Re: VGA Textmode Restore Broken [Was: Re: Problems with xfree86 4.0.1d - Compac Armada 1500c (CT69000+DSTN)]

2000-11-10 Thread Sam TH
On Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 06:07:53PM -0700, Steve Bowman wrote: > On Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 10:19:09PM -, Paul Keenan wrote: > > I get the dim grey/green console effect (framebuffer > > console) and also some intermittent font corruption > > problems in most X programs. > > I haven't seen any font

Re: VGA Textmode Restore Broken [Was: Re: Problems with xfree86 4.0.1d - Compac Armada 1500c (CT69000+DSTN)]

2000-11-10 Thread Steve Bowman
On Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 10:19:09PM -, Paul Keenan wrote: > I get the dim grey/green console effect (framebuffer > console) and also some intermittent font corruption > problems in most X programs. I haven't seen any font corruption, only severe dimming. > > I'm using ThinkPad 600X which has

Re: VGA Textmode Restore Broken [Was: Re: Problems with xfree86 4.0.1d - Compac Armada 1500c (CT69000+DSTN)]

2000-11-10 Thread Sam TH
On Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 06:07:53PM -0700, Steve Bowman wrote: > On Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 10:19:09PM -, Paul Keenan wrote: > > I get the dim grey/green console effect (framebuffer > > console) and also some intermittent font corruption > > problems in most X programs. > > I haven't seen any fon

Re: VGA Textmode Restore Broken [Was: Re: Problems with xfree86 4.0.1d - Compac Armada 1500c (CT69000+DSTN)]

2000-11-10 Thread Steve Bowman
On Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 10:19:09PM -, Paul Keenan wrote: > I get the dim grey/green console effect (framebuffer > console) and also some intermittent font corruption > problems in most X programs. I haven't seen any font corruption, only severe dimming. > > I'm using ThinkPad 600X which has

RE: VGA Textmode Restore Broken [Was: Re: Problems with xfree86 4.0.1d - Compac Armada 1500c (CT69000+DSTN)]

2000-11-10 Thread Paul Keenan
I get the dim grey/green console effect (framebuffer console) and also some intermittent font corruption problems in most X programs. I'm using ThinkPad 600X which has the NeoMagic MagicMedia256ZX [nm2360 chip] using the 'neomagic' driver. Both problems went away when I changed the colour depth f

RE: VGA Textmode Restore Broken [Was: Re: Problems with xfree86 4.0.1d - Compac Armada 1500c (CT69000+DSTN)]

2000-11-10 Thread Paul Keenan
I get the dim grey/green console effect (framebuffer console) and also some intermittent font corruption problems in most X programs. I'm using ThinkPad 600X which has the NeoMagic MagicMedia256ZX [nm2360 chip] using the 'neomagic' driver. Both problems went away when I changed the colour depth

VGA Textmode Restore Broken [Was: Re: Problems with xfree86 4.0.1d - Compac Armada 1500c (CT69000+DSTN)]

2000-11-09 Thread Steve Bowman
On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 11:03:52PM -0600, Sam TH wrote: > On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 11:44:49PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 10:19:28PM -0500, Dan Christensen wrote: > > > > > - When I switch to a virtual console, it is quite dim. This goes away > > > if I suspend and

VGA Textmode Restore Broken [Was: Re: Problems with xfree86 4.0.1d - Compac Armada 1500c (CT69000+DSTN)]

2000-11-09 Thread Steve Bowman
On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 11:03:52PM -0600, Sam TH wrote: > On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 11:44:49PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 10:19:28PM -0500, Dan Christensen wrote: > > > > > - When I switch to a virtual console, it is quite dim. This goes away > > > if I suspend an

Re: Problems with xfree86 4.0.1d - Compac Armada 1500c(CT69000+DSTN)

