On Nov 11, 2007 9:15 AM, Halim Issa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was recommended to repost this problem to this list. I was initially under > the (incorrect) impression that this was for developers only. Sorry for the > cross-post. > > Hello, > > I recently upgraded to the ati driver 6.7.195 on a Linux-system running kernel > 2.6.23.1 and KDE 3.5.8. Distribution: Slackware (-current) on an HP Compaq > nc4000 laptop with ATI Technologies Inc RS200/RS200M AGP Bridge [IGP 340M]. > X.Org X Server 1.4.0 > > The Problem: The system appears to have only 16 colours, so that the display > looks as if I took a grey filter and put in front of the screen. > In console mode (Ctrl-Alt-F6) colours etc are both sharp and fine all the > time. > > The Quirk: If I hold the "closed-laptop-lid"-detection button down when X > starts, it comes up with correct colour-settings as it should. However, when > I switch virtual terminal (Ctrl-Alt-F6 and back) it goes back to the bleak > colours. > > I have tried this on multiple kernels with the same problem. Also, since it > sometimes works (with the laptop-lid-workaround described above), I suspect > it's not a config problem. The previous driver I ran, 6.6.192 worked just > fine. > > Unfortunately I am quite new at this, so I have included as much information > as possible attached, namely the Xorg.0.log, the xorg.conf and output from > xdpyinfo. > > If anyone could kindly point me in the right direction where a solution or > workaround might be documented I would greatly appreciate it. Please let me > know if the attached information is in any way insufficient and I'll promptly > send more relevant information.
Can you try again with 6.7.196 or ati git master? Alex _______________________________________________ xorg-driver-ati mailing list [email protected] http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-driver-ati
