Currently the X11R5 server only works under mach2.5/2.6 We are recompiling it for mach3.0 right now.. Look for it soon :) FILES ===== X11R5bin.tar.Z binaries for X11 Release 5 X11R5lib.tar.Z libs and config for X11 R5 X11R5include.tar.Z includes for X11 Release 5 X11R5man.tar.Z mans for X11 R5 These are meant to be installed in /usr/X11R5 . To install, make and enter a directory /usr/X11R5 and untar these 3 files. If you already have R4 installed in /usr/X11, just rename it and make a symbolic link from X11 to X11R5 and everything should probably 'just work'. If it doesnt, check your links for /usr/bin/X11, /usr/lib/X11, and /usr/include/X11 to see if they're going to the right places now in X11R5. If you don't already have R4 installed, create the links for /usr/bin/X11, /usr/lib/X11, and /usr/include/X11 to go to the appropriate directories in /usr/X11R5, set your path accordingly, and you should be set. To config the server, there's really only one file you need to play with: lib/Xconfig . You will need to adjust this file to your specific configuration before you run X. The first thing you'll need to check will be the display mode. I think right now, it's set for 1024x768 non-interlaced. To switch it to interlaced, just change the 1024x768 in the Display part to 1024x768i . Next, you'll need to figure out which entry contains the correct timings for your monitor/video card and comment out the other entries for that mode. I'm not going to discuss HOW to chose the right entry because it's been discussed at length in comp.windows.x so read it there if you need to. I think its set up for a ProDesigner Plus (et4000 chip) in 1024x768 non-interlaced on an NEC Multi-Sync monitor. If that's what you have, don't touch it. It works fine. Perfect, in fact. :-) If you've been reading comp.windows.x or comp.sys.mach, you'll know that once the server has been started, you can't get back to a sane console. Because of this, you HAVE to run xdm if you want to log in on console. Also, something I just noticed like yesterday, is that xload doesnt seem to be working. It pops up the window ok, but never updates. I've left the binary in the tar file just because im lazy to take it out. When we get it fixed, I'll replace the bad one with it. If someone already has a working xload, send it to us and we'll put it in. The X11R4 xload that came from cmu apears to be working fine, so you'll have to use that one.. In bin, there are two additional programs that didn't come with the distribution that were put in there because I LIKE them: missileX (renamed to xmissile) and xv (gif/jpeg/... viewer/editor). Further questions/comments/recommendations welcome. Send them to: mach@vernam.cs.uwm.edu