Travis Willard wrote: > Ralph Alvy wrote: >> Ralph Alvy wrote: >> >> >>> I notice that, unlike other Linux installations I have, Arch Current >>> flickers quite a lot on my new SiS 661 onboard video box. I'm not sure >>> how to fix this. I have exactly the same xorg settings (as far as I can >>> tell) that are in place with my other Linux installations on this same >>> box, but only Arch Current has this problem. I even downloaded the >>> latest SiS video driver from the net just in case the one supplied by >>> Arch's package was old. >>> >>> The other installations that have no problem on this box are Mepis 6.0 >>> Beta 1, Kubuntu 5.10, and CentOS 4.3. And my Mepis installation uses >>> Xorg7, like Arch does. >>> >>> I use the stock Arch kernel26, however I even tried recompiling it with >>> SiS support (the stock doesn't have that), and it still flickers quite a >>> bit. >>> >> >> This problem is so bad, I have stopped using Arch Current on my SiS box, >> using it only only my i810 box. I just can't imagine why only Arch has >> the problem on my SiS box. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> arch mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch >> >> >> > > I had this exact problem with a machine at work with a SiS onboard card > - inside X, the video would flicker like nobody's business whenever I > typed or moved the mouse. If I did nothing, the screen was fine. My > solution was to get a Matrox agp card and use that. :P (ie. I couldn't > fix it.)
That's exactly what happens here with Arch Current. Using the keyboard or mouse makes it extremely undersirable to use. Seems like a radical solution to get a new card when it works with every other installation on this box, including those that use Xorg7. _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
