On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Rick Sabatino wrote:
> I'm hoping someone on the list can help me. I decided to install
> Yellow Dog Linux on a Motorola StarMax 3000/240. At the command line,
> everything appears fine. I use BootX to load linux with "No video
> driver" unchecked and the argument "video=atyfb:vmode:14,cmode:16"
> This works fine (as does vmode:10) to run at the command line, but once
> I go into XFree86, it's over.
> XConfigurator detects ATY Mach64 to be the video card. This is
> correct, as the Apple "Tanzania" motherboard, on which the Starmax 3000
> is based, has ATI Mach64 VT onboard graphics.
> The screen displays when I load up X windows, but it is not exactly
> legible. Fonts fall victim in particular, but all images, cursors etc
> appear oddly. It appears as if the the rows on the screen are fine,
> but that the even and odd columns across the screen image were swapped
> around ( e.g. 2,1,4,3,6,5,8,7... ). I went in Xconfigurator and
> specified monitor settings (Magnavox MV5011, CM1300 15" Monitor )
> Hsync: 30.0-54.0; Vsync: 50.0-110.0 with no change in result.
> Now, I have the feeling that I'm in a little deeper than I can guess my
> way out of. I suppose I could spend the rest of my days living on the
> command line, but have little interest in that.
> Would someone out there be willing to point me in the right direction?
As a temporary workaround, try one or more of the following XF86Config
device section options:
Option "XaaNoScanlineCPUToScreenColorExpandFill"
Option "XaaNoMono8x8PatternFillRect"
Marc.
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