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Date:      Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:54:40 -0500
From:      Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu>
To:        freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: xorg-server 1.4_2,1 fails on RELENG_7
Message-ID:  <200712182154.45487.jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu>
In-Reply-To: <47687B61.6090808@freebsd.org>
References:  <20071103230152.0bdfbd36.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <200712181952.15956.jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> <47687B61.6090808@freebsd.org>

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On Tuesday 18 December 2007 21:01:05 Peter Grehan wrote:
> Hi Justin,
>
> > Now that I've got it up and running, I've noticed a couple other issues:
> > Exiting out of X kills the video, setting the monitor to an "out of range
> > sync".  That part I can deal with, as I can still go back into X.
>
>   Nvidia ? I don't know that mode-switching has ever worked too well
> with that driver. Linux does it in the kernel and not in the server, so
> the codepath isn't really exercised much.

ATI Radeon 9000.  Like I said, not a big deal.

> > The other issue, which is rather annoying, is that the mouse cursor seems
> > to be cut in half, with each half flipped over the Y axis.  Also,
> > probably linked to this, remote X programs don't display correctly, as
> > though the color pallette has been reversed.  Is this an endian issue? 
> > Does it occur on anyone elses machine?
>
>   Either an endian or signed/unsigned char issue. Or you using a
> hardware cursor ? Changing to software (or vice versa) might help. What
> display depth are you using ?
>
> later,
>
> Peter.


I tried hardware and software cursor, and there was no change.  Also tried 
Option "NoAccel" "true".  Using 24-bit and 16-bit color depths.  I'm not sure 
what other combinations would work.

- Justin

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