<quote who="Mary Gardiner"> > I'm using Xinerama to use two monitors. I'm using Debian unstable, > mainly GNOME packages. My X config is cobbled together from a working > single monitor debconf X configuration (I'm using Debian unstable) and a > working dual head Mandrake configuration (in both cases, the video card > is a Matrox G400 I believe).
> The problem I have is that while all the fonts seem to be accessible, > some of them simply don't draw and I get nothing where text should be. I > can usually force a draw by highlight text or clicking on a button or > otherwise forcing widgets to redraw but of course this is making it hell > to use certain applications (OpenOffice, Evolution). > > Got any suggestions? Matrox in both cases? Badness -> Matrox drivers and Xinerama have this effect, which is really annoying, because the drivers and hardware otherwise rock. Perhaps try adding the mga_hal binary loadable driver on matrox.com, but I don't remember it helping. - Jeff -- GVADEC 2004: Kristiansand, Norway http://2004.guadec.org/ "It's weird being without white noise." - Catie Flick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
