Hi, Maxim On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Maxim Levitsky<[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 10:08 -0400, Glen Barber wrote: >> Hi, list >> >> I'm trying to isolate a bug relating to exiting X and (possibly) >> console drivers. >> I initially thought the problem was specific to OpenSolaris and >> (K)(X)ubuntu on the machine in question, but now I've experienced it >> on FreeBSD, which is where I am beginning >> to really hit a wall. > > Does the flashing pattern change, when you move the mouse? > If so I know the reason. >
As a matter of fact, it does. > When changing resolutions, X intel driver doesn't hide the cursor, and > thus if you change to lower resolution, cursor might be placed outside > the screen, and this confuses the output pipes. (and I didn't find a way > to fix this, but a reboot) > Interesting. Since I figured out that xscreensaver can cause it, if I need to use it, I start it manually. After I exit to the console and the flashing begins, if I run 'startx' again, and exit to console, everything is back to normal. > I have committed a patch to fix that in intel driver, about year ago, > but with kernel modesetting it is back, and I don't yet have time to fix > it. > I appreciate your reply. Now I know where to begin hacking. :-) Thanks! > Best regards, > Maxim Levitsky > > -- Glen Barber _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
