I downloaded the 4.2.99.3 tagged code from cvs last week to test it out,
and I have had nothing but problems getting it to work with my system.
I have an IBM Thinkpad A31 running linux 2.4.21-pre2 which has an ATI
Radeon 7500 Mobility.
I compiled X with gcc 3.2.1
I have tried using the same XF86Config file that works with 4.2.1 as
well as creating a new one from scratch.
When using the 'radeon' video driver, my display will become unuseable.
The screen shows a response to input in that it will change when I
change consoles (ctrl-alt-fx), but it is just a garbled mess of a picture.
When I start X with a low resolution (640x480 or 800x600), the X server
displays properly, but the display garbles if I change to a text console
(crtl-alt-fx). The display looks fine again when I return to X
(ctrl-alt-f7), but upon terminating the X session, the only way to fix
the system is to reboot it.
When I start X at my normal resolution (1400x1050), X starts in this
garbled mode.
The 'vesa' driver does not have this problem, but it has a different
problem in that upon terminating the X server, it destroys the ANSI
coloring of my console. It seems to me that hilited ANSI text appears
as purple, and non-hilited ANSI text appears black.
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