[parisc-linux] X window refresh problem

Richard Hirst rhirst@linuxcare.com
Tue, 23 Oct 2001 17:30:25 +0100


On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 10:13:00AM -0400, Griffin, Aubrey, BMCIO wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Well, I decided to ditch HPUX 10.20 for Linux. I have installed the kernel
> from the ISO image onto a 712/60.
> 
> I have installed X on it. Every is fine until the screen goes black. Once
> this happens, the colors are messed up and it is unusable. I believe that is
> the same problem as the blue is white that was talked on the mailing list.
> This problem was corrected with a new kernel.
> 
> The kernel that I am running is 2.4.0-pa22. How do I upgrade the kernel?

grab ftp://ftp.parisc-linux.org/unofficial-debs/kernel-image-2.4.9-32_011017.pa59_hppa.deb

and dpkg -i kernel-image-2.4.9-32_011017.pa59_hppa.deb

I think you are advised to upgrade the rest of your system first, if
you havn't done so recently (apt-get update; apt-get upgrade).

Richard