Powerbook G4 and Radeon Mobility M6 LY

2002-06-27 Thread Patrick Sodre
Hi Guys, I don't have much error messages but the 4.2.0 version is not working using the ATI driver, it only produces a blank/black screen when X starts. The way around this, until the radeon driver works, is to use the "fbdev" driver. Regards, Patrick Sodre PS: Please cc

Re: kdm/wdm and ~/.xsession

2002-06-27 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 01:54:06PM +0100, Dave Swegen wrote: > Not sure if I'm being thick here (probably), but I can't get either kdm > or wdm to read ~/.xsession. /etc/X11/Xsession/Xsession.options contains > allow-user-xsession, and xdm works fine. Thought I'd check here before > filing it as a

Re: kdm/wdm and ~/.xsession

2002-06-27 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 01:54:06PM +0100, Dave Swegen wrote: > Not sure if I'm being thick here (probably), but I can't get either kdm > or wdm to read ~/.xsession. /etc/X11/Xsession/Xsession.options contains > allow-user-xsession, and xdm works fine. Thought I'd check here before > filing it as a

autodetecting TFT monitors

2002-06-27 Thread Othmar Pasteka
hi, [[ Please Cc me, as I am not subscribed to debian-x. thanks ]] somewhen i heard that the current X4.1 .deb packages would autodetect TFT monitors. true/false? since someone tried woody and the X installation and got a dialog box to enter frequencies although a tft was attached. disclaimer: i

Re: Radeon 8500 issues w/ 4.2-prev1

2002-06-27 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 11:33:17AM -0700, J. Imlay wrote: > I have tried several different setups with this, the 2D acceleration > driver that comes stock works except that xvideo puts a black layer on top > of the picture. (If I move the window fast, the movie will start to slide > out from under

Radeon 8500 issues w/ 4.2-prev1

2002-06-27 Thread J. Imlay
I have tried several different setups with this, the 2D acceleration driver that comes stock works except that xvideo puts a black layer on top of the picture. (If I move the window fast, the movie will start to slide out from under the black window on top of it.) I can fix this by first playing so

autodetecting TFT monitors

2002-06-27 Thread Othmar Pasteka
hi, [[ Please Cc me, as I am not subscribed to debian-x. thanks ]] somewhen i heard that the current X4.1 .deb packages would autodetect TFT monitors. true/false? since someone tried woody and the X installation and got a dialog box to enter frequencies although a tft was attached. disclaimer: i

Re: Radeon 8500 issues w/ 4.2-prev1

2002-06-27 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 11:33:17AM -0700, J. Imlay wrote: > I have tried several different setups with this, the 2D acceleration > driver that comes stock works except that xvideo puts a black layer on top > of the picture. (If I move the window fast, the movie will start to slide > out from under

Radeon 8500 issues w/ 4.2-prev1

2002-06-27 Thread J. Imlay
I have tried several different setups with this, the 2D acceleration driver that comes stock works except that xvideo puts a black layer on top of the picture. (If I move the window fast, the movie will start to slide out from under the black window on top of it.) I can fix this by first playing s

Re: 4.2 install report

2002-06-27 Thread Thatcher Ulrich
On Jun 27, 2002 at 10:05 -0400, Thatcher Ulrich wrote: > > BTW, can someone quickly explain what I do to try the new version of > the package? I'm a Debian newbie, so I only really understand the > basics of dselect/aptitude. Pardon the monologue, but I'm stuck about halfway through this upgrade

Re: xfree86_4.2.0-0pre1v1

2002-06-27 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 02:09:18PM +0100, John Gay wrote: > On Sun 23 Jun 2002 02:23, Branden Robinson wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 11:45:16PM +0100, John Gay wrote: > > > I jsut finished upgrading to the new x-window-system, but the > > > configuration failed? > > > > [...] > > > > > (**) GL

Re: 4.2 install report

2002-06-27 Thread Thatcher Ulrich
On Jun 27, 2002 at 12:17 -0400, Thatcher Ulrich wrote: > On Jun 26, 2002 at 06:19 -0500, Steve Greenland wrote: > > > I upgraded from whatever is in Debian unstable to 4.2.0pre1v1. > > Everything went smoothly, no problems. I can finally switch from the > > X console to another virtual console and

Re: 4.2 install report

2002-06-27 Thread Thatcher Ulrich
On Jun 27, 2002 at 10:05 -0400, Thatcher Ulrich wrote: > > BTW, can someone quickly explain what I do to try the new version of > the package? I'm a Debian newbie, so I only really understand the > basics of dselect/aptitude. Pardon the monologue, but I'm stuck about halfway through this upgrad

Re: xfree86_4.2.0-0pre1v1

2002-06-27 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 02:09:18PM +0100, John Gay wrote: > On Sun 23 Jun 2002 02:23, Branden Robinson wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 11:45:16PM +0100, John Gay wrote: > > > I jsut finished upgrading to the new x-window-system, but the > > > configuration failed? > > > > [...] > > > > > (**) G

Re: 4.2 install report

2002-06-27 Thread Thatcher Ulrich
On Jun 27, 2002 at 12:17 -0400, Thatcher Ulrich wrote: > On Jun 26, 2002 at 06:19 -0500, Steve Greenland wrote: > > > I upgraded from whatever is in Debian unstable to 4.2.0pre1v1. > > Everything went smoothly, no problems. I can finally switch from the > > X console to another virtual console an

Re: X server lockup with 2.4 kernel

2002-06-27 Thread Nick
> On Wed, 2002-06-26 at 09:17, Nick wrote: > > > > The server doesn't complete redrawing of the screen and gets stuck after I > > switch among virtual terminals. It happens in the following circumstances: > > > > - boot into a 2.4 kernel, currently 2.4.18. > > - Once X is running, CTRL/ALT/F1 t