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List:       kde-user
Subject:    Re: unreadable text in KDE
From:       John Aldrich <john () chattanooga ! net>
Date:       2000-01-31 15:10:29
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On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Ulrich Kohler wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> my appologies, if this is the wrong place for my question, but I am a newbee 
> in Linux and just do not know, where to go else!
> 
> I have installed Linux 2.2.13-7mdk from the Mandrake Distribution 6.1 on my 
> brand-new Pentium III 500 (Actually my Linux comes from the CD of the 
> LINUX-Magazin, a german journal for Linux).	It 
> seems to work well at the console, but when I start X and KDE with "startx", I 
> get completely unreadable text, i.e. the screen and all icons looks nice, also 
> the panel at the bottom of the screen is ok (even the text), but all text in 
> menues, window-headers and program-windows looks like the barcode in my local 
> supermarket. 
> 
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> 
> 1) When I installed my Linux for the first time, I realized, that my video-card 
> --- ATI Fury RAGE 128 with 16 MB --- was not supported from X86Free 3.3.5.  
> X86Free 3.3.5. comes with my Distribution. Meanwhile I found that X86Free 3.3.6 
> supports the card, and so I decided to install X86Free 3.3.6. After that, I 
> could start X and KDE, but with the problem described above.
> 
> --BEGIN-----------------------------------------------------------xout---------
> 
> XFree86 Version 3.3.6 / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
> Release Date: January 8 1999
> 	If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer
> 	than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
> 	problems.  (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
> Operating System: Linux 2.2.12-20smp i686 [ELF] 
> Configured drivers:
>   SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0):
>       NV1, STG2000, RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2, RIVA ULTRA TNT2,
>       RIVA VANTA, RIVA ULTRA VANTA, RIVA INTEGRATED, GeForce 256,
>       GeForce DDR, Quadro, ET4000, ET4000W32, ET4000W32i, ET4000W32i_rev_b,
>       ET4000W32i_rev_c, ET4000W32p, ET4000W32p_rev_a, ET4000W32p_rev_b,
>       ET4000W32p_rev_c, ET4000W32p_rev_d, ET6000, ET6100, et3000, pvga1,
>       wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, wd90c24, wd90c31, wd90c33, gvga, r128, ati,
>       sis86c201, sis86c202, sis86c205, sis86c215, sis86c225, sis5597,
>       sis5598, sis6326, sis530, sis620, sis300, sis630, sis540, tvga8200lx,
>       tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga8900d, tvga9000,
>       tvga9000i, tvga9100b, tvga9200cxr, tgui9400cxi, tgui9420, tgui9420dgi,
>       tgui9430dgi, tgui9440agi, cyber9320, tgui9660, tgui9680, tgui9682,
>       tgui9685, cyber9382, cyber9385, cyber9388, cyber9397, cyber9520,
>       cyber9525, 3dimage975, 3dimage985, cyber9397dvd, blade3d, cyberblade,
>       clgd5420, clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, clgd5428, clgd5429, clgd5430,
>       clgd5434, clgd5436, clgd5446, clgd5480, clgd5462, clgd5464, clgd5465,
>       clgd6205, clgd6215, clgd6225, clgd6235, clgd7541, clgd7542, clgd7543,
>       clgd7548, clgd7555, clgd7556, ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, cpq_avga, mga2064w,
>       mga1064sg, mga2164w, mga2164w AGP, mgag200, mgag100, mgag400, oti067,
>       oti077, oti087, oti037c, al2101, ali2228, ali2301, ali2302, ali2308,
>       ali2401, cl6410, cl6412, cl6420, cl6440, video7, ark1000vl, ark1000pv,
>       ark2000pv, ark2000mt, mx, realtek, s3_savage, s3_virge, AP6422, AT24,
>       AT3D, s3_svga, NM2070, NM2090, NM2093, NM2097, NM2160, NM2200,
>       ct65520, ct65525, ct65530, ct65535, ct65540, ct65545, ct65546,
>       ct65548, ct65550, ct65554, ct65555, ct68554, ct69000, ct64200,
>       ct64300, mediagx, V1000, V2100, V2200, p9100, spc8110, i740, i740_pci,
>       Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, smi, generic
> (using VT number 7)
> 
It would appear that the problem is the wrong video server.
I don't see anything above which says "ATI Rage 128" or
anything like that.....
I'd go re-run XF86Setup or xf86config.
	Jjohn
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