[SDL] Display blink

[Alvin Beach]

On 6/19/07, Torsten Giebl <wizard at syntheticsw.com> wrote:
> Hello !
>
>
> >> If the x.org ati driver works with your
> >> Graphics card maybe test it.
> >
> > I'm sorry, I'm not quite sure what you mean? From the part of my message
> > that
> > you quoted, I was trying to say that using ATI's driver causes the
> > blanking,
> > regardless if using 3D or 2D acceleration. When I switched to the fbdev
> > x.org
> > driver, the blinking did not occur.
>
>
> Instead using fglrx or fbdev,
> try the ati driver from xorg, the open source one.
> ( If it supports your card. )

According to the open source ati website, the R5x0 series GPUs are not
supported (yet).

I think I found the cause: the DVI connection. When I use the analog
cable, the blinking stops. So, I say the problem is with ATI's driver.
When I use th fbdev + DVI, everything is fine. Mind you, there is no
2D or 3D acceleration.

I need 2D and 3D acceleration more than the blinking bothers me. I
guess I will just have to live with it. I'll have to google some more
and find out if there is some magic setting I can put in my xorg.conf
to stop the blinking with the DVI connection.