I noticed this warning also. The mga_24bpp_fix option didn't help my problem, though.
Thanks, Greg aphro wrote: > > I'm not a matrox user myself(yet) but i do see this: > > http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.4/MGA4.html#5 > > On some Millennium II cards the driver shows severe distortions with > 24bpp in modes above about 1024x768. We hope to have automated the > detection and fix of this problem. If it still occurs, putting > > Option "mga_24bpp_fix" > > in the Device Section may fix the problem. > > looks like 3.3.5 has the same problem as 3.3.4 > > hope this helps > > nate > > On Sun, 28 Nov 1999, Greg Schulein wrote: > > gjschu >Hi, > gjschu > > gjschu >I'm running a Matrox G400 with a Sony G500 display, on a slink system > gjschu >that's been upgraded (via apt) to XFree86 3.3.4. The problem I'm > gjschu >getting is dark bands that flicker on the screen whenever the > on-screen > gjschu >image is changing. The scanlines under the dark bands also seem to be > gjschu >displaced a few pixels to the left compared to the rest of the > gjschu >scanlines. The picture is fine whenever the image is not changing. A > gjschu >"changing image" can be an animation, scrolling a window, or even > typing > gjschu >(like now). This problem is most pronounced at [EMAIL PROTECTED], > gjschu >but is present at lower resolutions and color depths as well. Is > there > gjschu >anyone else out there running a G400 under XFree 3.3.4 that is or is > not > gjschu >having similar problems? > gjschu > > gjschu >Thanks, > gjschu >Greg > gjschu > > gjschu > > gjschu >-- > gjschu >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > gjschu > > > ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- > Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ > Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ > Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ > Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ > Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ > -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- > 3:26pm up 101 days, 3:05, 1 user, load average: 1.38, 1.58, 1.62
