On Wed, 4 May 2005, Benedek Frank wrote:
In my Sony Vaio Laptop (PCG-C1VRX/K) I have an ATI Rage Mobility Mach64 P/M chipset. This chipset while works in the Xfree86 4.3 version when displaying 640x480, but not when using with 1024x480 for 16 or 24bit. With 8 bit it works. What I get in 16 and 24 bits is a Grayish screen filling up the whole LCD.
I found googling around pn a Japanese site, that somebody has the same problem, but being a Japanese site, the translation wasnt so clear, so I didnt understand what happened, just that 4.5 works fine with the chip. I upgraded to 4.5, and Voila, the 1024x480 works like a charm in 16 and 24 bit as well. However, now KDM and KDE doesnt show a single letter or digit, just squares everywhere instead of writing. I installed twice, first telling it not to overwrite the fontconfig, but that caused square fonts, so I installed secondly, telling to update the fonts config, and still the same problem. I am not an expert, so I dont know where to go , what to do.
My distribution is Debian Sarge with 2.6.11 kernel. I have some Japanese fonts installed ttf-sazanami-mincho and gothic, I installed while using Xfree4.3 with 640x480 and they worked fine.
Does xterm display properly? If so, you likely clobbered your font path when upgrading.
Marc.
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