2000-11-09 Thread Taketoshi Sano
4.0.1e (and 4.0.1-2 by Branden) does work on my IBM ThinkPad235 with C&T 6. Thanks! In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on "Thu, 09 Nov 2000 06:57:34 +0900", Taketoshi Sano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 4.0.1e has some updates on C&T driver, it does not use cfb now but uses fb. > > But I'm not sure if

Re: Problems with xfree86 4.0.1d - Compac Armada 1500c (CT69000+DSTN)

2000-11-08 Thread Sam TH
On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 11:44:49PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 10:19:28PM -0500, Dan Christensen wrote: > > > - When I switch to a virtual console, it is quite dim. This goes away > > if I suspend and resume my machine, but it didn't happen before. > > Any idea wh

Re: Problems with xfree86 4.0.1d - Compac Armada 1500c (CT69000+DSTN)

2000-11-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 10:19:28PM -0500, Dan Christensen wrote: > 4.0.1e, as packaged in 4.0.1-2, works for me! It's a good thing, as > 48 hours without X was almost more than I could take. :-) I'm very glad to hear this. > One interesting thing is that it seems I really do have a C&T69000, >

Re: Problems with xfree86 4.0.1d - Compac Armada 1500c (CT69000+DSTN)

2000-11-08 Thread Seth Arnold
* Dan Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001108 19:24]: > - What's a good way to test the speed of the X server? This is just > out of curiosity. Benchmarks aren't much of an indication of speed, but if you want one, you can see if x11perf does a good job. :) -- ``Oh Lord; Ooh you are so big; S

Re: Problems with xfree86 4.0.1d - Compac Armada 1500c (CT69000+DSTN)

2000-11-08 Thread Dan Christensen
Taketoshi Sano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 4.0.1e has some updates on C&T driver, it does not use cfb now but uses fb. > > But I'm not sure if this new version can solve this problem, the change > from 4.0.1d to 4.0.1e may be just irrelevant. 4.0.1e, as packaged in 4.0.1-2, works for me! It's

Re: Problems with xfree86 4.0.1d - Compac Armada 1500c (CT69000+DSTN)

2000-11-08 Thread Sam TH
On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 11:44:49PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 10:19:28PM -0500, Dan Christensen wrote: > > > - When I switch to a virtual console, it is quite dim. This goes away > > if I suspend and resume my machine, but it didn't happen before. > > Any idea w

Re: Problems with xfree86 4.0.1d - Compac Armada 1500c (CT69000+DSTN)

2000-11-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 10:19:28PM -0500, Dan Christensen wrote: > 4.0.1e, as packaged in 4.0.1-2, works for me! It's a good thing, as > 48 hours without X was almost more than I could take. :-) I'm very glad to hear this. > One interesting thing is that it seems I really do have a C&T69000, >

Re: Problems with xfree86 4.0.1d - Compac Armada 1500c (CT69000+DSTN)

2000-11-08 Thread Seth Arnold
* Dan Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001108 19:24]: > - What's a good way to test the speed of the X server? This is just > out of curiosity. Benchmarks aren't much of an indication of speed, but if you want one, you can see if x11perf does a good job. :) -- ``Oh Lord; Ooh you are so big;

Re: Problems with xfree86 4.0.1d - Compac Armada 1500c (CT69000+DSTN)

2000-11-08 Thread Dan Christensen
Taketoshi Sano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 4.0.1e has some updates on C&T driver, it does not use cfb now but uses fb. > > But I'm not sure if this new version can solve this problem, the change > from 4.0.1d to 4.0.1e may be just irrelevant. 4.0.1e, as packaged in 4.0.1-2, works for me! It'

Re: Problems with xfree86 4.0.1d - Compac Armada 1500c (CT69000+DSTN)

2000-11-08 Thread Taketoshi Sano
Hi. on "Wed, 8 Nov 2000 13:57:40 -0500", Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 01:11:41PM -0500, Dan Christensen wrote: > > What is 4.0.1e? Does it have relevant fixes for C&T chips? > > A new beta version of XFree86 from upstream. Thanks Branden for providin

