[ltp] XFree4.0.2 and Silicon Motion

[Christian Schneider]

Hi Douglas,

On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Douglas E. Mitton wrote:

> Then I found I was getting "redraw" and reliability erros as I like to
> switch between the GUI and the text console a lot.  The GUI would be
> displayed half off the screen, or wouldn't display until I typed a key or
> similar problems.

Yes I know that one. My main problem is solved as I switched to 16bit
display. 24bit seems to have been too much though that's what I use with
Win98.

I still have some drawing errors, mosty when I mark text in netscape but
it certainly is usable now.
 
> Next, I decided I liked the framebuffer text console.  After I
> de-activated Aurora it would stay in 800x600 text mode and that was very
> nice SO I started using the XF86 framebuffer driver.  I manually edited
> /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 again and changed "siliconmotion" to "fbdev".  It is
> not the fastest GUI but it is super reliable and I don't get any of the
> "redraw" errors I had before.

I am afraid the whole point of my upgrading X was to get rid of the
framebuffer device. I don't know how many RAM and what processor to have
but I found it really to slow.

> Now, on another note, do you have the external 3.5" drive working?  I can

I am sorry, I don't even have a floppy drive.

Regards,

Christian
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Christian Schneider

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