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

From : Tom Russell <tdrusse2@ncsu.[redacted]>

Date : Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:02:05 -0400

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Have you used a KDE environment before? It might be that your graphics card cannot handle it. I use gnome on everything and I know on some older computers you get screen flicker if the card cannot handle compiz.

Tom

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Ajay Kumar < ajaykumarns@gmail.[redacted] > wrote:
Which KDE version are you using ? KDE 4.2+ is having a number of graphics related problem. Did you try xfce or gnome ?

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Daniel Underwood < daniel.underwood@ncsu.[redacted] > wrote:
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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