Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Odd Window Panes (Pains?) (fwd)

(And this ...) --------------------- Got the system working over 1/2-term. Tried a replacement video card (known working, same type, unbranded Cirrus CL-GD5446 1 or 2 MB) - no change. Ended up enabling the on-board video and re-installing both SuSE and RedHat (seperate drives for these) - horrible glitching with shared memory (a known problem with on-board video), but ran OK with SuSE (not RedHat). Video is SIS chipset, 2MB shared. Plugged in the original card (without disabling on-board, this happens automatically) - et voila! Perfect video most of the time - only the occasional transient trashing of a window. I assume that the card is not actually compliant with the standard for these chipsets, and providing one doesn't push for extreme performance, the SIS commandset is sufficiently compatible to work. Odd solution, but it seems to work. ----------

From: Roger Whittaker To: Edgehill E-Mail Service Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Odd Window Panes (Pains?) Date: 18 February 2000 11:45

Good luck: we're a bit baffled by this one as the card should work fine, and we're surprised that sax failed.

If you're still having problems next week let us know.

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Sorry, missed those in the posting - sax failed (utterly) after the first install, and it was xf86config, not xconfig I used last. The specification was exact, and several tries less than maximum spec for the card - it won't run without autoprobing, and keeps trying to set a 32-bit mode (unsupported) as the default for the card. I have tried different scan-rates and screen sizes (16 colour 640x480 is just SILLY!) with the same result in various colour and size schemes.

I'm beginning to suspect that the memory in the system (either RAM or video card) has gone out-of-spec (this box is made entirely out of OLD bits!).

Let's not worry about this one at the moment, though. Half-term next week, so I'll try a few swap-outs while I have time :)

Cheers, Paul.

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From: Roger Whittaker To: Edgehill E-Mail Service Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Odd Window Panes (Pains?) Date: 18 February 2000 10:53

Shut down X and try running sax from a text console (you need to be root).

Alternatively try running xf86config.

Make sure you specify the card and monitor exactly.

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From: Roger Whittaker To: Edgehill E-Mail Service Cc: SuSe-Linux-UK-Schools Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Odd Window Panes (Pains?) Date: 18 February 2000 10:08

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Hi,

Have just spent the last week (off and on) installing SuSE onto my Linux Box (twice).

X-server ran well, first time (a novelty after RedHat ;), but KDE is painfully slow. Restarted using Gnome (smaller and faster), but still slow. Tried AfterStep, better speed but less fun to use (hhos).

There is a common problem with all three - when dragging windows or scrolling the contents, various parts of the desktop (icons, taskbar or whatever) are displayed inside the window - repeated and often in diagonal stripes (as if the horizontal hol has unlocked)- which remain static, covering the window contents which are still present and clickable. resizing the window clears the garbage.

Sounds as if X is not configured right. How did you do it originally?

Initially YAST2, then YAST1, then XCONFIG (The best result uses the same settings as for RedHat, which is fine).

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I've cut down the number of services running to no avail. Any

ideas?

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System Cyrix 6x86MX, 48MB RAM, Generic Cirrus CL-GD5446 +2MB.

Everything

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else standard.

In the meantime, I've gone back to RedHat on the second hard drive which gives no probems.

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