Re: x11: not again...

[Michel Dänzer <daenzer@relog.ch>]

Phil Fraering wrote:

> Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I tried out TigerT's suggestion of
> enabling the "UseFB" option. It still didn't work, but the failure
> mode was a lot interesting: there were a bunch of almost-horizontal
> diagonal stripes on the screen. (Unfortunately, the stripes weren't
> orange and black, or the synchronicity would be complete).
> 
> Also, control-alt-delete caused xwindows to terminate. That didn't
> happen in earlier versions.
> 
> So, at least the crashes are interesting, and I don't have to reboot,
> if I use the "UseFB" option. It's progress, IMHO.

Absolutely, as this means it doesn't crash, just the display isn't right.

Make sure you use a mode which has the full panel resolution (800x600 I
assume) as aty128fb can't stretch the display yet.


Michel


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