Ok, this announcement lags a few days from XFree86 4.3.0-6 actually going into rawhide, because I forgot to announce it. ;o) Basically, I've updated patch0 to the current stable branch "xf-4_3-branch" which contains only stable patches that were commited after 4.3.0 was released. It isn't a lot of stuff as XFree86.org is extremely overprotective of the stable branch and generally doesn't commit anything there. Nonetheless, a few fixes were picked up. Various drivers have received some bugfixes and stability enhancements which I've backported from CVS HEAD, some of which I believe really should be commited to xf-4_3-branch of CVS, but that's not my call. There are a few semi-experimental patches included, but the risk factor is quite low. So far no new bug reports or regressions have been reported, but many bug reports have been closed as fixed now. Drivers updated in this release include "nv", "siliconmotion", "trident", "rendition", and "r128". For complete details of the changes since 4.3.0-5, see the RPM changelog below, or for more full details, read the comments at the top of the individual patches themselves. These RPMS are useable on Red Hat Linux 9 only, and there are no new dependancies introduced by them on other packages currently. To upgrade, download all of the new XFree86 4.3.0-6 RPMS, and do: rpm -Uvh *.rpm Some people prefer to use -Fvh instead, and they're free to try that, however you may encounter dependancy problems when files move from subpackage to subpackage, or when they are removed or other issues. "-Uvh" doesn't have this problem, however it will install XFree86 packages you didn't have installed previously. As always, after upgrading, please feel free to discuss here problems that are now fixed for you, or problems that arise in the new packages. File all bug reports in Red Hat bugzilla against "rawhide", indicating you're using Red Hat Linux 9 with XFree86 4.3.0-6 from rawhide. If you file a bug report it is critically imprtant to use bugzilla file attach to attach your X server log and config file, and to explain the problem in as much detail as possible, with complete step by step instructions on how to reproduce. The more information provided, the higher the priority of the bug report, and the more likely I might be able to find a fix or solution of some kind in the future. Thanks for testing. Here is the changelog since 4.3.0-5: * Thu Apr 24 2003 Mike A. Harris <mharris@xxxxxxxxxx> 4.3.0-6 - Apply XFree86-4.3.0-xf-4_3-branch-2003-04-26.patch to update to the latest fixes from the xf-4_3-branch stable branch of XFree86 CVS - Removed XFree86-4.3.0-radeon-R300-fix-pll-value-from-cvs.patch as it is incorporated into the stable branch above: - Added XFree86-4.3.0-libXfont-null-pointer-dereference-fix.patch which fixes a null pointer dereference in libXfont - Added XFree86-4.3.0-siliconmotion-Xv-stability-fix.patch to fix siliconmotion driver for mode switching and SEGV problem when initializing Xv functionality - Added XFree86-4.3.0-Xserver-non-pc-keyboard-fix.patch to fix problem on non-PC keyboards caused by changes to make SysRq generate the same keycode as PrtScrn - Added XFree86-4.3.0-nv-graphic-engine-setup-reset-fix.patch to stabilize VT switching and server startup/shutdown - Added XFree86-4.3.0-nv-new-chip-ids.patch which adds new PCI IDs for GeForce FX and Quadro FX - Added XFree86-4.3.0-nv-riva-dualhead-fixes.patch to fix problems that can arise on newer chipsets on dualhead configurations - Added XFree86-4.3.0-nv-filter-imagerect-pixel-range.patch to fix a problem where the HW filter would include pixels outside of the image rect being displayed. - Added XFree86-4.3.0-nv-dpms-workaround-for-broken-monitors.patch - Added XFree86-4.3.0-nv-unresolved-symbols.patch to add missing vgaHWUnmapMem - Added XFree86-4.3.0-rendition-disable-cause-of-SEGV.patch - Added XFree86-4.3.0-trident-half-a-jittered-screen.patch to fix bug in the trident driver that caused old cyber 9382/9385 chipsets to display a half jittered screen - Added XFree86-4.3.0-Xserver-limit-440EX-440LX-to-32-pci-busses.patch - Added XFree86-4.3.0-xaa-trapezoid-filling-bug.patch in a rare 8x8 pattern fill case in XAA generic code - Added XFree86-4.3.0-Xserver-Xineramify-Xscreensaver-extension.patch to make screensavers work in dualhead Xinerama mode - Added XFree86-4.3.0-Xlib-XOpenDisplay-SEGV-fix.patch to fix many places in Xlib which could segfault due to not checking to see if it has received as much data as needed, causing it to potentially read uninitialized memory - Added XFree86-4.3.0-mga-manpage-overlay-option.patch which better documents the Matrox Overlay option as many people are confused by this - Added XFree86-4.3.0-r128-unresolved-symbols.patch to add various symbols missing from symbol lists that generate errors when DRI is disabled -- Mike A. 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