Got it resolved.  I reinstalled her notebook with Ubuntu Linux (still
based on debian), but which uses X.org instead of XFree86.  It was a
stupid-simple install (thanks Ubuntu!) and now mythtv "just works".

Cheers, -Brian


Brian Elliott Finley wrote:

>Help! 
>
>Trying to get wife's notebook working as a mythtv client.  My notebook
>works fine with the same configuration (different model), but her
>display is funky:
>
>    http://thefinleys.com/mythtv.jpg
>
>
>What you are seeing:  Family Guy episode on left (connected to the
>backend machine successfully), blue band, then desktop showing on the right.
>
>Misc. system details:
>
>    XFree86 4.3
>    Debian Unstable
>    mythtv 0.17 (also happened w/0.16)
>    Graphics chipset is: i810
>
>Any ideas would be most appreciated.
>
>Thanks, -Brian
>
>  
>

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