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Date:      Wed, 30 Oct 2002 19:51:10 -0700
From:      Joel McGraw <jpmcgraw1@cox.net>
To:        knappster@knappster.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: static in X
Message-ID:  <3DC09A9E.589F8583@cox.net>
References:  <3DC07FF7.F59B63B9@cox.net> <1036031692.29362.6.camel@antichrist.knappster.net>

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Thanks for the tip.  That helped tremendously, but it still has the problem.
I guess I'll be able to live with it until I can afford a new video card :)

-Joel

Andrew Knapp wrote:

> I've had this problem a few times, and the solution for me was always to
> not use such a high color depth level. I had been trying to use 24 bit,
> but once I went down to 16 bit, it went away. I think this is depending
> on the amount of RAM on your video card...give it a shot.
>
> HTH,
> Andy Knapp
>
> On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 19:57, Joel McGraw wrote:
> > Performed a fresh upgrade (actually, wipe and install) from 4.5 to 4.7
> > release.  In X, any "event" (clicking, scrolling, etc.) causing static
> > lines that are very disconcerting and at times make it downright
> > unusable.  I've read the documentation for my video card's driver and
> > tried several options, all with no success.  The video card is a Diamond
> > Multimedia 3D 2000 which uses the S3 Virge chipset.  I'm using the
> > "s3virge" driver.  Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Joel
> >
> >
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