 server)
o VGA16 support has been added to the ET3000 driver.
3.16. Trident driver (SVGA server)
o TGUI9440 is now fully supported by the SVGA server.
o Major updates for most of the trident family of chips.
o TGUI9660/9680 chipsets are now fully supported
o Check README.trident distributed with this release for full
details.
3.17. Ark driver (SVGA server)
o The Ark driver will now detect the ARK2000MT, but it is treated
as an ARK2000PV.
o A problem which caused the server to crash when no Ramdac was
given in the XF86Config file has been fixed.
o ICS5342 clock support (required for the Diamond Stealth64
Graphics 2001 series) has been added. To enable this, add the
following lines to the Device section of your XF86Config file:
Ramdac "ics5342"
ClockChip "ics5342"
Do not include any Clocks lines in your XF86Config file.
o Panning has been fixed for ARK2000PV cards with 2MB of video
memory.
o *Some basic BitBlt acceleration has been added.
o *24bpp packed pixel support has been added for some
cards/RAMDACs.
o *Memory bandwidth problems have been fixed.
o *Hardware cursor support has been added.
3.18. ET6000 driver (SVGA server)
o *This driver includes support for linear memory and 16bpp, 24bpp
and 32bpp operation. Note, this support isn't currently present
in the W32 accelerated server.
3.19. Alliance ProMotion driver (SVGA server)
o A driver for the Alliance ProMotion 6442 has been added (from
Alliance Semiconductor). This has not been thoroughly tested.
3.20. NVidia NV1 / SGS Thomson STG2000 driver (SVGA server)
o *A driver for the NV1/STG2000 has been added. This chipset is
used on the Diamond Edge 3D card. This is a very new driver,
and is considered "beta". It includes support for 8bpp and
16bpp.
3.21. Matrox Millennium driver (SVGA server)
o *A driver for the Matrox Millennium (mga2064w) has been added.
This is a very new driver, and is considered "beta". It
includes support for 8bpp, 16bpp, 24bpp and 32bpp. The
acceleration capabilities of this chipset are only used to a
very limited extent at this stage.
3.22. Cirrus driver (SVGA server)
o Support has been added for the CL-GD5446, CL-GD5462 and CL-
GD5464.
o Support has been added for the CL-GD7543.
o Support for the CL-GD754x series of laptop chips is included,
but it appears to be broken in this release.
o The programmable clock code has been improved to avoid unstable
settings.
o *Some FIFO setting problems have been fixed.
o *Packed 24bpp support has been added for the 54xx.
o *Some problems with 16bpp for a 1MB 5434 have been fixed.
3.23. SiS driver (SVGA server)
o Support is included for the SiS 86C201 PCI graphics card.
o 256 colour support has been added.
o SiS 86c202 and 86c205 somewhat work when "sis86c201" is
specified as chipset.
3.24. Chips and Technologies driver (SVGA server)
o This driver has been significantly reworked.
o Support has been added for the 65546, 65548, 65550 and 65554.
o Linear addressing support for the 65530 and above.
o 16bpp and 24bpp (packed) support for the 65545 an above.
o BitBLT and some other acceleration for the 65545, 65546, 65548
and 65550.
3.25. ALI driver (SVGA server)
o Interlaced modes now work with this driver.
3.26. ATI driver (SVGA server)
o Mach64 support has been improved.
o The driver name has been changed back from "vgawonder" to "ati".
o Support is included for most recent Mach64 cards.
o The "undoc_clocks" option has been removed. If you had been
using it, remove it from your XF86Config file.
o A colourmap problem with VGA Wonder V3 boards has been fixed.
3.27. WD90C24 driver (SVGA server)
o A problem with snow at high clocks has been fixed.
3.28. Compaq AVGA driver (SVGA server)
o The Compaq AVGA driver has been disabled in this release because
it doesn't work, and nobody seems interested in fixing it.
3.29. Hercules mono driver
o The Hercules mono driver has been disabled in this release
because it has problems, and isn't likely to be fixed soon.
