On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 11:31:24 +0100, Richard wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I'm just come back to FlightGear again after a long time doing other > things. I built it from scratch using the CVS sources of SimGear and > FlightGear, plus plib-1.8.4. My system is Linux-2.6.16 based (AMD XP > 2.8G with 512Mb), compiled with gcc-4.1.1, and I have Xorg-7.0.0 built > from scratch too, with MesaLib-6.4.2. ..what distro, LFS? > Everything almost works fine :-) Except: > > Clouds are black. The top left-hand quadrant of 2D panels switches > violently between correct, upside down and various positions in > between. When I run Atlas, I get atlas maps peppering the terrain > instead of the usual patterns. > > Now, all this looks like a problem with the graphics subsystem. It's > an ATI Radeon 9550 running under the new Xorg-7.0 R300 driver. ..your 9550 is old enough to work properly on the radeon driver. I'm on Debian Sid, with xorg-7.0.20 but on a 128 bit 9250. Put your /var/log/Xorg.0.log, dmesg, lspci -vvv etc on your web server and post the url here. On Thu, 1 Jun 2006 11:47:17 +0100, AJ wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thursday 01 June 2006 11:31, Richard A Downing FBCS CITP wrote: > > Clouds are black. The top left-hand quadrant of 2D panels switches > > violently between correct, upside down and various positions in > > between. When I run Atlas, I get atlas maps peppering the terrain > > instead of the usual patterns. > > Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I might correct it? > > Fit a nvidia graphics card? :-) > > If your card is supported by ATI's binary-only drivers I would try > those to see if it cures the problem. ...and report the potential X ati/radeon bug, even if ATI's binary or AJ's Nvidia card works for you. ;o) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
