[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