On Friday, June 13, 2003, at 06:42 PM, Micha=B3 Pasternak wrote:

> Bryan Vyhmeister [Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 04:34:57PM -0700]:
>> seems to be working reasonably well. The one problem I am running =
into
>> is that when I have X open and I move the mouse, I get strange video
>> "static" on the screen. It is only visible while I am moving the
>> pointer. As soon as I stop moving the pointer the "static"=20
>> disappears."
>
> Have you tested on something else, than X? Does the "static" also
> occur ? Does the "static" occur in text mode? What is you XFree86=20
> driver?
> What display do you have? Is it TFT?

I should have provided more details initially. There is no problem=20
using text mode. I am using the XFree86 4.3.0 savage driver. The=20
display is a 10 or 10.4 inch TFT active matrix display. Its native=20
resolution is 1280x600.

Just a minute ago I was looking at some sites about Linux and the=20
Libretto L1. I discovered a mention of the same problem under video on=20=

this site:

http://memebeam.org/toys/ToshibaLibretto

According to that site, changing to 16-bit color solves the problem. I=20=

tried switching to 16-bit color and it did indeed solve the problem.=20
However, there is a mention on that site that the problem has been=20
fixed in XFree86 4.1. I am running XFree86 4.3.0 on NetBSD 1.6P=20
userland and 1.6Q kernel right at the moment. I suppose I should be=20
content with 16-bit color but I am really wondering what causes this=20
problem with 24-bit color. Thank you for your response.

Bryan=