by Hi,
I need help. I recently received Linux and am having trouble configuring
the X Server. I have an ATI Mach64 graphics accelerator. If I drive it
as a "generic VGA" device, everything works fine, but I only get 16
colors. The XFree86 server that I have is suppose to support Mach64
unaccelerated. If I do this, everytthing also works fine except that
there are two narrow bands displayed near the left and right edge of each
X window mapped. If a window is unmapped, the bands remain behind. The
same thing is true for non-rectanular windows generated throught the
SHAPE extension.
This is a hard problem to describe, so I will try to draw a picture.
+-+-+ +----------------------+ +-+-+
| | | | Text in here looks | | | |
| | | | okay | | | |
| | | | | | | | This is the right double band.
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
+-+-+ +----------------------+ +-+-+
This is the window
It appears like all windows are drawn this way when mapped, including
pop-up menus and window manager decorations (like I said, *all* windows).
Also, these double bands remain if the window is unmapped.
Does any one have a clue what I may be doing wrong?
Responses to my e-mail address are preferred since I do not get
to a news reader often.
Thanks!
Rob Werner