3.30. Client/Library changes
o Support for most vt220/vt320 escape sequenced has been added to
xterm.
o Support for ddterm's escape sequences has been added to xterm.
o The termcap and terminfo entries for xterm have been updated in
line with the new features present. These entries are not
completely compatible with earlier versions of xterm.
o xdm's session handling on BSD OSs has been fixed.
o Some buffer overrun problems which can lead to security problems
have been fixed in libXt and libX11. At least one of these
problems has been used to exploit the setuid xterm.
o POSIX termios support has been added for xterm on most BSD
systems. This removes the need for the BSD kernel to built with
the COMPAT_43 option.
o As part of the change to X11R6.1, the shared library revisions
for libX11, libXaw, libXext, and libXtst have been incremented
to 6.1.
o The client-side library code for the XFree86 extensions and the
ScreenSaver extension has been moved into separate libraries.
The old libXExExt has been removed.
o Colour support is now included by default in xterm. It isn't
enabled by default, but can be enabled with the +cm command line
flag, or by setting the `colorMode' resource to `true'. I18N
support in xterm has been improved (as part of X11R6.1). If
you've previously been using one of the many "color_xterm"
variants, try this and let us know if you have any problems.
o xdpyinfo has been updated to provide more detailed information
about the XInput extension and the XFree86 extensions.
o The setting/examining of extended screen saver parameters has
been added to xset (was in xvidtune). xset can now also be used
to set the keyboard repeat parameters.
o The following new clients have been added:
+ dga -- a test program for the XFree86-DGA extension.
+ xsetmode, xsetpointer -- programs for use with the XInput
extension.
o The xdm security fix from the X Consortium's R6 fix-13 is
included.
o xconsole has been updated for Unixware 2.x.
o XNLS support has been added for KOI8-R.
o xrdb dynamically allocates string space to avoid overruns.
o A memory overrun problem in xterm has been fixed.
o An "AllowNullPasswd" resource has been added to xdm.
o libXt bug fix from the X Consortium's R6 fix-13.
3.31. xf86config utility
o Incorrect handling of IBM RGB Ramdacs has been fixed.
3.32. SuperProbe
o Added detection for C&T 65548, Cirrus CL-GD7543/1, AT&T 20C409,
AT&T20C499, and fixed an incorrect ET4000/W32 probe problem.
o Much improved detection for Mach64 cards.
o Improved detection for Trident cards.
o Added detection of SiS, ARK, S3 ViRGE cards.
3.33. Fonts
o The Cyrillic fonts have been updated.
4. Installing the XFree86 3.2 Release
The XFree86 3.2 binary release is distributed as a full release, not
as an upgrade.
What follows is a list of the XFree86 3.2 components. There may be
some variations in this for some OSs.
The following are required for all installations:
preinst.sh Pre-installation script
postinst.sh Post-installation script
X32bin.tgz Clients, run-time libs, and app-defaults files
X32doc.tgz Documentation
X32fnts.tgz 75dpi, misc and PEX fonts
X32lib.tgz Data files required at run-time
X32man.tgz Manual pages
X32set.tgz XF86Setup utility
X32VG16.tgz 16 colour VGA server (XF86Setup needs this server)
The following is required for new installations, and optional for
existing installations:
X32cfg.tgz sample config files for xinit, xdm
NOTE: Be very careful about installing X32cfg.tgz over an existing
installation if you have customised your xinit and/or xdm config
files. Installing X32cfg.tgz will overwrite any existing files. If
you do have customised files, there is no need to install X32cfg.tgz.
The following X servers are for PC/AT hardware. Choose at least one
which matches your hardware, as well as the VGA16 server. The VGA16
server is required by the new configuration utility (XF86Setup).
X328514.tgz 8514/A server
X32AGX.tgz AGX server
X32I128.tgz I128 server
X32Ma32.tgz Mach 32 server
X32Ma64.tgz Mach 64 server
X32Ma8.tgz Mach 8 server
X32Mono.tgz Mono server
X32P9K.tgz P9000 server
X32S3.tgz S3 server
X32S3V.tgz S3 ViRGE server
X32SVGA.tgz SVGA server
X32VG16.tgz 16 colour VGA server (XF86Setup needs this server)
X32W32.tgz ET4000/W32, ET6000 server
The following X server is for Alpha hardware.
