Graphics in YellowDogLinux 4.0

[Felix Jodoin]

Can you do the same thing for an ati rage 128 mobility?
I added (to the boot flags) video=aty128fb, will that help?

On Nov 22, 2004, at 9:07 PM, Owen Stampflee wrote:

>
>> I just installed the YDL 4.0 and I as well as other are less than 
>> satisfied.
>> I was disappointed to see that my Powerbook g4 (1ghz 1, 1gig of ram, 
>> radeon
>> 9000 mobility) in terms of graphics still sucks in YDL.  I also feel
>> disappointed that I can not run 3d apps with 3d acceleration which is 
>> what I
>> would like.
> 3D should work on that machine, you'll have edit your
> /etc/X11/XF86Config to enable DRI and use the radeon driver but it
> should work. We dont enable this by default as it can cause problems,
> and we chose the safe route.
>
>>     However, I impressed with the overall speed improvements with YDL 
>> 4.0, I
>> feel that it runs much smoother than 3.x.  However, I feel that at 
>> least in
>> the powerbook lines the models are to generalized considering that 
>> each
>> version of powerbook has at least 4 or 5 different models.  Also, one 
>> thing
>> that I have just not had time to check on is weather bug (feature in 
>> osx bug
>> in linux) that was introduced with the latest firmware update from 
>> apple.
>> The one that does not allow the powerbook g4 1ghz to run at 1ghz but 
>> rather
>> 667 mhz.
> Interesting, I thought this issue was fixed a long time ago.
>
>>     I just want to say that I thank the development team for the 
>> efforts and
>> I hope they continue to work things out.  Something that I think that 
>> some
>> people don't understand is that linux is always a work in progress and
>> things are never perfect unless you build things from the ground up 
>> and know
>> exactly what you are doing.
> Thank you. We often make choices that the community doesnt like, but we
> hope everyone understands if we explain why we did such a thing.
>
> Cheers,
> Owen
>
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