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entropicdesires AT entropicdesires.com wrote:
  

When I start XWindows, a set of "lines" appear near the 
bottom of my screen, pictured here:
http://www.entropicdesires.com/otherstuff/startx.jpg

It has only happened since I started using the color SVGA 
server with a depth of 16.  I was previously using the color 
SVGA server with a depth of 8, which works fine, but is very 
grainy.  
    

It looks to me that the monitor settings in your /etc/XF86Config
are not quite right for your monitor.  They are almost right
(otherwise you wouldn't get as good a display as you have), but
they are a wee bit off.

     Other than the "lines" at the bottom of the screen, everything looks wonderful.  I was getting an error stating that 1024kb of video memory wasn't enough, and that the graphics engine was shut down.  So, I lied to it and told it I had 2048kb instead.  It didn't solve the problem, but it didn't shut down the graphics engine this time.  And, as XWindows started, 4 large rectangles had replaced the lines at the bottom of the screen.  These rectangles seem to be smaller mirror images of the desktop.  And then as the desktop loaded, all of the icons looked great, but the were "reflected" at the bottom of the screen, and the toolbar at the bottom of the screen was "reflected" at the top of the doubling everything and looking all jumbled together.  Even with the problems, the color settings are the best I've had thus far...
     Hoping to see if I could press my luck a little further, I set the video memory up to 4096.  It didn't change anything this time, the rectangles and mirrored icons were still there. 
     Also, I've tried using several desktops and the problem is there before each of them starts.
    
     Does any one know the maximum video memory the SVGA server can handle?  The xf86config (not XF86Config) said something about setting the video memory to the maximum if having problems regarding something I can't remember now...  I've tried everything else I can think of.  :)

Where did you get the HorizSync and Vert Refresh numbers from?

I got them from scouring the web for any and all information regarding the installation of XWindows on a ThinkPad 365X.  Everything I've seen has roughly set the HorizSync at 30-70 and the VertRefresh at 50-90.  I've tried tweaking them in both directions to no avail.

Also, since this has happened, I've noticed my screen shutting 
down after five minutes of not being used despite being set to 
shut down after 15 minutes of not being used in /etc/rc.d/rc.M.  
    

I believe the 15 minutes you set only applies to the CLI, not X.
I think you use xset (in ~/.xinitrc) to set the screensaver time
in X.
 

It's happening when I'm completely out of X and using the console.  It sounds like my hard drive has been powering down as well.  I haven't used X enough lately to notice if it is effecting it as well.  When I run Windows 98, it doesn't happen at all.

Cheers,
Steven


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