Bob:

 Your comments are extremely useful.  However much I would like to get a newer graphics card, I am stuck with this one for a few weeks at least.  It works well on an Ubuntu system on a different partition. 

How would you recommend to go about trying vesa.  That may be what Ubuntu is doing.  Turn on vesa framebuffer? 

I backed down to 1024xsomething: vertical lines were scalloped/wavy.  Someone mentioned this would be a timing issue, but I don't know what I'd do to microadjust timing?  xvidtune?  I'll try it. 

Thanks again.

Alan

On 11/17/05, Bob Sanders <rmsand@concentric.net> wrote:

Have you tried just using - vesa?  Or vga?  It should work.  Turning on everything
is always a sure way to break a kernel.

>
> Description: when scrolling the buffer, some lines are doubled, some are
> lost, and using Firefox at least, when I type Ctrl-L, the frame displays
> properly until it is scrolled again. I have found descriptions of similar
> issues on the Inet, but nothing that has helped get my system to work
> properly. Does this symptom ring a bell with anyone?
>

Generally, it's because the gfx card can't refresh from it's internal memory fast enough.
As I recall, the Mystique had an optional memory module, which I have on mine.  Perhaps
its just that your trying to use too high a resolution and hitting the cards performance
limits?

With due respect, save up your pennies and get a current Gfx card.  Should be around
US$42.   Sure, that's a months wages in some parts of the world.  But still - throwing a massively
powerful processor in a system with a dead-end Gfx card is kind of wasteful, unless you're making
this thing into a server.

Bob
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