Jordan Crouse wrote:

> I am running Linux 2.4.5-ac16 and XFree86 4.1.0 with an ATI Rage Mobility LF
> Rev 2 chipset (Renderer string:  Mesa DRI Rage 128 20010405 M3 AGP 2x
> x86/MMX/SSE) and I am getting the the old familiar "black flicker" problem.
> Unfortunately, the old familar Option "UseCCEFor2D" "true" trick does *NOT*
> work, and regardless of my settings, I still get the flicker and update
> problems in all GL programs.
> 
> The really freaking thing is that my friend has an almost identical setup
> (except he got his X11 4.1.0 from SuSE, whereas I downloaded the binaries
> directly from the XFRee86 folks), and his system works with absolutely no
> problems.

Is this really the only difference? Please try to eliminate everything
including modelines etc.

I used to have this problem on this PowerBook but don't anymore.


> Has anyone else seen these issues with XFree86 4.1.0?   Does anyone know any
> DRI differences between the SuSE 7.2 XFree86 build and the one directly from
> the horses mouth?

Dunno, you could look at their source packages for patches they apply. I'm not
using SuSE packages though.

> And finally, would it be worth my time and effort to rebuild XFree86 with
> the latest DRI drivers straight out of CVS?

Hardly, as there has been no r128 work after the 4.1.0 merge AFAIK.


-- 
Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)    \   Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
CS student, Free Software enthusiast   \        XFree86 and DRI project member

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