Crazy question regarding refresh and X

John Ellson ellson at research.att.com
Sat Sep 11 23:30:24 UTC 2004


Jim,

Sounds like the same problem I'm having.

Bug #131934 was closed, so I opened Bug #132267

Try adding:    Option "NoAccel"
just as a workaround (hopefully not the final fix).

John



Jim Cornette wrote:

> I am puzzled why I have a system that is upgraded from an installation 
> dated jan 2004 and X not having the refresh problem exhibited on the 
> freshly installed system.
>
> I'm including the xorg.conf file from the installed system and for the 
> upgraded system.
>
> The other details for this problem are located on the bug below.
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=131934
>
> This bug report is a bit messy.
>
> The basic details
> System fresh install:
> xorg-x11 has a problem with refreshing the display with the binaries. 
> I have to revert to the older driver for a usable X.
>
> System upgraded:
> I do not have a problem with X refreshing and all binaries are what 
> should be installed.
>
> See the attached Xorg logs for differences between config files.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
># Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
>
>Section "ServerLayout"
>	Identifier     "single head configuration"
>	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Files"
>
># RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the 
># file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
># no need to change the default.
># Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
># By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
># the X server to render fonts.
>	RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>	FontPath     "unix/:7100"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Module"
>	Load  "dbe"
>	Load  "extmod"
>	Load  "fbdevhw"
>	Load  "glx"
>	Load  "record"
>	Load  "freetype"
>	Load  "type1"
>	Load  "dri"
>EndSection
>
>Section "InputDevice"
>
># Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
>#	Option	"Xleds"		"1 2 3"
># To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
>#	Option	"XkbDisable"
># To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
># lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
># keyboard, you will probably want to use:
>#	Option	"XkbModel"	"pc102"
># If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
>#	Option	"XkbModel"	"microsoft"
>#
># Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
># For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
>#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
># or:
>#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
>#	Option	"XkbVariant"	"nodeadkeys"
>#
># If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
># control keys, use:
>#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:swapcaps"
># Or if you just want both to be control, use:
>#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:nocaps"
>#
>	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>	Driver      "kbd"
>	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
>	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
>EndSection
>
>Section "InputDevice"
>	Identifier  "Mouse0"
>	Driver      "mouse"
>	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
>	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Monitor"
>	Identifier   "Monitor0"
>	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>	ModelName    "Visual Sensa"
>	DisplaySize  310	230
>	HorizSync    30.0 - 70.0
>	VertRefresh  50.0 - 160.0
>	Option	    "dpms"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Device"
>	Identifier  "Videocard0"
>	Driver      "i810"
>	VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>	BoardName   "Intel 815"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Screen"
>	Identifier "Screen0"
>	Device     "Videocard0"
>	Monitor    "Monitor0"
>	DefaultDepth     16
>	SubSection "Display"
>		Viewport   0 0
>		Depth     16
>		Modes    "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>	EndSubSection
>EndSection
>
>Section "DRI"
>	Group        0
>	Mode         0666
>EndSection
>
>  
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
># XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86
>
>Section "ServerLayout"
>	Identifier     "single head configuration"
>	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>	InputDevice    "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Files"
>
># RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the 
># file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
># no need to change the default.
># Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
># By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
># the X server to render fonts.
>	RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>	FontPath     "unix/:7100"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Module"
>	Load  "dbe"
>	Load  "extmod"
>	Load  "fbdevhw"
>	Load  "glx"
>	Load  "record"
>	Load  "freetype"
>	Load  "type1"
>	Load  "dri"
>EndSection
>
>Section "InputDevice"
>
># Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
>#	Option	"Xleds"		"1 2 3"
># To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
>#	Option	"XkbDisable"
># To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
># lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
># keyboard, you will probably want to use:
>#	Option	"XkbModel"	"pc102"
># If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
>#	Option	"XkbModel"	"microsoft"
>#
># Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
># For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
>#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
># or:
>#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
>#	Option	"XkbVariant"	"nodeadkeys"
>#
># If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
># control keys, use:
>#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:swapcaps"
># Or if you just want both to be control, use:
>#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:nocaps"
>#
>	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>	Driver      "kbd"
>
>	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
>	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
>EndSection
>
>Section "InputDevice"
>	Identifier  "Mouse0"
>	Driver      "mouse"
>	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
>	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
>EndSection
>
>Section "InputDevice"
>
># If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
># this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
># also use USB mice at the same time.
>	Identifier  "DevInputMice"
>	Driver      "mouse"
>	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
>	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Monitor"
>	Identifier   "Monitor0"
>	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>	ModelName    "Visual Sensa"
>	DisplaySize  310	230
>	HorizSync    30.0 - 70.0
>	VertRefresh  50.0 - 160.0
>	Option	    "dpms"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Device"
>	Identifier  "Videocard0"
>	Driver      "i810"
>	VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>	BoardName   "Intel 815"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Screen"
>	Identifier "Screen0"
>	Device     "Videocard0"
>	Monitor    "Monitor0"
>	DefaultDepth     24
>	SubSection "Display"
>		Depth     24
>		Modes    "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>	EndSubSection
>EndSection
>
>Section "DRI"
>	Group        0
>	Mode         0666
>EndSection
>
>  
>





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