Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-18 Thread Adam C Powell IV
Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Renaud Dreyer wrote: > > > P.S. Which of the precompiled fonts: > > > > CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y > > CONFIG_FONT_SUN8x16=y > > CONFIG_FONT_SUN12x22=y > > > > are used in the frame buffer console and how can I make it switch > > from one set to another? >

Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-17 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Renaud Dreyer wrote: > > > P.S. Which of the precompiled fonts: > > > > > > CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y > > > CONFIG_FONT_SUN8x16=y > > > CONFIG_FONT_SUN12x22=y > > > > > > are used in the frame buffer console and how can I make it switch > > > from one set to another? > > > > All o

Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-17 Thread Renaud Dreyer
> On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Renaud Dreyer wrote: > > > Renaud, try fbset -depth 8. > > > > > > > > > I tried that but I get a blank screen and: > > > > fbcon setup: no support for fontwidth 8 > > fbcon setup: type 0 (aux 0, depth 8) not supported > > > > Same at depths 16 and 24, even the .config f

Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-17 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Renaud Dreyer wrote: > > Renaud, try fbset -depth 8. > > > > > I tried that but I get a blank screen and: > > fbcon setup: no support for fontwidth 8 > fbcon setup: type 0 (aux 0, depth 8) not supported > > Same at depths 16 and 24, even the .config for my kernel has: > >

Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-17 Thread Renaud Dreyer
> Renaud Dreyer wrote: > > > rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,8/24 > > This looks like 32 bpp. > > > Ethan Benson wrote: > > > rgba 8/0,8/0,8/0,0/0 > > This looks like 8 bpp! > > > Renaud, try fbset -depth 8. > I tried that but I get a blank screen and: fbcon setup: no support for fontwidth 8

Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-17 Thread Michel Dänzer
Renaud Dreyer wrote: > rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,8/24 This looks like 32 bpp. Ethan Benson wrote: > rgba 8/0,8/0,8/0,0/0 This looks like 8 bpp! Renaud, try fbset -depth 8. Michel -- Therapy is expensive, popping bubble wrap is cheap. You choose.

Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-17 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 01:01:05PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > Renaud Dreyer wrote: > > > > Possible. Have you tried other depths? As the console has only 16 colors > > > anyway, there's no point in running it at more than 8 bpp... > > > > I'll try that next, but I know someone on a B&W G3 (wit

Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-17 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Renaud Dreyer wrote: > > Renaud Dreyer wrote: > > > Frame buffer device information: > > > Name: ATY Rage128 > > > Address : 0x8400 > > > Size: 16777216 > > > Type: PACKED PIXELS > > > Visual : DIRECTCOLOR > > > XPanS

Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-17 Thread Renaud Dreyer
> Renaud Dreyer wrote: > > > > Possible. Have you tried other depths? As the console has only 16 colors > > > anyway, there's no point in running it at more than 8 bpp... > > > > I'll try that next, but I know someone on a B&W G3 (with Rage128) > > who gets accelerated console and the same > > "

Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-17 Thread Michel Dänzer
Renaud Dreyer wrote: > > Possible. Have you tried other depths? As the console has only 16 colors > > anyway, there's no point in running it at more than 8 bpp... > > I'll try that next, but I know someone on a B&W G3 (with Rage128) > who gets accelerated console and the same > " Accelerator : Un

Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-17 Thread Renaud Dreyer
> Renaud Dreyer wrote: > > > Frame buffer device information: > > Name: ATY Rage128 > > Address : 0x8400 > > Size: 16777216 > > Type: PACKED PIXELS > > Visual : DIRECTCOLOR > > XPanStep: 8 > > YPanStep: 1 > > YWrapStep

Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-17 Thread Michel Dänzer
Renaud Dreyer wrote: > Frame buffer device information: > Name: ATY Rage128 > Address : 0x8400 > Size: 16777216 > Type: PACKED PIXELS > Visual : DIRECTCOLOR > XPanStep: 8 > YPanStep: 1 > YWrapStep : 0 > LineLength

Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-17 Thread Renaud Dreyer
Even more documentation on my problem. Here is the output of fbset -i: mode "1280x1024-75" # D: 134.989 MHz, H: 79.970 kHz, V: 75.019 Hz geometry 1280 1024 1280 1024 32 timings 7408 227 69 38 1 112 3 hsync high vsync high accel true rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,8/24 endmode Frame

Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-17 Thread Renaud Dreyer
Let me also mention what fbset -v -s gives me: Linux Frame Buffer Device Configuration Version 2.1 (23/06/1999) (C) Copyright 1995-1999 by Geert Uytterhoeven Opening frame buffer device `/dev/fb0' Using current video mode from `/dev/fb0' mode "1280x1024-75" # D: 134.989 MHz, H: 79.970 kHz,

Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-17 Thread Renaud Dreyer
I'm running Debian on a PowerMac 7300 with a Rage Orion video card. >From the moment I finished installing Debian (things were fast *while* I was installing), I've been plagued with a very slow console. Horizontal scrolling is slowish, but vertical scrolling is *extremely* slow, as is painfully