Tony Alfrey wrote:
> Since you mention it, I will tell you my Mandrake problem and you may
> comment if you have an idea. I have twice loaded up different Mandrake
> versions, including 8.0 that I got from the Linux conference. It seems
> to install fine, but when I get to testing the X config, I get very
> strange behavior. It looks like the various X graphics layers needed
> to make GUI items like a button, text field, colored background, get
> shifted so that they don't all overlap. Then when the X log-in manager
> appears, and later the KDE desktop, the problem remains, making the
> desktop unusable. I had a similar problem with the Lizard graphic
> install of Caldera 3.1; poor resolution and then each successive step
> in the installation process appears on top of the previous one as if
> they were all transparent, making the screen unreadable after about
> three screens. Is it possible that this is some problem with my
> graphics card (an on-board Cirrus Logic chip) in the way it talks to
> the X server??
It would certainly seem to be a graphics card problems, but I have never trusted any
built in
cards and always used an add-in card, since I had a problem moons ago with a built in.
I have a friend, yes I can boast at least one, who has a similar built rig and is into
multimedia and he had similar problems with Cladera so installed Mandrake. We have
experimented
and so far its far better than 3.1, as far as we are concerned, plus we are waiting
now for the
release of 8.1. That again is another point, in that they had a beta for 2-3 weeks
another now
and a release due in about 2 weeks, no long delays.
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