Subject: Re: YDL2 on PowerBook G3 (Wall Street) w/ slow X video
From: Mike Garabedian (mgarabed@bellatlantic.net)
Date: Sat Aug 25 2001 - 15:06:27 MDT
With regard to the yup update, there are some earlier posts on the subject
in this list. Basically, download the latest rpm manually, and rpm upgrade
the package. That solved a number of yup problems for other people.
> From: "Steve Freitas" <steve@ihonk.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 13:49:17 -0700
> To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
> Subject: YDL2 on PowerBook G3 (Wall Street) w/ slow X video
>
> Hiya!
>
> I got YDL 2.0 installed just fine, but when I get into X, things are
> SLOOOOOW. (Before I hit X, in the console, the speed is fine.) A check of
> processor utilization shows that X is taking up most of the processing time
> anytime I do anything, such as use an xterm.
>
> So, my XFree86Config-4 file initially showed this:
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Card0"
> #Option "UseFBDev"
> Driver "fbdev"
> VendorName "ATI"
> #BusID "PCI:0:16:0"
>
> So, cat /proc/pci reveals that the ATI actually resides on 0:17:0, so I
> change that and enable the line, but that only makes a little beep while X
> starts up, and things are otherwise the same. I uncomment the Option line,
> but it doesn't help. I change Driver to "ati" -- Almost! Things are quite
> fast now, but I've got four vertical columns that are, well, "blurry," as
> the pixels switch their contents back and forth.
>
> I'm using BootX, and I pass no kernel parameters. Force Video is on, and
> whether I select "No Video Driver" or not, the results are the same.
> Question: Should BootX's video settings have anything to do with how X
> works?
>
> BTW - I just downloaded an ISO, burned it, installed, and that worked fine.
> I ran "yup update", but it says there's nothing to do. I can't believe
> that's true. Suggestions?
>
> Where should I go from here?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Steve
>
>
>
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