Fine-tuning G4 ibook 1.33GHz graphics

Kristo Kristo at YDL.net
Tue Dec 14 20:12:03 MST 2004


-- 
Greetings Cian,

That will be great!  I am EST USA (east coast), earlier than you.  Either
e-address will work.


Health & Happiness,
Kristo


Quoting Cian Duffy <myob87 at gmail.com>:

> Have you altered the X config file at all?
> 
> Firstly you'll want to move off the fbdev driver to the 2D
> accelerating one - this should just involve changing the driver from
> "fbdev" to "radeon"
> 
> Theres a few more options to get 3D acceleration and better colour
> depths as well
> 
> I can mail you my 12" 1.2Ghz's XF86Config file tomorrow morning (8
> hours from now, whatever that is your time), which has the same card
> and has no refresh issues (that an Irish eye used to 50Hz power and
> hence 50Hz and not 60Hz TV's can see) and 2D/3D setup, if you need it.
> Never tried dual monitor though.
> 
> Cian
> 
> On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 18:49:11 -0500, Kristo <Kristo at ydl.net> wrote:
> > 
> > --
> > Greetings,
> > 
> > I am seasoned with mac for 20 years and a newbie to linux.
> > 
> > Very little code experience beyond html web design.  Have some tuning to do
> with
> > my G4 ibook 1.33GHz with the ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 graphics card.
> > 
> > 1. Refresh rate is not right has slow lines (no adjustment under system
> settings).
> > 2. Dual monitor option is not allowing an "OK" after selecting my monitor
> from
> > the menu.
> > 
> > In an ideal world, would love to know what the code changes for a this
> ibook
> > "XF86Config" looks like.
> > 
> > Health & Happiness,
> > Kristo
> > 
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