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  1. Bug #274340
  2. Comment #33

Comment 33 for bug 274340

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Raphael Geissert (atomo64) wrote : Re: [Bug 274340] Re: Xorg freezes on start. Black screen with waiting cursor. Unichrome video, worked on hardy.

2008/12/16 Bartosz <email address hidden>:
> I run Hardy Heron (LiveCD) and install above openchrome 0.2.903 [...] 0.2.903+svn685-1+hardy1_i386.deb
>
> Next I restarted X by using the CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE shortcut.
> The new drivers works fine (the X not freeze).

As I expected :)

> Only one bug exists: the mouse cursor is not displayed. I think enable Software Cursor in xorg.conf should help.
>

Yeah, that's a known issue and the openchrome folks were going to
investigate with VIA.

[...]
>
> Is it possible to add XaaNoImageWriteRect option to xorg.conf file as
> default for Openchrome drivers?

The other day I talked to Timo Aaltonen, and switching to EXA by
default looked like the best solution. To enable it take a look at
openchrome's man page.