ATI Rage 128 help needed

George Mogiljansky yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Tue Oct 1 07:18:01 2002


Hi, 
I had the same or similar problem with the same
monitor sans the Rage card - and the Beige has
integrated ATI video as well.
Cheers
George (2.1 YD at the time)

--- Rickard E <rid@wgi.su.se> wrote:
> Steven Tomcavage wrote:
> > Yesterday I installed an ATI Rage 128 video card
> in my PPC
> > 6360. I got it working in Linux by passing in a
> > "video=aty128fb:vmode:10" line to the kernel from
> BootX.
> > Everything works fine in the command line mode, as
> well as
> > on the Mac side, but as soon as I start up X, my
> display is
> > shifted up and to the left. If I fix it with the
> knobs on
> > my monitor, then the display is off-center for my
> command
> > line and Mac OS modes. Does anyone know how to
> shift the
> > screen in X but keep it in the same location for
> command
> > line and Mac OS? 
> > 
> > BTW, I am using an Apple 15" Multiscan monitor.
> 
> I guess there is a significant difference in
> resolution and frame rate 
> between console mode and your YDL graphic mode. It
> is quite normal for 
> monitors to shift the screen as these settings are
> changed. Modern 
> monitors are supposed to remember settings for each
> set of screen 
> parameters that are used, so that switching mode
> will not move the 
> picture. You may actually have a monitor problem...
> 
> Regards
> /Rickard E


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