> > Message: 7 > From: Kai Sattler <ksa@dmi.dk> > To: newbie@XFree86.Org > Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 11:38:51 +0000 (GMT) > Subject: XFree86 4.2 and Chips CT65548 > Reply-To: newbie@XFree86.Org > > > Hi, > > It looks like that I have a similar problem as Markus Klein. > (posting from Mon, 19 Aug 2002: ct65545 - (WW) CHIPS(0): ...) > > I have installed Slackware-8.1 (kernel 2.4.18-xfs-1.1) on my Olivetti > Laptop, which has a Chips & Technologies CT65548 video chip included. > The Linux distribution includes Xfree86-4.2.0. However, when starting the > X-server, my screen does not establish, even if I use the modelines which I > have used in older versions of XFree86. The screen mainly becomes white > starting at the top of the screen, and I have to kill the X-server with > CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE. > > I also tried several options described in README.chips, including > "UseModeline" and "FixPanelSize", but without any success. > > Then, I installed the binaries of XFree86-3.3.6 in order to check its > behaviour under the new Linux system. When starting the 3.3.6-server, using > my old modelines, the screen was perfect. > > I don't have any idea what is wrong when trying to use the 4.2.0-server. > Could something be wrong with the chips-driver of the 4.2.0-server? > > For your information, you can find below both the log from the 4.2.0 trial > as well as the log from starting the 3.3.6-server. > > Thanks a lot in advance for your help. > > Kai > Am a newbie at Linux but I had this problem too. Though with a different configuration. What I did was this: 1. Create a new user and see if the GUI comes up... (It did. So that localised the fault to a particular user) 2. In the home directory of the user for whom the screen would not draw, I found a .xintrc file (I think that was the name) whose size was 0 bytes. For safety's sake, I renamed that file and tried starting again. The screen came up. So I deleted the file i had renamed. :-) HTH Anil _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
