On Nov 24, 2007 10:49 AM, Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-11-24 at 02:47 +0100, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > > > > On Fri, Nov 23 2007, at 18:58 +0100, Bin Zhang wrote: > > > On Nov 23, 2007 2:54 PM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Nov 23 2007, at 14:49 +0100, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > > > > > > > > > Sidenotes: > > > > > > > > > > Since installing the new driver some artifacts are visible around the > > > > > mouse-pointer in its default "arrow" image ... Please let me know if > > > > > > > > This last line should have been saying: > > > > "mouse-pointer on X in its default "arrow" image [ ... ]" > > > > ^^^^ > > > > > > > > > a photo from that might help ... > > > > > > > > > > And the mouse is completely gone on the console .. haven't had time, > > > > > yet, to google/explore that ... > > > > > > Try adding a line > > > Option "SWcursor" "on" > > > in Section "Device" of your xorg.conf. > > That's a rather heavy-handed workaround - in particular, the SW cursor > interacts badly with 3D acceleration and XVideo. > > > The problem seems being gone for the moment, without having changed > > xorg.conf here ... > > Only legacy two-colour cursors are affected, not modern 32 bit ARGB > cursors.
Thanks. Bin > > > > S-video unknown connection 800x600+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y > > axis > > ) 0mm x 0mm > > 800x600 60.3* > > > > ## Note: There was no S-video connection that I knew about > > It can't be detected reliably, hence 'unknown connection'. > > > $ xrandr --output DVI-0 --auto > > xrandr: cannot find crtc for output DVI-0 > > This is probably related to S-video, try something like > > xrandr --output S-video --off --output DVI-0 --auto > > If you think this could be handled better, please bring it up on the > [EMAIL PROTECTED] list. > > > > And this: I saw this > > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11796 > > This was the main reason I compiled the fresh xf86-video-ati sources: > > I thought the patch mentioned on this page would solve the scrambled > > mouse image on X: it didn't, IIRC ... > > Both the xserver and xf86-video-ati workaround hacks are needed. > > > -- > Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://tungstengraphics.com > Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer >