Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:14:34 +0200 From: Andrei Kolu <antik@bsd.ee> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem (subpixel issue?) with ATI M6 Message-ID: <200802251114.34640.antik@bsd.ee> In-Reply-To: <f0dd9eb90802230323u10cb143eo123c9852dcaa74b3@mail.gmail.com> References: <f0dd9eb90802230323u10cb143eo123c9852dcaa74b3@mail.gmail.com>
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On Saturday 23 February 2008 13:23:56 James Butler wrote: > Greetings > > I've just installed 7.0-RC2 on my Thinkpad X31 (ATI Radeon LY RV100 > Mobility M6), and added Xorg from packages. When starting X without an > xorg.conf, or with an xorg.conf generated by X -configure, I get a > strange effect on the screen: It's hard to describe, but it looks like > maybe X is drawing the wrong subpixels, as all shapes have strange > coloured fringes, and the the X "weave" background consists of white, > red and blue pixels instead of just white. The total effect is that > the image looks "washed-out" and pixelated; I'm sorry I have no easy > way to capture how this looks!! (Also I just noticed that some xft > fonts are coming out ~50% bigger with the "ati" driver than with > "vesa".... don't know if this is relevant). > > I have tried all three documented "SubPixelOrder" settings in > xorg.conf without effect, and I also tried disabling DRI (for no good > reason); currently I am using the "vesa" driver which works perfectly > (if slowly). If I have missed anything obvious please let me know. > > Please find the xorg.conf.new and Xorg.0.log generated by X > -configure, along with my dmesg, here: > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~sweetnavelorange/ > > If anyone has any ideas, then thanks in advance. > I have similar problem with Intel 945GM graphics on Dell XPS 1210- in KDE konsole during compilation I see black pixel leftovers after text scrolling up- when I move window behind some other application and back then those pixels disappear.
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