Nikhil Sonie wrote:
> Hello all !
> 
> I just installed OpenSUSE on my system and I really like it. However I
> am facing some graphics issues. my screen seems to flicker all the time
> . It gets worse when I try to access internet using browser. My video
> card is Trident TGUI 9660. I have been wanting to replace the card but
> before I wanted to make sure if anyone had this problem before?
> 
> 
> i would appreciate any pointers !
> 
> Nikhil

First pointer is to look in manual. Any of the following is the manual
for Trident driver:
http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.0/trident.4.html
or
http://www.math.ucla.edu/computing/docindex/xorg-x11-man-man-1826.html
or (in the Konqueror Location input field)
man:trident  # this may have strange '34' character instead of " .
or in console, type:
man 4 trident
they should be the same text.

The section CONFIGURATION DETAILS has listed quite a few options I would
try to add, or change if they exist, the following:

Option "SWCursor" "boolean"
  Enable or disable the SW cursor.
  Default: off. I would set it to "on" (or "yes")

Option "NoAccel" "boolean"
  Disable or enable acceleration.
  Default: acceleration is enabled. I would set it to "on" (or "yes")

It can be that you don't need both options enabled, so try them one at
the time. The reason is that they slow down graphics, so lesser of them
you have it is better.

I had one Trident card that needed SWCursor="on" (or "yes") to function
properly. Slowdown was very small.
For that card NoAccel made flickering lesser present, but didn't removed
it completely.

The Options you can add or edit in /etc/X11/xorg.conf  section that
looks something like this:
Section "Device"
  BoardName    "TGUI 9660"
  BusID        "0:6:0" #This might be different
  Driver       "trident"
  Identifier   "Device[0]"
  VendorName   "Trident"
  Option       ""
EndSection

I added one empty Option line to mark where it should go.
For editing configuration files I use program mc "Midnight Commader",
that is not installed in recent versions by default.

-- 
Regards,
Rajko.
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