From: Roger Whittaker <roger@suse-linux.co.uk>
To: Edgehill E-Mail Service <EdgehillIT@edgecoll.clara.net>
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.
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 <roger@suse-linux.co.uk>
To: Edgehill E-Mail Service <EdgehillIT@edgecoll.clara.net>
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.
On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Edgehill E-Mail Service wrote:
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From: Roger Whittaker <roger@suse-linux.co.uk>
To: Edgehill E-Mail Service <EdgehillIT@edgecoll.clara.net>
Cc: SuSe-Linux-UK-Schools <suse-linux-uk-schools@suse.com>
Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Odd Window Panes (Pains?)
Date: 18 February 2000 10:08
On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Edgehill E-Mail Service wrote:
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).
I've cut down the number of services running to no avail. Any
ideas?
System Cyrix 6x86MX, 48MB RAM, Generic Cirrus CL-GD5446 +2MB.
Everything
else standard.
In the meantime, I've gone back to RedHat on the second hard
drive
which
gives no probems.