From: michael@gandalf.moria (Michael Haardt) Subject: Re: The evitable question -- MGR Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 21:03:57 +0100
In article <84133@bcsaic.boeing.com>, paula@atc.boeing.com (Paul Allen,calamity) writes:
> Look on tsx-11.mit.edu in /pub/linux/packages/MGR (from memory). I've
> got this version working under Linux, and it appears to be about as
> solid as the Minix version was. Michael Haardt produced this version,
> which he calls 0.4. It's apparently based on the latest Sun version
> with bits and pieces from Linux people, Minix people, and Stephen Uhler
> himself. I had to "lean" on the sources a bit before I could get them
> to compile. Not all of the clients are ported, yet, so there's still
> room to make a contribution.
0.41 is on my HD, but due to local net problems, I can't put upload it
yet. I also get news with some delay. Some trivial compilation
problems like include files are fixed, some other minor bugs like scroll
regions too. The clients which worked under 0.3 now work again with the
transparent client/server protocol (no \r to \n mapping any longer). A
friend of mine who could test VGA stuff is just moving, so no news from
that. Some people claim that it works, others deny it. I can't test
anything right now.
Since scroll regions have a bug in 0.4 and most clients which compile
will *not* work, I removed 0.4 for now.
MGR never had a consistent version number (at least not visible to me,
with the original, MINIX ports and other stuff), so I started a new one
from 0.1 some months ago. This is a version number for the whole
package, not just the server.
> If you want, you can join the MGR channel of arl's linux-activists mailing
> list. Send mail to linux-activists-request@niksula.hut.fi to get an
> auto-reply explaining how the mailing list works. The activity level
> on the MGR channel fluctuates, and is generally insignificant when
> compared to the volume of X-related stuff.
True. Activity will get more in about two weeks, when I have more time.
First let me try to pass to exams and get four wisdom teeth pulled.
Then 0.5 will come out. I will work at VGA again and hope to have gdb
then on my system, to see what causes the rare crashes. I will also
test it on suns. Btw: I never had the _quit(): panic since weeks, so I
hope that I fixed that bug finally :)
Michael