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 turns out to be known problem with xscreensaver 4.23. Upgrading to 4.24 solves it on my SiS box. A new Arch build for xscreensaver should appear soon, with the newer version. _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
