Diagonal Lines in X


Subject: Diagonal Lines in X
john.newsom@bsd405.com
Date: Mon Aug 07 2000 - 10:02:57 MDT


Chris, I have X windows running successfully in 242 bit color in both KDE and
Gnome. I am a newbie, so haven't messed at all with using different x servers.
I did make some changes to my yaboot.conf file and to my XF86config which seem
to have worked. See below. Many thanks to other list members for their
postings.

John Newsom

yaboot.conf
-----------
timeout = 0

image = hd:9,\vmlinux
    label = linux
    root=/dev/hda10
append="video=atyfb:vmode:14,cmode:24,mclk:71 adb_buttons=103,111"
-------------

Screen section from XF86config. I deleted other resolutions to force X into 24
bit depth.

# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of screen sections may be present. Each describes
# the configuration of a single screen. A single specific screen section
# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"
# option.
Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen 1"
    Device "r128"
    Monitor "Studio17"
    DefaultDepth 24
    Option "BackingStore"
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 8
        Modes "1024x768"
        ViewPort 0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 24
        Modes "1024x768"
        ViewPort 0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

> Hello,
>
> I am having a problem with diagonal lines that appear in windows and on the
> desktop when using KDE or Gnome desktop environments on a 99 Powerbook G3
> with the 1.2 distribution. I am using the XPMac server. I have tried both
> the Enlightenment and Sawmill window managers and the problem still occurs
> with both of these managers.
>
> I switched to the XPMac server to get video accleration on the PBG3. I did
> not have the diagonal line problem when using FBDev without accleration.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Chris
>



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