Re: [XFree86] Graah! Andrew Smash!

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On Wed, 1 Oct 2003, Andrew A. Gill wrote:

> > I finally decided to install all of the errata for my system, and now I'm
> > having trouble with X.  Meta trouble.  Every time I try to explain it, I
> > keep saying things like ``the pictures are in the right place, but the
> > widgets are all in the top quarter of the screen.''

> > Which causes most people to say ``Huh?'' and then, ``Can you provide a
> > screenshot?''  But since the text for the menus is in the quarter, it
> > becomes very difficult to take a screenshot.

> > So I'm asking for some help.  I've got the screenshot here:

> > <http://www.frontiernet.net/~superluser/screen.jpg>

> > I think my explanation is pretty clear, but I seem to be alone in this
> > opinion.

> > Does anyone know what's going on?  I'm running kernel 2.4.21, and while
> > this happens on 4.1.0-25, I'm running 4.0.3 right now, and so I can't send
> > the XF86Config file (unless someone really wants me to upgrade and thinks
> > it'll help).

> > I also attempted to install XFree-4.3.0-2, but it keeps whining about
> > kernel-drm 4.3.  (I'm running 2.4.21, darn it!  It oughta be current
> > enough!)

> Well, I got 4.3.99.11-0.3 installed, but I'm still having the same
> problems.  That's on an ATI Rage98 (PCI version, I don't have an AGP
> port).  Listed below are links to my XF86Config, XF86Config-4 and
> var/log/XFree86.0.log (it looks like the time zone's been reset to UTC,
> I'll have to correct that...).

> <http://www.frontiernet.net/~superluser/XF86Config>
> <http://www.frontiernet.net/~superluser/XF86Config-4>
> <http://www.frontiernet.net/~superluser/XFree86.0.log>

> And it didn't whine about kernel-drm.

It wouldn't, given there's no support for it with Mach64 variants.

> Suggestions?

What effect does Option "NoAccel" have?

Marc.

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