> > Just found out that the needed xserver-xorg-video-r128 package is no > longer installed by default in Yakkety. Maybe this is also the case in > Xenial. So the easy solution for you would be to "sudo apt-get install > xserver-xorg-video-r128" and reboot. Maybe you get an accelerated 24bpp > desktop again without needing a supplementary xorg.conf! > > @ernst:
So I ran that suggestion, and rebooted . . . and depending on how you look at it, it either "solved" the "blotchy graphics" problem . . . or it didn't . . . as the display came back to an "energized" display of blackness. I can see that the display is "getting connected" . . . but, showing as lighter in the corners, but overall . . . black. So, indeed the blotchy graphics are no longer a problem . . . . : - ) On reboot the "TTY" logging info shows up, and I recall that back when we both started talking about this "slow booting" problem, that then, as now there is the line "aty128fb invalid ROM contents" . . . and I remember tryiing to find "aty128" in synaptic and or running that in the terminal . . . and nothing showed up. Anyway, today that data shows up, all the stuff prior to the log in splash can be seen, but the log in splash is "black" . . . one difference is that previously it took a number of windows showing these "errors" to get to the splash . . . today it got to the black much faster. >From a TTY I ran sudo update/upgrade . . . and I ran "sudo apt-get -f install" and it just showed the previous kernel to be "removed." I shut the machine down and cold booted a couple times . . . then I ran "lsmod" and, it was off the side of the screen, but I didn't see any "r128" or anything listed for "video" . . . whereas there was a bunch of modules for "snd" . . . . I was going to give up but, for humor I checked the xorg.conf file, which was as I thought, empty. I then tried to run "sudo Xorg-configure" from the TTY and it brought back a "fatal server error" E) Server is already active for display 0. If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.XO-lock (or is that /tmp/.X0???) and start again . . . . [This step is beyond my knowledge or experience, so I didn't try that out.] Possibly that is referring to the fact that the display seems to be "energized" with black light, but it isn't showing the blotchy graphics or anything else for that matter . . . . Obviously I could "rm" r128, but, if there are any other suggestions to try, I'll give it a shot. I'm not quite understanding why there was a "fatal error" on the "Xorg -configure" gambit, I've done that a few times, from the TTY . . . and then "moved" it or "cp" it into the etc/X11 or whatever, file . . . but this time it didn't let me do that, for then possibly editing the "r128" module into it, etc. Any ideas? F -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1541082 Title: [PowerMac3,1] Blotchy GUI graphics for images To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1541082/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
