Oscar wrote: >Hi all, > >Mandrake 8.2 is a excelent distro, but I still have one problem. >With Mandrake 8.1 I could have the XFree 4.x, but with 8.2 I am forced >to use 3.3.6. > >When I select 4.2.0, I obtain a screen that blinks, that seems to be >unstable and with that it is not possible to to work. > >With my graphics card (ATI XPERT XL), the XFree 3.3.6 version has 3D >acceleration and the 4.2.0 version does not have it. Nevertheless, the >version 3.3.6 seems to be slower than the version 4.1 (which I had in >mandrake 8.1. working OK). I do not need 3D acceleration because I do >not use the computer to play games (I would like it, but I don't have >time)-:. I need a good 2D acceleration, and 4.x give (gave) this for me. > >Then, please, I need to know what can I do to get XFree 4.2 working in >my system. > >Thank you. > >PS: When I use XFdrake, this is the info of the config when I select the >4.2.0 version of XFree: >--- >XFree 4.2.0 > >Keyboard layout: es >Mouse type: IMPS/2 >Monitor: Generic|Monitor multi-frecuencia que soporta 1280x1024 a 74 Hz >Graphic card: ATI Xpert XL >Color depth: 4 billones de colores (32 bits) >Resolution: 1024x768 >XFree86 server: Mach64 >XFree86 driver: ati >--- > >And this is my working (but at slower speed) config reported by XFdrake: > >--- >XFree 3.3.6 > >Keyboard layout: es >Mouse type: IMPS/2 >Monitor: Generic|Monitor multi-frecuencia que soporta 1280x1024 a 74 Hz >Graphic card: ATI Mach64 >Graphic memory: 4096 kB >XFree86 server: Mach64 >XFree86 driver: ati >--- > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > OK, try to tweak some things
run XFdrake and configure _down_ your colors to 24 bits and see what happens... Try Option "nobitblt" Option "sw_cursor" See what happens Go to XFree.org and read the documentation on your particular card for this release... Usually there are a few notes on tweaks for special situations. Civileme
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