Display artifacts in mint (solved)

Post Reply
Dogan
Posts: 10
Joined: Thu Nov 25, 2010 11:05 pm

Display artifacts in mint (solved)

Post by Dogan »

Hi again,

After the updates are installed from FitPC sources, the display started to act funky. Especially when a window is maximized all of the screen get scrambled, sometimes it recovers from the situation when you minimize that window, sometimes not. In some cases a new window on the display is scrambled but the rest of the page looks OK.

I have also realized that the Wi-Fi is not detected.

Do you know what the problems may be?

fly
Posts: 162
Joined: Thu Jul 22, 2010 2:02 pm

Re: Linux Mint 9 is officially supported

Post by fly »

First of all thanks to the guys at compulab for releasing an official supported lts version!
After the updates are installed from FitPC sources, the display started to act funky. Especially when a window is maximized all of the screen get scrambled, sometimes it recovers from the situation when you minimize that window, sometimes not. In some cases a new window on the display is scrambled but the rest of the page looks OK.
I can confirm this using a fitpc2 1.21 -- the unit works fine using lucid with the psb driver. I am very busy by now, however, I will eventually get to have a look at the problem this weekend.
I have also realized that the Wi-Fi is not detected.
The rt3090 should work fine, if not use the rt3090-dkms from lucid ppa. Which fitpc2 are you using?
Can I also use other versions of Linux Mint "Isadora" for the installation like Linux Mint 9 "Isadora" - Gnome DVD (32-bit) ?
Using other editions of mint9 32bit should work fine, the packages are the same. However, I haven't tried it..

Denis
Posts: 301
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 3:24 pm

Re: Linux Mint 9 is officially supported

Post by Denis »

After the updates are installed from FitPC sources, the display started to act funky. Especially when a window is maximized all of the screen get scrambled, sometimes it recovers from the situation when you minimize that window, sometimes not. In some cases a new window on the display is scrambled but the rest of the page looks OK.
Try to disable visual effects in Preferences-> Appearance->Visual Effects
I have also realized that the Wi-Fi is not detected.
It should work out of the box if you follow installation instructions.
Do you mean Wi-Fi card is not detected or you can`t see wireless networks around you?
Compulab's Linux support

fly
Posts: 162
Joined: Thu Jul 22, 2010 2:02 pm

Re: Linux Mint 9 is officially supported

Post by fly »

Disabling effects fixed my screen issues, thanks. The rt3090 should work out-of-the-box, at least mine does. Xv is working and even suspend works fine. Looks like a good release so far, however, as I have an ubuntu lts set up and working, I won't make a switch until I have some more time playing around.

Post Reply

Return to “Linux Mint”