Various computer installs and results.

[Mike Klinke]

On Thursday 23 September 2004 10:07, Noah Silva [Mailing list] 
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I had similar problems in installing, and once I rebooted after
> installing in text mode, X "worked".  (For values of "worked"
> where things don't refresh properly on the screen).
>
> It's hard to explain the exact problem, but after logging into
> GDM, I don't see the desktop appear at once.  Instead, I start
> seeing the icons from the gnome-session splash screen.  (I don't
> even see the whole splash dialog at once).  Then, for example, t
> when I bring up the gnome "redgat" menu, the menu may not
> actually draw, but as I move the mouse over each section, it
> draws in.  Likewise with new windows, some don't "fill in". It
> seemed to me that the smaller things worked, but the bigger
> things didn't, so I assumed it must be some buffer in xorg or gtk
> not being big enough.  (I didn't install KDE).
>
> I tried lowering the res and the colors, and updating xorg, all
> with no luck.
>
> The Video controller is:
> Intel Corp. 82810E DC-133 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] (Rev
> 03)
>
> When I have a working web browser, I will search bugzilla for
> something like this...
>
> thanks,
>     noah silva

The Xorg stuff is, well, less than optimum for your graphics 
controller:

https://freedesktop.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1232  
https://freedesktop.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1333  

Regards, Mike Klinke