Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.9.18
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1. Summary of new features in 3.9.18 compared with 3.9.17.
This section contains a brief summary of what has changed since the
previous snapshot. Unfortunately, only a small number of changes are
listed here. For detailed information, refer to the CHANGELOG
file in the xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86
directory in the
source tree. The sections that follow this one have details of features
that are new to the pre-4.0 snapshot series.
- The NVIDIA (nv) driver now uses MMIO for VGA port access and has
DDC support.
- The 8+24 support used by the Matrox (mga) and 3Dlabs (glint)
drivers is now a non-destructive overlay.
- The Xinerama extension has been completely rewritten for improved
performance and correctness.
- The server can now load/initialise extension modules that it
doesn't have built-in knowledge of.
- More PS/2 mice (Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer, Genius NetScroll
Mouse Optical, IBM ScrollPoint) and serial PnP mice (A4 Tech 4D/4D+,
MouseSystems SmartScroll, Logitech Cordless MouseMan Wheel, 8D
Scroll mouse) are recognized and supported. USB mice support is
also available in FreeBSD and OpenBSD.
- A DPS extension for XFree86 is currently under development. The DPS
client library is now part of the XFree86 source tree; the extension
code itself, however, cannot be integrated for licensing reasons and
is distributed separately. For more information, please consult
the
DPS site at SourceForge.
- The "apm" driver (Alliance Pro Motion) has been updated. Support
for the AT24 has been added in this release, and acceleration has
been improved. Further details can be found in the
APM section below.
- Preliminary support has been added to the X server for the extended
keys on some "Internet" keyboards.
- A new X server extension has been added for optimising access to
metric data for large fonts.
Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 3.9.18
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