Flashing screen in X with Chips 65540
Hi, When running X in 15 bpp or more using the xfree86 server and the specific model "chips 65540" on my Acernote 350 a lot of "trash" occurs on the screen when moving the mouse pointer or when there is any acticity on the screen. This can be fixed by entering the text-mode hardware APM configuration menu accessible through a button on the laptop and then returning to X shortly after. This is a bit annoying! Did any of you ever encounter similar problems? /Christian
Re: Flashing screen in X with Chips 65540
Daniel Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Similar case with me: When I do a LCD/CRT hardware switch (Fn+F5) and back > again, the problem is fixed, and X runs well. But terminating X, the > console, from which I started X, is crumbled and I have to do the same > again. I grabbed this from the Xfree86 website: "Textmode is not properly restored This has been reported on some configurations. Many laptops use the programmable clock of the 6554x chips at the console. It is not always possible to find out the setting that is used for this clock if BIOS has written the MClk after the VClk. Hence the server assumes a 25.175MHz clock at the console. This is correct for most modes, but can cause some problems. Usually this is fixed by switching between the LCD and CRT. Alternatively the user can use the "TextClockFreq" option described above to select a different clock for the text console. Another possible cause of this problem is if the kernel is compiled with the "APM_DISPLAY_BLANK" option. As mentioned before, this option should be disabled." I think this applies to Daniel's problem with restoring the textmode. Anyways, I will mail the Xfree86 project and ask if they know anything about this problem. /Christian
apm error messages
For some reason I get error messages while entering/leaving suspend/standby mode on my Acernote 350 laptop running Debian potato with a 2.2.14 kernel. This is what pops up on the screen: apm: set display standby: Unrecognized device ID apm: set display ready: Unrecognized device ID Does any of you have clue what causes this? /Christian
Status of battery
Hi, Using apmd on my laptop (Acernote 350) I can see if I am on-line (AC) or running batterypowered - but I am not able to get any info on the current charge. I heard that apmd needed to "feel" the battery fully charged and empty before being able to give info on the charge. I believe I've been through these situations. Also, I did compile my kernel (2.2.14) with APM-suppport. Any clues of what I could try? /Christian
