Re: G400 high-res problem

[Aaron Solochek <leko@cmu.edu>]

Well, for what its worth, I am using a g400max with no problem, but not with xfree, with
acceleratedX.

-Aaron Solochek
 leko@cmu.edu

Greg Schulein wrote:

> On the contrary, every reply helps.  If others are using the G400
> successfully, I'll conclude my card is defective and get a replacement.
>
> Thanks,
> Greg
>
> Mark Zimmerman wrote:
> >
> > I'm using a G400 at 1280x1024x32bpp@85hz with XFree86 3.3.5 and have
> > no problems with it. My monitor is a Sony 400PS. I also recall that I
> > used 3.3.4 for a time without incident. The 3.3.4 experience was with
> > slink; now using potato.
> >
> > Sorry to have been no help.
> >
> > - Mark
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 28, 1999 at 07:13:51PM -0800, Greg Schulein wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm running a Matrox G400 with a Sony G500 display, on a slink system
> > > that's been upgraded (via apt) to XFree86 3.3.4.  The problem I'm
> > > getting is dark bands that flicker on the screen whenever the on-screen
> > > image is changing.  The scanlines under the dark bands also seem to be
> > > displaced a few pixels to the left compared to the rest of the
> > > scanlines.  The picture is fine whenever the image is not changing.  A
> > > "changing image" can be an animation, scrolling a window, or even typing
> > > (like now).  This problem is most pronounced at 1600x1200x32bpp@85Hz,
> > > but is present at lower resolutions and color depths as well.  Is there
> > > anyone else out there running a G400 under XFree 3.3.4 that is or is not
> > > having similar problems?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Greg
> > >
> > >
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