The first XFree86 4.5.0 release candidate is available. Source and some binaries can be found at: ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/snapshots/4.4.99.901/ Documentation is at: http://www.xfree86.org/4.4.99.901/ Preview documentation for 4.5.0 is at: http://www.xfree86.org/~dawes/pre-4.5/ This release candidate marks the start of the intense testing phase for the 4.5.0 release. Most platform build/packaging issues should be resolved at this point, but if you run into any, let us know. The focus now is on run-time and correctness testing. Run-time testing is basically running the release candidate in your usual environment and reporting problems you find. Correctness testing consists of running the xtest suite. If you are interested in running the xtest suite, you can find the source with this release candidate. Information about how to build and run the xtest suite can be found in the test/xsuite/NOTES.xf86 file that is part of the xtest source. If you find any run-time or correctness problems, or run into any problems building or running the xtest suite, please report details here. If you haven't already done so, this release candidate would be a good time to test the XFree86 automatic configuration feature. It was first available with the 4.4.0 release, and has been improved since then. It currently works on most Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Solaris/ix86 platforms. You can try it out easily without affecting your existing configuration. The quickest way to do this is to run: XFree86 -autoconfig which will start up the XFree86 server without any applications. You should see the familiar X stipple background and be able to move the "X" cursor. You can exit this with <Ctrl><Alt><Backspace>. If that looks OK, try running your usual X session with: startx -- -autoconfig If you find any problems with this, please send details. The goal of the automatic configuration feature is for the XFree86 server to run in a usable form without any user intervention on a majority of platforms. It works by maximising the amount of configuration that can automatically be detected within the XFree86 server, by using an external rule-based mechanism to make the best choices of video driver and video driver options, and by providing fallbacks to ensure that the XFree86 server will run in some form in nearly all situations. The TODO list for the 4.5.0 release is: 1. Testing, testing, and more testing. 2. Update the documentation, especially the release notes. If you have updates for the documentation, send them here. 3. Resolve issues with the DRM source. 4. Did I mention testing? :-) Enjoy! David _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
