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anyNiXwilldo Apprentice
Joined: 20 Feb 2004 Posts: 176 Location: US
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Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 4:17 pm Post subject: KDE Netbook Expose Black |
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I managed to setup a Gentoo binary install on my netbook optimized for the atom processor. Everything works perfectly except for one catch. When there are multiple windows opened in expose, the screen is black . Individual windows will appear normal if I roll the cursor over them, then go black once the cursor is moved off the windows for each app. Any clues what might cause this? _________________ Of course you can have my root password. I'm on Hardened! |
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papapenguin l33t
Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 694 Location: Bellevue
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anyNiXwilldo Apprentice
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Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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You may be onto something here and I appreciate the hint.
I read the post you linked here. It could well be a video memory issue. This netbook has the Intel video chip. Checking the BIOS shows only 8MB of memory used for video, out of a total of 2048MB. Unfortunately, the amount of memory used for video can not be changed in the BIOS. I have tried other distros on this netbook and did not have this issue. This makes me wonder if perhaps there is a setting in the kernel which could be adjusted for video memory. _________________ Of course you can have my root password. I'm on Hardened! |
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anyNiXwilldo Apprentice
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Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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I have all of those set in the kernel config, at least as far as memory. Since this is the first Intel I ever bought in my life, I followed the Gentoo Wiki as far as the kernel config for the intel video chip, but started fresh with Pappy's kernel seed.
I am wondering if this may be related to the binaries, which were all compiiled on an AMD quad-core, although set to build -march=atom -Os. I have compiled xorg-server on the netbook itself, to see if that might make a difference. Additionally, portage isn't handling the kernel. I download the libre kernel, apply the ck-patches, then build and install. I don't think this would cause an issue since the Intel video drivers are liberated anyway & Parabola, Trisquel and Wheezy all include a liberated kernel by default and none had this issue. This is just such a bizarre issue to track down and I have no idea what could be causing it. _________________ Of course you can have my root password. I'm on Hardened! |
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