On Saturday 13 October 2007, Chris wrote: > On Wednesday 10 October 2007, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 04:57:36PM +0200, Chris wrote: > > > oh.... I'm using an ati driver. It happens in XFCE too, not just KDE. > > > > > > Say, doesn't that suggest that its not the hardware or even the > > > driver?? > > > > nope. It suggests its not in some layer higher up than xorg. So it > > could be in xorg or its drivers or below (hardware). > > > > try booting a live-cd with (hopefully) a differnt version of xorg and > > see what happens. If the problem persists, then its likely hardware, > > because the live-cd will almost surely eliminate *all* the other > > variables (kernel, xorg version, wm version etc). > > > > A > > very good idea, I'll try that! > > C > > -- > C. Hurschler
No problems with a boot from a live CD. I noticed that it already appeared in kdm on boot, i.e. before logging into a desktop. I then installed gdm, upon which the problem dissapeared, even after a dpkg-reconfigure kdm back to kdm..... I'm just glad it's gone! Chris -- C. Hurschler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
