[Xorg] Get rid of checkerboard

Egbert Eich eich at pdx.freedesktop.org
Wed Aug 4 02:50:01 PDT 2004


Brad Barnich writes:
 > Why does the average Joe User need to see the checkboard. Its more like 
 > a test pattern for geeks or troubleshooters only.  Notice you don't see 
 > the checkboard in windows or mac systems.  Those systems run perfectly 
 > fine.  Is that correct or am I missing something.
 > 
Why does Joe User have to see the checkerboard?
If the display manager are configured right and startx 
is patched so that the Xserver receives the -bg option
he will never get to see it.
Besides, the checkerboard has prooven to be useful to
adjust flat panels and projectors.

Egbert.



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