Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Andre Berger wrote: > > > > I've just upgraded my potato box to progeny. There's a problem with > > xserver-xfree86 (4.0.1-12), the mga driver, and geometry. Vertical > > window borders are partly gibberish, like waves, and the text of lines > > between these parts is slanted to the right or left. This may sound > > poetic, but makes things really hard to read. Is this a known bug, am > > I supposed to write a bug report? > > > > Second, which TrueType-fontserver would you suggest? > > none. X handles tt fonts now. > > > Next, what's the best way to switch back to xserver-svga (3.3.6-x) > > if I find no fix for 4.x? > > not sure, you might try to just install it, or, if you did not > uninstall/remove/purge it, you might want to change where the X (it is a > link), or maybe the /etc/X11/Xservers? I am not sure, browse through the > config files and you'll find out how to set up default X. For test > purposes you can also directly run XSVGA (or whatever is the name of the > server, I do not have debian system accessbile right now), just to see > if it (still) works,,, > > they use different config files, X 4.x prefers XF86Config-4, X 3.x > uses XF86Config by default, so they should be able to coexists easily > (then again, AFAIK you can force them to use other config files so it's > not a big deal anyway) > > erik
Changing back to v3 was easier than I thought late at night -- mainly change the symlink /etc/X11/X to /usr/bin/X11/XF86_SVGA. Sorry for that stupid question. Andre
