Which version of XFree86 are you using? I had understood that some AGP
cards had problems unless you were using 3.3.3. Unfortunately, I can't
remember where I read this. I do know that 3.3.2 works beautifully with my
STB Velocity 128 AGP card.
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Samy Elashmawy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Saturday, February 13, 1999 8:34 AM
Subject: [SuSE Linux] Vidio woes ..
>
>Diamond A50 AGP vidio card with 8Meg ram
>Asus P5A with AMDK6 350
>Mag DXT17T monitor.
>SVGA Server
>
>I am still haveing weird problenms with the image on the monitor.
>When using the SVGA server and a standard startx All text areas of the
>screen are black on black. this does not hapen with VGA_16.
>
>If I uncomment out Line 507 in xf86config , No accelleration , the
>sistuation improves , in that text is now visabl , but in balck letters on
>green back ground.Thw main window background is still in balck ( should be
>whit)
>
>
>If I use startx -- -bpp16 It gets a little better, However on using the
>desk top , ie bring up the yellow sticky note and closing it , the area
>behind the sticky note is balck.
>
>if you bring up a few windows .. n\move them , close them ect... You get
>some balck and white horizontal streeking , or just black wibndows. Some
>are streeked , sometime black back ground.
>
>Suse Tech on thirsday , thought it had to do with Color Depth or its not
>detecting the right amont of Vidio ram.
>
>WhenI uncommented Line 506 Vidioram 8192 and restart starx , instead of a
>mouse pionter I get a one inch square white box.
>
>Any Ideas Any one ??
>
>thanks
>
>Samy
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