Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 10:57:29 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.csd.uu.se> To: "Jim Freeze" <jim@freeze.org> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: XFree86 and KDE - Fonts are Black Rectangles Message-ID: <20000314105729.A10393@student.csd.uu.se> In-Reply-To: <00a401bf8d95$44719080$cf6ec8d0@lexmark.com>; from jim@freeze.org on Tue, Mar 14, 2000 at 04:11:20AM -0500 References: <00a401bf8d95$44719080$cf6ec8d0@lexmark.com>
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On Tue, Mar 14, 2000 at 04:11:20AM -0500, Jim Freeze wrote: > I have just installed FBSD 3.4 with XFree86 3.3.5. > I also installed the KDE desktop. > I have an AOpen PA50V video card which uses the SiS 6326 chip. > I have defaulted X to SVGA. > > When running 'startx', the KDE desktop comes up fine, > but, the fonts are not showing. All that shows is a black rectangle where > the text should be. This is the case for all the fonts in the menus. > There is one exception to this. The text in the top window and the editable > text in the File window is readable. > > Also, the mouse turns from a pointer to a rectangle of vertical black/gray > lines after clicking it the first time. The rectangle is approx 1" sqr. > I have a standard ps/2 mouse. > > Has someone experienced these problems? > If so, how do I fix them? > I had similar problems with XFree86 3.3.5 when using a SiS 5596 chip. Those problems disappeared when I upgraded to XFree86 3.3.6 Now I have a SiS 6326 based card instead and it works fine with XFree86 3.3.6 So, to fix those problems I suggest you upgrade to XFree86 3.3.6 (It seems as if XFree86 3.3.5 has some problems with SiS chips. :-) -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.csd.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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