Bug 54563

Summary:	X screen garbage using XConfigurator and Gnome
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Need Real Name <sgr>
Component:	XFree86	Assignee:	Mike A. Harris <mharris>
Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:	David Lawrence <dkl>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	7.1
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
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Description Need Real Name 2001-10-12 14:14:27 UTC

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Description of problem:
When I try to run Xconfigurator and test my settings the screen messes up 
and becomes quite useless in Textmode.

I'm using S3 ViRGE /GX w. 2mb which is an on-board version on a Tulip 
Vision Line dt/233.

I saw a simlilar problem reported using 7.0 (which I had installed 
previously) and tried downgrading XFree86 and modifying my XFreeConfig 
file as specified in a Gotcha. This didn't work for me.

Now I've upgraded to RedHat 7.1, which has solved part of the problem. 
When installing 7.0 the installer messed up the screen too. This is *not* 
the case when I installed 7.1. But Gnome and Xconfigurator still doesn't 
work - allthough it's working better than before.

Now, I suspect that my configuration is wrong somehow since the installer 
works without a glitch. But I havn't got the faintest idea were to look.

I'm installing linux for the first time and I am a complete newbie, som I 
appologize if this is something I should be able to do. I'm not sure how I 
determine which packages etc. that was upgraded etc.

Please help!

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Boot up.
2.startx OR
3.Xconfigurator and test.
	

Actual Results:  The screen is all garbage and when i return to textmode 
this is garbage too.

Expected Results:  The displayed without garbage.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Need Real Name 2001-10-16 10:39:11 UTC

After a complete reinstall of 7.1 instead of an upgrade from 7.0->7.1 and using 
the *old* driverset instead of the proposed new version, the X and gnome works. 

I still think something is wrong with the new drivers in the newer version of 
the server, but this seems to work for me.