Re: [gNewSense-users] Problems with GUI

[Kevin Dean]

Am I mistaken? Hasn't the ati driver been removed from gNewSense due
to microcode?

I ask because I've got a PowerPC system that is currently using the
ATI driver which I've earmarked to kick back to vesa...

On 6/13/07, Markus Laire <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi, I am not sure how to describe this problem so please check the
> included screenshots.
>
> First one has some distortion in the buttons. (I have seen this
> problem also in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS)
>
> In second one I wrote a single 's' to the document and then added
> spaces before it. When adding the spaces I got strange markings which
> are shown on the image just before the 's'. (I havn't seen this
> problem with other operating systems)
>
> If I minimize and restore the gvim, the markings will disappear, so
> this seems to be some kind of screen-update bug.
>
> Also, I get different markings depending on the location of the
> gvim-window on the screen. At some locations I don't get any such
> markings.
>
> And while I was writing this message (in Gmail in BurningDog), I
> occasionaly got scrambled letters while writing.
>
>
> Do you have any idea what is causing these problems and how this could be fixed?
>
>
> These screenshots were taken after starting gNewSense 1.1 from CD and
> first running "sudo apt-get update" and "sudo apt-get install
> vim-gnome" to get gvim.
>
> "Device" and "Monitor" sections from /etc/X11/xorg.conf are:
>
> Section "Device"
>        Identifier      "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon R100 QD [Radeon 7200]"
>        Driver          "ati"
>        BusID           "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>        Identifier      "Generic Monitor"
>        Option          "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
>
> I can give additional information as needed.
>
>
> --
> Markus Laire
>
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