No, the card is not broken. X is. Upgrade to XFree86 4.x (pref. 4.1.0) to
fix this (should be in the ports tree, if not, cvsup/cvs the new ports
tree). Also, this should enable DRI (definitely will on Linux. It's supposed
to work in FreeBSD, but I've never tested it.)
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Lahaye [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 3:24 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Newbie]ATI Rage 128: stray text on root window



Hi,

I have ATI Rage 128, running XFree 3.3.6 on FreeBSD PC.
Lines that should appear in a window (xterm, netscape etc.),
these lines appear every now and then randomly on the
root background window.

When I have 
Option "no_accel"
in the Device section of XF86Config, the problem is solved.
However, this makes it very slow.
(See below for the "X -probeonly" output).

Any idea what this means?
Why is there a problem when I use the graphics-card's
acceleration? Is the card broken?

Anything else I can do to solve or analyze this problem?

Thanks for help and advice,

Rob.
[please cc your reply also to my personal email address - thanks]

X -probeonly output:

XFree86 Version 3.3.6 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
Release Date: xx November 2000
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer
than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE i386 [ELF] 
Configured drivers:
SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 1):
NV1, STG2000, RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2, RIVA ULTRA TNT2,
[...]
i810, i810-dc100, i810e, Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, smi, generic
Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0)
(using VT number 6)

XF86Config: /etc/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) XKB: model: "pc101"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/mouse, buttons: 3
(**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "r128"
(**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "Primary Monitor"
(**) FontPath set to
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled,/usr/
X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/X11R6/li
b/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100
dpi"
(--) SVGA: PCI: ATI Rage 128 RF rev 0, Memory @ 0xe0000000, 0xde000000, I/O
@ 0xd800
(--) SVGA: r128: PLL parameters: rf=2950 rd=65 min=12500 max=25000;
xclk=9000
(--) SVGA: chipset: r128
(--) SVGA: videoram: 16384k
(**) SVGA: Option "noaccel"
(**) SVGA: Option "dac_8_bit"
(**) SVGA: Using 16 bpp, Depth 16, Color weight: 565
(--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 250.000 MHz
(**) SVGA: Mode "1280x960": mode clock = 139.000
(**) SVGA: Mode "1152x864": mode clock = 125.000
(**) SVGA: Mode "800x600": mode clock = 75.000
(**) SVGA: Mode "640x480": mode clock = 48.000
(--) SVGA: Virtual resolution set to 1280x960
(--) SVGA: SpeedUp code selection modified because virtualX != 1024
(--) SVGA: r128: ATI Rage 128 RF (AGP)
(--) SVGA: r128: Using hardware cursor
(--) SVGA: r128: Acceleration disabled




 
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