On Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 06:07:53PM -0700, Steve Bowman wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 10:19:09PM -0000, Paul Keenan wrote:
> > I get the dim grey/green console effect (framebuffer
> > console) and also some intermittent font corruption
> > problems in most X programs.
>
> I haven't seen any font corruption, only severe dimming.
Same here.
>
> >
> > I'm using ThinkPad 600X which has the NeoMagic
> > MagicMedia256ZX [nm2360 chip] using the 'neomagic'
> > driver.
>
> I'm using a Diamond Viper V770 (TNT2) with nv driver. This is on
> the Hurd. I haven't try 4.x on Linux yet since I need that system for
> "real" work :-).
>
I have a TNT2 Ultra (I think a diamond of some sort). And XF86 4.0
works fine for 'real work' on Linux for me (except for this one
problem.
> >
> > Both problems went away when I changed the colour depth
> > from 24bpp to 16bpp.
> >
> > Might be worth a try ?
>
> I'm only using 16bpp. I can't remember if I tried any other depth or not.
> I'll give it a shot next time I look at it (may be a few days).
I'll try this too.
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