ppc g4 128mb video card

Fri May 21 07:56:02 2004

Hello Chris,

i had some similar problems (a flickering line vertically on the left of my 
display) when i tried to run ydl 3.0 on my pb g3 wallstreet (13" with ATI 
RAGE LT IC) with million of coulours. only thousands of colours do work. 
maybe a hint for you, instead of a expensive replacement. good luck.

besides, a question: does anybody now why i can not enable the 3D Acceleration 
in the checkbox (Display-control-menu, advanced) together with the my choosen 
cideo controller, ATI Rage LT? Although the video-controller should support 
3D according to the manuals.

rouven obst
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From: Chris Burnham <ccburnham@speakeasy.net>
Subject: Re: ppc g4 128mb video card
Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 12:55:57 -0400
To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com

Hello Krischan,

Thanks for the response. I have already set up the XF86Config in with 
the fbdev drivers. It still has the same problem. I'm really starting 
to think it might be a display issue. As I mentioned there was a small 
scratch when I bought it a few days ago. I am worried something could 
have been damaged within the display and is really only noticed when in 
Linux.  It only a a small area the snowy lines, near the scratch. I wil 
get it replaced before I continue to tinker I think.

Thanks, and again if anyone is having similar problems I would be 
curious to hear them-

Chris

On May 16, 2004, at 3:04 PM, Krischan wrote:

> Hi Chistopher,
>
> since you dont see any oddities under OSX it is most likely just a
> setting thing. Try this:
>
> edit yout /etc/X11/XF86Config file as root and add
>
> 'Option       "UseFBDev" "true"'
>
> in the 'Section "Device"'. Maybe that helps. You can also run
> 'Xautoconfig' and see if anything has changed.
>
> Good luck
>
> Krischan
>
> On Sat, 15 May 2004 14:41:58 -0400
> "Christopher C. Burnham" <ccburnham@speakeasy.net> wrote:
>
>> Hoping I can get a little consensus-
>> very recently purchased a ppc g4 128mb video (ati mobile radeon 9700)
>> through apple direct and soon installed ydl 3.0.1 which installed
>> fine. I picked the Generic OF Compatiple Monitor w/fbdev
>> Seems to want the Titanium 15 monitor (2003) version
>>
>> It seems to work except for these faint little snowy lines going
>> horizontal across the screen. They only appear in about a third into
>> the screen from the right, top to bottom.
>>
>> I don't see this at all when in OSX...
>>
>> Everything seems set correctly (1280x854, thousands of colors etc...)
>>
>> Now, as I noticed this I also noticed a tiny little scratch in the
>> lower part of the screen, maybe 2-3 mm in length, in the same area as
>> these snowy lines. (annoying)
>>
>> My question is this, does anyone else experience this sort of video
>> behavior with these new graphics cards? Better ideas on configuration?
>> or would getting my screen replaced under an Apple warranty hopefully
>> fix the problem? I kind of want to replace the screen anyway because
>> two days new and noticing that little scratch is a bit upsetting...
>>
>> Thanks
>> cb
>>
>>
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