On Die, 2002-10-01 at 22:26, Mr.Fletcher wrote: > Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > As I said, you don't need a Modeline, in fact not even a Modes line in > > the display subsection. > > /usr/share/doc/xserver-xfree86-dri-trunk/examples/XF86Config-4.radeon > > might work out of the box. > great! with this configuration i've been finally able to run xfree86 on > my powerbook!!! i had to correct the keyboard settings, but it was non > problem. > > unfortunately it still have some glitches... starting or quitting xfree > sometimes leaves the display somehow "scrambled". it has horizontal > disturbs, much like a slightly out of sync TV. restarting X seems to > correct the problem. this problem seems to appear at random, with no > regular pattern. out of 10 start-quit cycles (20 switches) it happened a > couple of times: the first time i started X and, after several restarts, > on quitting it. > > what could it be? any idea on how to solve the problem?
It's a radeonfb buglet. Switching between X and console also helps. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
