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. -- fedor. ---- The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from. -- Andrew S. Tanenbaum > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremy Petzold [mailto:jpetzold@;earthlink.net] > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 10:25 AM > To: Darin Strait > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Jeremy Petzold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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" <[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] > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? 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