RE: Thinkpad 770ED, Debian Sarge, new XFree 4.2.1
To the original poster:
I wonder if the videocard you have is a trident. If it is then I had the
same problem as yo, but on a desktop. I had this problem with some earlier
versions of xfree (probably 4.0) and then it went away in 4.1, but is back
in 4.2; all you have to do is to download .deb from here:
http://packages.debian.org/stable/x11/xserver-xfree86.html
then do 'dpkg -i xserver-xfree86.....deb' and then put package
xserver-xfree86 on hold so it does not get upgraded again. That's all.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Petzold [mailto:jpetzold@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 10:25 AM
> To: Darin Strait
> Cc: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Thinkpad 770ED, Debian Sarge, new XFree 4.2.1
>
>
> wow......hmmm.....I am stumped then sorry....try apt-get remove
> xserver-xfree86 and then comment out the sources in your apt
> sources that
> you got x 4.2.1 from and get x from stable...see what happens
> when you go
> back to 4.1....if it stays the same, I would have to think
> that you have a
> hardware issue since it worked fine before.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Darin Strait" <darin_strait@yahoo.com>
> To: "Jeremy Petzold" <jpetzold@earthlink.net>
> Cc: <debian-laptop@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 9:32 AM
> Subject: Re: Thinkpad 770ED, Debian Sarge, new XFree 4.2.1
>
>
> > I tried to uxe dpkg-reconfigure, but I never saw a question
> about the
> > frame buffer. So, I went in and changed the
> >
> > Option "UseFBDev" "true"
> >
> > to:
> >
> > Option "UseFBDev" "false"
> >
> > and:
> > HorizSync 28-49
> > VertRefresh 43-72
> >
> > to:
> > HorizSync 30-70
> > VertRefresh 50-90
> >
> > There was no noticable effect.
> >
> > What else can I try, short of removing all of my X packages and
> > reinstalling everything? I assume that I'll have to
> reinstall anything
> > that depends on X, like gnome, kde, openoffice, gnucash, etc., so I
> > really don't want to do that.
> >
> > -d
> >
> > On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 22:49, Jeremy Petzold wrote:
> > > try not using the kernel frame buffer. reconfigure the
> xserver-xfree86
> > > package and when you get to the part that asks about the
> framebuffer,
> say
> > > no. see where that gets you. some times that could hose
> your system.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Jeremy Petzold" <jpetzold@earthlink.net>
> > > To: "Darin Strait" <darin_strait@yahoo.com>;
> > > <debian-laptop@lists.debian.org>
> > > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 10:34 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Thinkpad 770ED, Debian Sarge, new XFree 4.2.1
> > >
> > >
> > > > did you do a "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" and a
> "dpkg-reconfigure
> > > > xserver-comon"?
> > > > see if that fixes it.
> > > >
> > > > also, what is your videocard? and how much ram does it
> have? X allows
> you
> > > to
> > > > specify more ram than your card actualy has if it is AGP and use
> system
> > > > resources to help in display.
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Darin Strait" <darin_strait@yahoo.com>
> > > > To: <debian-laptop@lists.debian.org>
> > > > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 8:21 PM
> > > > Subject: Thinkpad 770ED, Debian Sarge, new XFree 4.2.1
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I let my machine upgrade to the new XFree packages
> tonight, and my X
> is
> > > > > hosed.
> > > > >
> > > > > X does run (it might even be a little bit faster
> :-/), but it seems
> as
> > > > > if it's picked an improper color depth for the hardware -- the
> display
> > > > > looks solarized, sort of. The colors are wrong, but I
> can manipulate
> > > > > windows and my familiarity with my WindowMaker menu
> lets me remember
> > > > > where my stuff is. Clearly, this needs to be fixed, though.
> > > > >
> > > > > XFree doesn't seem to care what color depth I run at
> -- at each
> depth I
> > > > > tried I find that my colors are slightly differently
> wrong. For
> example,
> > > > > my xload, which is usually a black graph on a white
> background is
> now a
> > > > > grey graph on a black background. At a different
> color depth, the
> colors
> > > > > would be different, but still wrong.
> > > > >
> > > > > One thing I notice is that what should be gradual
> fades from one
> color
> > > > > to another, through many subtle shades, (like title
> bars, or the
> > > > > splashscreen from KDE) have been reduced to repeating
> patterns of
> > > > > unsubtle shades.
> > > > >
> > > > > What to do? I'm only moderately clued-in as far as X
> goes, but I've
> > > > > dpkg-reconfigured and apt-get remove/apt-get updated
> a few things
> with
> > > > > absolutely no progress.
> > > > >
> > > > > (I did fix my pex5 unresolved symbol error, though.)
> > > > >
> > > > > -d
> > > > >
> > > > >
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