[ltp] Screen flicker on 770 under 3.3.5

[Bradley W. Lanhgorst]

I just realized that the header was bad on my last reply - sorry for the
repost
> 
> Bill Mair wrote:
> >
> > Stefan Orosz wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Folks,
> > > I agree with Heiko,
> > > I had problems to even install RedHat 6.1 on TP 770ED (9549-5A0). After I
> > > downloaded RH 6.2 Beta, I was successfull to set up everything, including X, BUT
> > > -
> > >
> > > The screen in X (KDE) flickers, so that a longer work is impossible. The setup
> > > detected the Trident Cyber adapter and installed the SVGA x server.
> > >
> > > Could anyone help please? I'm an newbie with plans to study documentation under
> > > X and try to understand how things work. The first thing I need is a
> > > non-flickering screen.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for any help from you guys
> > >
> > > Stefan
> >
> > Hi Stefan,
> >
> > I wrote a patch for the 3.3.1 drivers which was included in a later release of XFree
> > exactly
> > relating to the Cyber Chip Set on the 770s.
> >
> > I also tried the 3.3.5 version of XFree and found the same as you did, flickering
> > etc.
> > So I just reinstalled my patched 3.3.1 XServer on top of the 3.3.5 one and it worked
> > fine.
> >
> > If I had more time I would look into the 3.3.5 code, but currently that is not
> > possible, maybe in another life. ;-)
> 
> I have a workaround for you.
> I had the same problem and dealt with it by switching to 32 bit color
> mode. Flicker is not perceptible in that mode, but obviously things are
> a bit slower than they should be.
> On top of that xmms distorts mp3s when i move windows around.
> 
> Maybe I'll look at bills 3.3.1 code and see what he did to fix this at
> lower color depth and see if i can see what happened to it in 3.3.6.
> 
> brad
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