From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 18 23:12:37 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from field.videotron.net (field.videotron.net [205.151.222.108]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADFC6150F3 for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2000 23:12:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cellule@videotron.ca) Received: from cellule.videotron.ca ([24.200.224.162]) by field.videotron.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.1999.12.14.10.29.p8) with SMTP id <0FOK00NL1MOT2R@field.videotron.net> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 19 Jan 2000 02:12:30 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 02:10:59 -0500 From: David Delisle Subject: Re: Problem with windowmanager To: Kevin Voyce Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <001901bf624c$584ad900$a2e0c818@videotron.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 References: <000f01bf616c$87a89d80$a2e0c818@videotron.ca> <38841574.ADCC3671@kvproducts.com> X-Priority: 3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Voyce To: David Delisle Cc: Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 2:25 AM Subject: Re: Problem with windowmanager > David; > I may be having a simular problem. What I see looks almost liker barcode > where text should be. I have requested help dfrom those on this list but am > still > waiting. please refer to the following -- > > I Installed the XFree86 3.3.6 software in hopes of using my ATI Rage > 128. > The previous release would not work at all for this card. > > The good news is that the server starts and initially appears to work. > However when I startx to KDE 1.1.1 or Windowmaker any windows ie. term, > netscape, config etc. contain bar code instead of text also when windows > are moved the section at the top flickers when moving over another > window. Sometimes text does show but is destroyed upon window movement. > > Note -- The XFree86 3.3.6 software and KDE 1.1.1 or Windowmaker work > fine with my old Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM (S3). > > If it looks lke your problem is like mine perhaps we can pool our resources. > > Any way the work around for me was to change Graphics Cards. > > Kevin Voyce. > Kevin: yes, we are having the same problem. I'm new to freebsd (1 week), when i used to run linux, the xserver was ok, no barcodes problem. Now i tried freebsd, and got this problem, I reinstalled the whole thing because when it's the first time I install a new OS for me, I like to reinstall it after, and i got the same problem. I tried to play in windowmaker options, but it's kinda hard when you cant read... if I install GNOME, you think I'll have the same problem? Do you think that it's happening because we have low memory? I have 32mb but my video card is SiS (4mb) so i get 28mb... David Delisle cellule@videotron.ca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message