Regarding: Screen flicker on Toshiba 780CDM Laptop
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XFree86 Version: 4.2.0
OS: RedHat 8.0
Area: Xserver
Server: XF86_S3V
Video Card:
S3 ViRGE/MX
S3 SDAC
Description:
screen has serious flicker on Toshiba laptop. It appears flicker cannot be seen when
viewing a black on white or white on black screen. When colors are introduced (i.e.
the default blue desktop screen under GNOME), the flicker is really bad.
Also, the screen flares really bright, changes colors, splits and rolls when X is shut
down or an init 3, init 6 or logout is done. For instance, when an init 6 is
entered, the screen will flare and roll and nothing is visible on the screen until the
machine is completely shut down and is doing a reset. It is impossible to run under X
and then do an init 3 or ctl-alt-bkspace to go back to the console as the screen will
just flare, roll, and split with lines through it until the system is manually reset.
This laptop worked correctly under RH7.0 (Xserver 3.3.6?) And it also worked under
Mandrake 9.0 but only when installed using the X servers 3.3.6 option offered by
Mandrake. It would not work when installed with the 4.2.0 X servers.
XF86Config file
# File generated by anaconda.
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Anaconda Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
# The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "dri"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
# Option "AutoRepeat" "500 5"
# when using XQUEUE, comment out the above line, and uncomment the
# following line
# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
#Option "XkbVariant" ""
#Option "XkbOptions" ""
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
HorizSync 31.5-48.5
VertRefresh 40-70
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Device"
# no known options
Identifier "S3 ViRGE/MX (generic)"
Driver "s3virge"
VendorName "S3 ViRGE/MX (generic)"
BoardName "S3 ViRGE/MX (generic)"
#BusID
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "S3 ViRGE/MX (generic)"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
This bug form won't let me paste the log file here for some reason.
Repeat By:
startx and see screen flicker
ctl-alt-bkspace and see screen flare, roll, split with lines.
do init 6 and see screen flare, roll, etc., and nothing is visible on the screen until
the system is totally shutdown and is in the reset process.
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