I'm confirming this problem on my Thinkpad 770. The fix, using the 4.1.0 driver, is also working for me. If this fix cannot be put in the distribution, put it on a readme or something like that and make it *easy* to fix the problem.
On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 23:05, Vincent Meyer, MD wrote: > Hi, > > We're in deep freeze, and it doesn't look like a fix if forthcoming for the > weird textures and funny colors that happen with XFree86-4.2.0 and the > trident 9397-dvd used in some laptops. I KNOW i'm not the only one > having this problem. This problem is there with the XFree packages as > of this morning. > > The 4.1.0 driver works with the 4.2.0 server with only minimal > problems.. the only problem i've seen is that the Xv extensions don't work. > At least the rest of it works. Reverting to 3.6 is NOT a good option. > > Please, can we include the old driver as well, maybe make it > trident_410_drv.o or something, and make the installer aware that this > is a problem? > > Also, what troubleshooting has been done on this indicates that part > of the problem is in the driver's init code.. once it messes up the colors, > the only way to see if they're right again is to power off and power the > computer back on again - which means testing the X settings during > install with the defective driver will make it impossible tell if the system > works after changing the driver - even if a different driver is loaded that > WILL work. > > The installer can detect the Trident 9397DVD correctly. Would > be nice if it used the 4.1.0 driver by default. This chip was used in > Gateway Solo 9100 machines with DVD player (chassis E6) and some > IBM Thinkpads. There may be other machines as well, but from what > I've seen, all of them have the same problem with the weird colors and > textures. Finding the XFree 4.1.0 rpm's on the web, installing them, > copying the driver to a neutral place, re-installing 4.2.0, then copying the > driver into the appropriate directory is not exactly newbee friendly! > > Is this a do-able change? > > V. >
