2002 iBook, YDL 2.3 and DRI

Andrew Hodel yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Sat Sep 28 13:03:00 2002


On Saturday 28 September 2002 01:09, Michel D=E4nzer wrote:
> On Sam, 2002-09-28 at 08:12, Stephen Hocking wrote:
> > I've installed YDL 2.3 on my 2002 700MHz G3 iBook purchased a couple =
of
> > months ago. It's stock, with the addition of 512MB of memory (for 640=
MB
> > total) and an Airport card. However, when attempting to get OpenGL
> > running in accelerated manner as per the HOWTOs, the display is gross=
ly
> > corrupted and generally unusable. Has anyone else see this? Enclosed =
is
> > the XF86Config-4, XFree86.0.log and dmesg output. I see the corruptio=
n at
> > depths 16 and 24. Of course a depth of 15 bits  doesn't allow the DRM=
 to
> > work.
>
> This isn't supposed to work with anything but current DRI CVS.

Can you get X to work correctly without using GL, and if so, what=20
resolutions/color depths can you acheive.  I have the same computer, only=
=20
problem I have had with it is the stock volume controls.

Andrew Hodel