Re: Corrupt colours with X.org

["Göktuğ Kayaalp" <self@gkayaalp.com>]

On 2017-06-28 23:18 +02, Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> wrote:
> Göktuğ Kayaalp <self@gkayaalp.com> writes:
>
>> On 2017-06-19 18:15 +03, Göktuğ Kayaalp <self@gkayaalp.com> wrote:
>>> On 2017-06-19 13:27 +02, ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Göktuğ Kayaalp <self@gkayaalp.com> skribis:
>>>>
>>>>> I have tried installing GuixSD on my machine, an old Asus laptop, and
>>>>> have completed the installation successfully.  But I had a problem with
>>>>> some applications in X.org: when I set a bg image, and opened an
>>>>> application (i.e. xterm), the colors of the bg image went weird, and
>>>>> looked pinkish-reddish.
>>>>
>>>> Could you take a screenshot and post it to this list (shrink the image
>>>> so that it’s ~300K max)?
>>>
>>> I had to switch to my previous OS for the moment.  I'll be able to retry
>>> installing in the coming days though---I'll report here if the problem
>>> persists or not---and also to debug if it persists as I'll have a spare
>>> machine handy.
>>
>> I've been able to reproduce the issue, the linked video demonstrates
>> what happens [1].  When I open an xterm, the background becomes reddish,
>> the IceCat window has corrupt colours, wicd-gtk window has instead
>> correct colours.  The window manager is TWM, but the issue persists on
>> DWM too.  Find attached my configuration
>>
>> [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZoPeoVPI8g
>
> Can you post the output of "lspci |grep -i vga"? Which laptop is it?

01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RC410M [Mobility Radeon Xpress 200M]

It's an Asus X51RL.  Also the computer wakes up to a blank screen w/o
wifi.  I guess it's the kernel probably, and I'll have to configure and
compile mine.

> Does the Ubuntu live USB image work?

I used to run Lubuntu as my daily driver on this laptop w/o any
problems.  Also FreeBSD w/ X11.