Subject: Re: XFree 4.1.0 on a Powerbook G3
From: Robert Serphillips (rserphillips@austin.rr.com)
Date: Sun Dec 09 2001 - 11:35:04 MST
Try this link. It might be all the info you ever need to know about the G3 powerbook.
http://www.thecodefactory.org/neillm/yellowdog.php3
-Rob
On Sun, 09 Dec 2001 13:30:00 +0200
Graham Leggett <minfrin@sharp.fm> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> After installing YDL v2.1 on my Powerbook G3 (with ATI Rage Pro 8MB
> card) the X configuration defaults to the fbdev driver, which is dead
> slow.
>
> I tried to change the driver from fbdev to ati, and the card is
> correctly identified as an ATI card, but X refuses to start saying there
> are no valid modelines found. This turns out to be because the
> horizonatl refresh rates are out of range.
>
> Kludging the horizontal range to "0-100" allows X to start up properly -
> and the screen appears fine, but the mouse pointer is turned into a
> 64x64 pixel block of corrupt data.
>
> Giving up on Xconfigurator and using Xautoconfig4 instead results in
> another config file with an invalid refresh rate.
>
> Is there any hope of getting acceleration to work on this machine?
> Anyone else had success with a G3 Powerbook and YDL?
>
> Regards,
> Graham
> --
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