On Fri, 23 Aug 2002, Juraj Bednar wrote: >Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 10:37:59 +0200 >From: Juraj Bednar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [email protected] >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Subject: Re: trident and new xfree86 packages > >Hi, >> > I've just wanted to give a try to Branden's latest XFree86 4.2.0 >> > packages. I decided to do this, because 4.1.0 from woody freezes every >> > few minutes (a known problem). I have Trident Microsystems 3DIm`age 975 >> > (rev 243) card. >> > >> > The problem with the new packages is, that the colors are totally >> > wrong. I run any application like xmms and black is black, white is >> > white, but anything else is wrong. >> [snip] >> >> Maybe it's worth trying the trident_drv.o from >> http://www.xfree86.org/~alanh/ ? > >did not help. I tried to copy the driver from Mandrake (where it worked >correctly) and it did not help either, still the same problem. I think >it's not driver dependant for me, it has to be somewhere else than in a >driver. I also tried 4.1.0 driver, which was displaying the colors >correctly, but it did not work either. > >Maybe you could help me fix the freezing bug in 4.1.0, which works :). >The problem occurs, when I move windows, resize them or play a movie (so >in some intensive situation). Then the screen turns while with several >black vertical lines. It's a hard freeze (can not ping the machine, >the keyboard does not react). Then sometimes when I push the reset >button, I have to press it again, because system starts booting without >video card initialized (or at least I don't see the display).
Try: ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris/testing-drivers/trident_drv.o It is a newer version of Alan's driver which seems to be very stable for most users. Hope this helps. -- Mike A. Harris Shipping/mailing address: OS Systems Engineer 190 Pittsburgh Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, XFree86 maintainer Ontario, Canada, P6C 5B3 Red Hat Inc. http://www.redhat.com ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris
