unfortunately I didn't read this thread earlier... a friend of mine had the same problems under Gentoo a while ago...
2006/5/17, Douglas Andrade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Interesting, i would never guess by your description that it was a > xscreensaver problem. > Great that it is solved. > > > On 5/17/06, Ralph Alvy < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > > > _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
