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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    Bug#14825: The same problem
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2001-02-06 14:20:42
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On Monday 05 February 2001 21:44, you wrote:
> I have the same problem. (using 3.3.6, but also tried on 4.0, card
> SiS620). I have tried to experiment with it. You can avoid the problem by
> switching ALL accelleration stuff off, however then screen becomes
> dissorted, fonts are not displayed properly, so it is useless, but the
> problem is away ;-) The problem also appear when just clicking with
> left mouse button on empty desktop (provided, that no action is associated
> with the left mouse button). I guess, the problem really is in Xfree. Can
> somebody more involved identify possible set of operations, which may
> cause the trouble and submit bug report to Xfree? (note: problem does not
> appear in KDE1). Us, poor users must keep KDE1 in the meantime :-(

Hey, it wasn't that hard.
I just happened to browse to the XFree FAQ (http://www.xfree86.org/FAQ/),
and look at what I found :

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Q.D4- Why do I get a mostly black screen with my Diamond Speedstar A50 (SiS 6326)?

If you have a card with 8MB of video memory, first try telling the X server that \
there is only 4MB present by adding the following line to the Device section of your \
config file:   Videoram 4096
  If you have a 4MB card, or if the above line doesn't help, try adding the following \
line to the Device section:   Option "nolinear"
  A drawback with this option is that colour depths higher than 8bpp can't be used, \
but that is better than nothing. 

If you see problems when moving windows with KDE, try the following: 
        Option "no_pixmap_cache"
  These problems should be fixed in the next release. 
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David FAURE, david@mandrakesoft.com, faure@kde.org
http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~david/, http://www.konqueror.org/
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