[TCLUG] Question about XFree86 4.x

[Austad, Jay]

What window manager are you using?  Did you try a different one?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jeffr at odeon.net [mailto:jeffr at odeon.net]
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 10:32 AM
> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> Subject: [TCLUG] Question about XFree86 4.x
> 
> 
> 
> Heya folks, I've got a NEC Versa SX notebook (P-II, 366 MHz, 
> 64 megs ram,
> 4 gig hard drive, Trident 9388 video with 2 megs ram).  I was 
> trying to
> put Mandrake 7.2 on it (which includes XFree86 4.0.1).  The 
> install runs
> fine, it properly detects the video chipset, and when X starts I get a
> nifty penguin background, but none of the windows work (they are all
> transparent, just showing the outline of the windows but none 
> of the text
> or color/shading that should normally be in the window).  
> This happens at
> all resolutions and depths that I've tried (from 8bpp at 
> 640x480 through
> 16bpp at 1024x768).  Going back down to XFree86 3.3.6 works 
> fine.  I also
> tried XFree86 4.0.2, but encountered the same problem as with XFree86
> 4.0.1.
> 
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated,
> 
> Jeff
> 
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