X32TGA.tgz DEC 21030 (TGA) server
The following X servers are for PC98 hardware. If you have a PC98
machine, choose one which suits your hardware. If you don't know what
a PC98 machine is, you don't need any of these.
X329NS3.tgz PC98 NEC(S3) server
X329SPW.tgz PC98 PCSKB-PowerWindow(S3) server
X329LPW.tgz PC98 PowerWindowLB(S3) server
X329EGC.tgz PC98 EGC(generic) server
X329GA9.tgz PC98 GA-968V4/PCI(S3 968) server
X329GAN.tgz PC98 GANB-WAP(cirrus) server
X329480.tgz PC98 PEGC-480(generic) server
X329NKV.tgz PC98 NKV-NEC(cirrus) server
X329WS.tgz PC98 WABS(cirrus) server
X329WEP.tgz PC98 WAB-EP(cirrus) server
X329WSN.tgz PC98 WSN-A2F(cirrus) server
X329TGU.tgz PC98 TGUI server
The following are optional.
X32f100.tgz 100dpi fonts
X32fcyr.tgz Cyrillic fonts
X32fnon.tgz Other fonts (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hebrew)
X32fscl.tgz Scalable fonts (Speedo and Type1)
X32fsrv.tgz Font server and config files
X32prog.tgz X header files, config files and compile-time libs
X32lkit.tgz X server LinkKit
X32lk98.tgz PC98 X server LinkKit
X32nest.tgz Nested X server
X32vfb.tgz Virtual framebuffer X server
X32ps.tgz PostScript version of the documentation
X32html.tgz HTML version of the documentation
If you already have a version of XFree86 installed, MAKE A BACKUP OF
/usr/X11R6 BEFORE DOING ANYTHING ELSE. The standard installation
procedure will overwrite your existing version of XFree86.
If you are installing from scratch, create a directory called
/usr/X11R6, then extract the required .tgz files. If you don't have
enough space in /usr for this, create a directory elsewhere and create
a symbolic link to it. E.g., if you create a directory in /home:
mkdir /home/X11R6
ln -s /home/X11R6 /usr
The next step is to run the pre-installation script. This script
makes some preliminary checks of your system. For some OSs, it may
tell you to install new versions of some system components before
proceeding with the installation. This script also removes outdated
files and symbolic links from a previous installation that may cause
problems.
Copy the preinst.sh script to /var/tmp, then go to /usr/X11R6 and run
it:
cd /usr/X11R6
sh /var/tmp/preinst.sh
The .tgz files are gzipped tar files. To extract them, go to
/usr/X11R6, and run the following as root for each file you need:
gzip -d < X32file.tgz | tar vxf -
On some OSs, you might get some "Broken Pipe" messages. Providing
there are no other messages associated with this, they can be safely
ignored. Note: You should not be running X while doing this installa-
tion. Doing so may cause the installation to fail, or cause your X
session to crash.
If you are using NetBSD or FreeBSD, a more reliable (and highly
recommended) way of doing this is to extract the .tgz files with:
gzip -d < X32file.tgz | tar -v -x --unlink -f -
If you have GNU cpio (as Linux does) or SVR4 cpio, a more reliable
(and highly recommended) way of doing this is to extract the .tgz
files with:
gzip -d < X32file.tgz | cpio -i -v -d -u -H ustar
Once the required .tgz files have been extracted, copy the postinst.sh
script to /var/tmp, then go to /usr/X11R6 and run it:
cd /usr/X11R6
sh /var/tmp/postinst.sh
For OSs which use ldconfig (like Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD), you
should either run ldconfig or reboot to complete the installation. On
FreeBSD and NetBSD, ldconfig takes arguments. In particular, you
should at least include /usr/lib and /usr/X11R6/lib on the command
line. Check /etc/rc to see how ldconfig gets run at boot time.
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