Re: Problems with xfree86 4.0.1d - Compac Armada 1500c(CT69000+DSTN)

2000-11-08 Thread Taketoshi Sano
Hi. on "Wed, 8 Nov 2000 13:57:40 -0500", Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 01:11:41PM -0500, Dan Christensen wrote: > > What is 4.0.1e? Does it have relevant fixes for C&T chips? > > A new beta version of XFree86 from upstream. Thanks Branden for providi

Re: Problems with xfree86 4.0.1d - Compac Armada 1500c (CT69000+DSTN)

2000-11-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 01:11:41PM -0500, Dan Christensen wrote: > What is 4.0.1e? Does it have relevant fixes for C&T chips? A new beta version of XFree86 from upstream. Debian packages based on this new beta version should be installed into woody today. -- G. Branden Robinson |

Re: Problems with xfree86 4.0.1d - Compac Armada 1500c (CT69000+DSTN)

2000-11-08 Thread Dan Christensen
Taketoshi Sano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Maybe another C&T driver problem. Trying 4.0.1e, or rebuild with DEBUG > defined of chips_drv.o and libvgahw.a from the source would be recommended > in order to track the cause of this problem. What is 4.0.1e? Does it have relevant fixes for C&T chip

Re: Problems with xfree86 4.0.1d - Compac Armada 1500c (CT69000+DSTN)

2000-11-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 01:11:41PM -0500, Dan Christensen wrote: > What is 4.0.1e? Does it have relevant fixes for C&T chips? A new beta version of XFree86 from upstream. Debian packages based on this new beta version should be installed into woody today. -- G. Branden Robinson |

Re: Problems with xfree86 4.0.1d - Compac Armada 1500c (CT69000+DSTN)

2000-11-08 Thread Dan Christensen
Taketoshi Sano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Maybe another C&T driver problem. Trying 4.0.1e, or rebuild with DEBUG > defined of chips_drv.o and libvgahw.a from the source would be recommended > in order to track the cause of this problem. What is 4.0.1e? Does it have relevant fixes for C&T chi

Re: Problems with xfree86 4.0.1d - Compac Armada 1500c (CT69000+DSTN)

2000-11-08 Thread Taketoshi Sano
Hi. In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on Wed, 8 Nov 2000 02:23:29 -0800, on Re: Problems with xfree86 4.0.1d - Compac Armada 1500c (CT69000+DSTN), Seth Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BTW -- your XFree86.0.log said your kernel was > 2.2.something-presomething. Are you sure you

Re: Problems with xfree86 4.0.1d - Compac Armada 1500c (CT69000+DSTN)

2000-11-08 Thread Taketoshi Sano
Hi. In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on Wed, 8 Nov 2000 02:23:29 -0800, on Re: Problems with xfree86 4.0.1d - Compac Armada 1500c (CT69000+DSTN), Seth Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BTW -- your XFree86.0.log said your kernel was > 2.2.something-presomething. Are you su

Re: Problems with xfree86 4.0.1d - Compac Armada 1500c (CT69000+DSTN)

2000-11-08 Thread Seth Arnold
* boris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001108 02:08]: > when i try to run the new (xf86 4.0.1d) Xserver on my nootbook > compac armada 1500c (DSTN) - woody - 2.4.0-test10 ... > the system lockup ... > > /var/log/XFree86.0.log : [...] > (==) CHIPS(0): Write-combining range (0x4000,0x20) a)

Re: Problems with xfree86 4.0.1d - Compac Armada 1500c (CT69000+DSTN)

2000-11-08 Thread Seth Arnold
* boris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001108 02:08]: > when i try to run the new (xf86 4.0.1d) Xserver on my nootbook > compac armada 1500c (DSTN) - woody - 2.4.0-test10 ... > the system lockup ... > > /var/log/XFree86.0.log : [...] > (==) CHIPS(0): Write-combining range (0x4000,0x20) a)