On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 12:09:34PM +0200, Zacharias Enochsson wrote: > Hi, > > Any XFree guru willing to sink their teeth int this mystery? > > Summary of my problem: > I have problems with graphic objects that are moved on my laptop screen. > Widgets in windows that are dragged get red pixels around their borders. > Dragging up a selection box on the KDE desktop (and gnome, and any other WM > for that matter) results in some red pixels left on the desktop like > "pixel-dust". Same thing happens when dragging a window accross the desktop. > When scrolling on a web page, the images are sometimes filled upp with evenly > spaced lines of this red pixel-dust. It seems that the color of the pixel > dust depends on the resolution and ammount of colors. I have seen it green > for 32-bit colors. > > What I want to know is: > What the heck can I do to fix this? What is the issue here? I know it CAN be > fixed because when running XF86 v 3 under Mandrake 9.0 there was no problem. > (assuming I was using 16-bit color, otherwise same thing). I have seen a > report on the internet of a guy running redhat 6.3 on the same type of > computer who fixed it by tuning the server somehow. > > Unfortunately I am as of yet not very knowledgeable in terms of display > hardware and software, but I am willing to learn, I just need to be guided in > the right direction. > > My setup: > -I have a trident cyber 9525DVD video chip, > -I dont know the brand of my 800x600 (245mm x 185mm) Laptop display panel, > -I am running XFree 4.(version that ships with redhat 9). > -My chip is correctly detected, and I have selected "Generic Laptop Disply > Panel 800x600" for my monitor. > -The default settings with 800x600 and 16-bit color gives me a properly > functioning display apart from the problem mentioned above. > -Im running RedHat 9.0 on a Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook S-4510. > > PLEASE someone help!!!!
Can you send me a log from /var/log/XFree86.0.log Alan. _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
