Late Release Notes for XFree86/OS2 3.3.6
(last updated: 09 Jan 2000)

This file contains latest information that did not make it into
the documentation by the time the version 3.3.6 was finalized.

- XFree86-3.3.6 is a bugfix and feature update to 3.3.5.
  To update, you usually only need a new server binary.
  The documentation still frequently refers to the version 3.3.5 or older.
  If so, it also applies to 3.3.6.

- XFree86-3.3.5 had a nasty BIOS problem specific to OS/2. This should have
  been fixed now.

- You might wonder what happened to 3.3.4 under OS/2. This version was 
  never released. Simply skip from the last version 3.3.3.1 to 3.3.6.

- Read the XOS2FAQ.HTM file which comes with this distribution.
  This file is HTML code and is best read with a Web reader, e.g. explore
  or netscape. It is located in the \XFree86\lib\X11\doc directory.

- An all-time-problem as it seems, is probably the behaviour of Matrox BIOS 
  vs. PCI card detection. If you have a Matrox card (Millenium, Mystique, 
  G100, G200) and find your screen in an odd 320x200 mode, and the server 
  output claiming to have detected a "Generic VGA" card with 64K, then 
  manually add the option
        PCIProbe2
  to the "ServerFlags" section of your XF86Config file.

- Xprt, Xnest, and Xvfb are still broken in this version, and are not in the
  distribution (Xprt.zip, Xnest.zip, Xvfb.zip) even if some other
  docs claim the converse. These three programs are not too interesting
  anyway, IMHO.

- XFree86-3.3.6 has been tested with Warp4/noFP, Warp4/FP9, Warp4/FP12
  and WSeB (Aurora, Ver. 14.039F_UNI).
  In general, XFree86 is rather independent from FP fixes, so if you have
  problems they are most likely not to be influenced by up- or downgrading
  the FP level. Exception video drivers: some corruption problems switching
  between XFree86 and PM result from defective or bad written PM drivers,
  and either upgrading to a new version, as well as in some cases returning
  to an older version may changes something.

- If you run WSeB, you must install the most recent XF86SUP.SYS driver
  version 1.511 which is included in the Xbase.zip archive. Older versions
  will cause a kernel trap.
  
- Reporting bugs:

  There is the official XFree86/OS2 bugs page <http://set.gmd.de/~veit/os2/xf86bugs.html> 
  which is updated when new bugs are found (maybe even together with
  a workaround). Please consult this page before reporting a bug.

  Read the FAQ and ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS that are available before claiming
  something is a bug.

  Older versions, such as 3.2, 3.3.3.*, etc. are no longer supported, once 
  XFree86-3.3.6 is available. I won't react to bug reports that refer
  to old code (unless you find out that XYZZY worked with an old version
  of XFree86, and now no longer does).

  See the FAQ about the information needed to report a problem.

- Commercial users: there is no warranty, nor do you have any title 
  on getting an immediate fix. Read the file COPYRIGHT for details.

- If you would like to write an article in a newspaper or magazine about this
  system, please feel free to do this (but understand: you get what you
  have paid for - it is usually considered as bad style to bash on software
  which you get for free).