On Sat, 2010-10-30 at 05:23 +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:17:00 -0700, Ross wrote in message > <1288203420.19063.0.ca...@corn.betterworld.us>: > > > On Wed, 2010-10-27 at 18:43 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > > > On 2010-10-26 22:13 +0200, Ross Boylan wrote: > > > > > > > My amd64 system is basically running stable, including X, but I'm > > > > running linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 and associated firmware for > > > > reasons unrelated to X. > > > > > > > > After a recent upgrade, my monitor started behaving poorly (shrunk > > > > vertically and flickering > > ...horizontally by a coupla millimeters? No, the shrinkage was vertical, maybe 5 mm on each side. > ..I simply made a new modeline. ;o) I have a minimalist xorg.conf; almost everything is autodetected. Ross > > > > > ), and I'm wondering if this could be > > > > from an X vs kernel mismatch. > > > > > > Unlikely unless you use kernel mode setting, but you could > > > blacklist the radeon module. Have you tried older kernels (perhaps > > > a 2.6.32-3 kernel from snapshot.debian.org) yet? > > ..or 2.6.36~"experimental" and ditto X, works nicely here. > 9800Pro, X850XTPE and Mobility FireGL V5200, once I get time, > I'll set up my pile of 9250's to feed a FlightGear igloo. ;o) > > > > Sven > > > > > That's an excellent idea, that I unfortunately didn't think of. I > > sent the monitor off for repair. Ross > > -- > ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) > ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... > Scenarios always come in sets of three: > best case, worst case, and just in case. > >
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