From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <36E4E107.9C0DC589@mail.esiea.fr> Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 07:49:35 -0500 (EST) From: Batmensch To: "G. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Laur=E8s?=" Subject: Re: PBG3Series and pre-R5:a lot further Cc: "Dev @ LinuXppc" Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Doesn't work; I get the "psychedelic death screen". Strangely, if I set the mclk to 43, the display is still messed up but I can hear the machine continue to boot. I don't think I've heard of anyone using atyfb successfully on a 300mhz PB G3 Series. Hugh On 09-Mar-99 G. Laurès wrote: > > > Batmensch a *crit : >> >> I tried this XF86Config on my PB G3 Series, and although it starts up, it is >> still running in Open Firmware (non-accelerated mode). > Does the XFBDev out specifies it's using the ATY Rage PRO device, with > acceleration enabled ? > > If not, try video=atyfb:vmode:14,cmode:8,mclk:83 as a kernel argument, > with unchecked "no video driver" box. > > If you not see atyfb;ATY RageLT PRO in the boot sequence (and later in > /var/log/dmesg) then there is a problem. > If you do see it, then XFBDev should report it's using the ATY chip, in > acccelerated mode and things should go... lightning. > >> >> Did you try running fbset -i while the Xserver is up? > I don't have fbset unfortunately, I think I have to grab it from G.U. > site, yeah ? > >> >> I could be wrong, but it seems to me I remember reading somewhere that you >> can't run XF68_FBDev in accelerated mode when the console is running Ofb. > Sure. > >> >> Xpmac is much faster than Ofb; try moving an open window around. > I wasn't able to make some use of Xpmac > > > -- > GoM ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Batmensch Date: 09-Mar-99 Time: 07:47:47 This message was sent by XFMail ---------------------------------- [[ This message was sent via the linuxppc-dev mailing list. Replies are ]] [[ not forced back to the list, so be sure to Cc linuxppc-dev if your ]] [[ reply is of general interest. Please check http://lists.linuxppc.org/ ]] [[ and http://www.linuxppc.org/ for useful information before posting. ]]