On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 07:37:34 -0500, Carl wrote in message <20111126123734.ga7...@panix.com>:
> So I wanted to activate video acceleration on my Gateway LT3119U > netbook, which uses the Radeon X1270 chipset (RS690M). I installed > the package firmware-linux-nonfree and restarted X. ..are you using the "radeon" driver? (2 more alternatives to try, "radeonhd" and "fglrx", I have no experience with those.) > Before the upgrade, GNOME3 reported that it couldn't fully activate > because of my system's limitations. Afterward it activated and > immediately corrupted the video horribly. I switched to a "fallback" > session, which will remain uncorrupted for up to two minutes before > becoming corrupted somewhat less horribly. Then I tried Openbox, > which takes a few minutes longer to corrupt, then becomes utterly > unreadable. ..do you use "non-UTF-8" fonts or locales? Try go "UTF-8-only." > See screenshots here: http://panix.com/~carlf/files > > Short of reverting to unaccelerated video, any suggestions? I'm > running Debian Wheezy, above system with 2 gigabytes of RAM, using > the AMD64 kernel. LSPCI reports: > > root@cf-gw:~# lspci | grep -i vga > 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS690M > [Radeon X1200 Series] > > No xorg.conf at the moment. ..show us lshw's *-display:0 section. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...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. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111126140600.7f95a...@nb6.lan
