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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Darin Strait" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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 > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
