On 2013-11-14 17:07, Aere Greenway wrote: > On 11/14/2013 05:26 AM, Federico Leoni wrote: >> >> The Sony VAIO PCG-F540 has a video card from NeoMagic (MagicMedia >> 256AV+) that seems to be fully supported by Ubuntu 13.10: >> >> http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/saucy/en/man4/neomagic.4.html >> >> if the display works fine on 12.04 live CD without any additional >> parameter then you probably need to open a bug report against >> xserver-xorg-video-neomagic. I had a look to Launchpad and the bugs I >> found are listed here: >> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/+bugs?field.searchtext=neomagic&search=Search+Bug+Reports&field.scope=all&field.scope.target= >> >> But I didn't see nothing about wrong colors, just banding issues due >> to the lack of dithering on drivers. >> >> And Aere, did you try with a Lubuntu 12.04 live CD to see if the color >> are right? As far as I remember LXLE is focused to strongly support >> old chipsets too. Perhaps they are using some additional settings or >> different drivers. >> > Federico: > > Thanks for the information. I will be pursuing it further, as you > suggested. > > For now, the data-sheet I have on the machine, describes its graphics as > follows: > > NeoMagic MagicMedia 256AV+ with 3.0 MB SGRAM. 128-bit accelerator and > MPEG playback acceleration. > > The first link you supplied indicates something I think matches: > > MagicGraph 256AV+ (NM2230) > > I no longer have the Lubuntu 12.04 live CD because that system is no longer > supported (and you > probably can't download it anymore, though I didn't try). > > I used the LXLE version of Lubuntu 12.04 because it is still supported. > > I plan to submit a bug documenting the problem. > > -- > Sincerely, > Aere > Hi Aere,
Phill keeps copies of previous versions. Download from http://phillw.net/isos/lubuntu/precise/ Best regards Nio -- Lubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
