[ltp] Thinkpad 770X (9549-71U) display shift?

Pekka Pessi linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
19 Nov 2002 01:38:06 +0200


Charles E Taylor IV <tomalek@mindspring.com> writes:
>That was my first thought.  However, no matter whether I slide the screen
>"left" or "right", the screen flickers a bit and reappears exactly the
>same place it did before -a couple of pixels too far to the left.  

>Hitting Fn-F8 puts the screen where it ought to be.

	I had the same problem with TP600 and X20. I think the problem
	is that the Thinkpad BIOS and X server have different view of
	proper video chip register contents.

	The problem went away with X24 (different video chip, newer
	BIOS, newer X).

					Pekka