From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 9 10:45:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA21863 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 9 Feb 1998 10:45:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA21779 for ; Mon, 9 Feb 1998 10:44:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA26191; Mon, 9 Feb 1998 10:44:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 10:44:24 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Ugo Paternostro cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cirrus Logic 7548 + XFree86 v3.3.1 = Weird screen on my laptop In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 7 Feb 1998, Ugo Paternostro wrote: > WARNING: I sent this message a week ago, but I got no answer. Sorry for this > second (and last) post. This should really go to the XFree86 people since it's not directly related to FreeBSD. > The laptop has a Cirrus Logic CL-GD7548 SVGA chip with 1 MB memory and an > 800x600 DSTN LCD panel. > > When I start the X server, the screen appears (about) 70 pixel shifted to the > right, with a black border on the left side, and a lot of (waving) horizontal > stripes. > > Luckly, if I switch the output to the external monitor connector and than back > to the LCD, it becames perfectly clear and stable, without the 70 pixels offset. You need to get the X server to reset the display after initializing the graphics mode. Can you exit and restart the X server to cure the problem? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe questions" in the body of the message