On Fri, 30 May 2008 19:43:08 -0300 Rogério Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there. Here is an old-timer coming back to the list. :-) > > Since Apple has no love anymore for people with G3 hardware, I figured > out that the way to go is to dump MacOS X. I have one major issue before > I do that (actually, two, but the other one may have to be dealt with > the kernel developers for the rt2x00 module). > > Anyway, the problem is the following: I have an iBook G3 600MHz Late > 2001 with 12" screen and an ATI Rage Mobility M3 card with 8MB of memory > and I *just* installed sid on this machine. > > I was quite surprised to see a really bad effect on the screen that is > the use of only an area of 800x600 (while the native resolution of this > screen is 1024x768) and the rest of the screen is black at the right and > a mirror image of whatever is on the top of this 800x600 area at the > bottom of the screen. > > This has never happened to me, since the days of using BenH's kernel > (that is, since about the 2.4 era). > > You can see for yourselves the weird problem (which also affects Ubuntu) > at > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/224343 > > (There are two photos of the sad situation at the bottom of the bug > report). > > Is there anybody else with a similar problem here? > > > Thanks in advance, Rogério Brito. > Hi there, Not sure if this will help but I am using a G4 powerbook using the same ati graphics chip. There is an ongoing issue with the r128 driver. With debian etch there isn't any problem. I tried installing lenny on this machine and I couldn't even get X to start. I posted on this list and it looks like the driver broke things after version 6.6.3. Lenny uses 6.8 i think? Anyways, you can probably try using the latest xorg but compiling version 6.6.3 of the r128 driver. Good luck, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
