On Sat, 2007-11-24 at 02:47 +0100, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 23 2007, at 18:58 +0100, Bin Zhang wrote: > > On Nov 23, 2007 2:54 PM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 23 2007, at 14:49 +0100, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > > > > > > > Sidenotes: > > > > > > > > Since installing the new driver some artifacts are visible around the > > > > mouse-pointer in its default "arrow" image ... Please let me know if > > > > > > This last line should have been saying: > > > "mouse-pointer on X in its default "arrow" image [ ... ]" > > > ^^^^ > > > > > > > a photo from that might help ... > > > > > > > > And the mouse is completely gone on the console .. haven't had time, > > > > yet, to google/explore that ... > > > > Try adding a line > > Option "SWcursor" "on" > > in Section "Device" of your xorg.conf.
That's a rather heavy-handed workaround - in particular, the SW cursor interacts badly with 3D acceleration and XVideo. > The problem seems being gone for the moment, without having changed > xorg.conf here ... Only legacy two-colour cursors are affected, not modern 32 bit ARGB cursors. > S-video unknown connection 800x600+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y > axis > ) 0mm x 0mm > 800x600 60.3* > > ## Note: There was no S-video connection that I knew about It can't be detected reliably, hence 'unknown connection'. > $ xrandr --output DVI-0 --auto > xrandr: cannot find crtc for output DVI-0 This is probably related to S-video, try something like xrandr --output S-video --off --output DVI-0 --auto If you think this could be handled better, please bring it up on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list. > And this: I saw this > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11796 > This was the main reason I compiled the fresh xf86-video-ati sources: > I thought the patch mentioned on this page would solve the scrambled > mouse image on X: it didn't, IIRC ... Both the xserver and xf86-video-ati workaround hacks are needed. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://tungstengraphics.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer
