On Wed, 2001-10-31 at 08:40, Dimitri Aivaliotis SFI wrote: > Here's something interesting I found, though. If I pass vga=792 to the > kernel (to get a decent res on the boot messages), the flicker goes away > when it's in runlevel 5. Actually, I've found that it doesn't have to > do with the runlevel at all - the only determining factor is if I start > off with a framebuffer video driver or not. If I start with one - no > flicker (actually, it's still there, just not very pronounced). If I > don't start with a framebuffer video driver, the flicker is greatly > enhanced. Does anyone know why this is?
Could it be something like a display manager (xdm or whatever) trying to start up but failing? -- Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
