Re: LUG: Gentoo 10.0 (x86) on IBM ThinkPad T43 - Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:32:04 -0400

Subject : Re: LUG: Gentoo 10.0 (x86) on IBM ThinkPad T43

From : "Daniel Underwood" <daniel.underwood@ncsu.[redacted]>

Date : Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:32:04 -0400

Michael,

> What graphics card driver are you using?

Card: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics
Controller (rev 03). I don't know which driver the LiveCD loaded, but
it would be whatever driver the distribution suggests by default for my
card.

> Are you attempting to hibernate or use an external monitor?

No. When it starts up in KDE, the screen is black (although I can see my
mouse pointer). If I move my mouse, the screen "flickers" revealing KDE
dialogs that are open; this "flickering" only barely reveals what's
beneath. I don't believe this is an X11 problem because kdm displays
perfectly. It's only once I actually login that things go crazy.

And, yes, I plan to go through the LiveCD boot and select xfce at the
kdm, instead of KDE. Perhaps it's just a KDE thing?

Daniel
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Daniel Underwood
North Carolina State University
Graduate Student - Operations Research
email: daniel.underwood@ncsu.[redacted]
phone: XXX.302.3291
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