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FS#8704 - Screen turns Dark by resolution/bpp change on a non-DE Server

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Rene Schöbel (Wesley) - Monday, 19 November 2007, 06:08 GMT
Last edited by eliott (cactus) - Thursday, 08 May 2008, 06:21 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Alexander Baldeck (kth5)
Architecture i686
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 2007.08-2
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:
While running a DE, any Application that switches the Resolution or the BPP from a additional X-Server (opened with xGame or xinit) make the Screen turn Black.
Switching to other X-Server's and back is the only way to solve this.
The Application you started still runs in the Background tough, i never saw any Application crashed because of this.
After searching for Solutions to this Problem, i found other Users wich got this Problem too.

This Problem does NOT occur on the server running the DE.

Additional info:
Hardware:
Athlon XP 1800+(not overclocked)
ASRock K7S8X (Mainboard)
nVidia GeForce FX 5200 (MSI)
512MB DDR Ram

nvidia driver version: 100.14.19-3(did happen back to 100.14.15(maybe, im not really sure)
xorg version: 11R7.0-1 (did happen with the version before this one)


Steps to reproduce:
-go out there and buy a nVidia GeForce FX 5200
-open up another x-server with xgame or simply with xinit
-start ANYTHING that switches the BPP or resolution of the server.
-see a nice black screen
   Xorg.1.log (20.7 KiB)
   xorg.conf (2.9 KiB)
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Closed by  eliott (cactus)
Thursday, 08 May 2008, 06:21 GMT
Reason for closing:  None
Additional comments about closing:  closing ticket.
reopen if needed.
Comment by Greg (dolby) - Sunday, 04 May 2008, 18:40 GMT
are you still having this problem?
Comment by Rene Schöbel (Wesley) - Monday, 05 May 2008, 19:56 GMT
no, actually i changed the card a long time ago.
cant test it again because the one i gave it doesnt uses linux.

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