Re: directfb w ATI Radeon
Arnt Karlsen wrote: On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 00:31:55 -0400, Mental Patient [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Anyone using this setup? I recently switched my Geforce3 for a Radeon. I have glx/X11 stuff working fine, but was wondering about getting directfb working. I've tried passing vga=791 at the grub prompt, as well ..at the grub prompt, hit c then tab twice. Try 'vbe-detect(?)' to see what video modes it can do. Turns out it was a kernel config error. Recompiled with frame buffer console enabled, it goes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: directfb w ATI Radeon
On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 08:39:01AM -0400, Mental Patient wrote: Arnt Karlsen wrote: On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 00:31:55 -0400, Mental Patient [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Anyone using this setup? I recently switched my Geforce3 for a Radeon. I have glx/X11 stuff working fine, but was wondering about getting directfb working. I've tried passing vga=791 at the grub prompt, as well ..at the grub prompt, hit c then tab twice. Try 'vbe-detect(?)' to see what video modes it can do. Turns out it was a kernel config error. Recompiled with frame buffer console enabled, it goes. Is the framebuffer accelerated with a Radeon [9700]? I got it to work but it was very slow compared to not using it. This would make things that spew lots of text (like compiles) take much longer, so even though it was beautiful I preferred not to use it. Did I misconfigure it? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: directfb w ATI Radeon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 08:39:01AM -0400, Mental Patient wrote: Turns out it was a kernel config error. Recompiled with frame buffer console enabled, it goes. Is the framebuffer accelerated with a Radeon [9700]? I got it to work but it was very slow compared to not using it. This would make things that spew lots of text (like compiles) take much longer, so even though it was beautiful I preferred not to use it. Did I misconfigure it? Not sure, I'm running 2.6.0-test5. I haven't really had time to make any kind of judgement. I got the console to come up in frame buffer mode, logged in and thats about it. I'm using a similar card as yours. The console didn't seem overy slow, but plain text mode is probably still faster. As far as directfb goes, I saw on the web site that initial radeon acceleration support is working, however I still have a good bit of reading to do before I get gtk+ apps,ect working on the console. -- Mental ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The Torah... The Gospels... The Koran... Each claimed as the infallible word of GOD. Misquoted, misinterpreted, misunderstood, and misapplied. Maybe that's why he doesn't do any more interviews. - sinfest.net CARPE NOCTEM, QUAM MINIMUM CREDULA POSTERO. GPG public key: http://www.neverlight.com/pas/Mental.asc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: directfb w ATI Radeon
On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 02:11:03PM -0400, Mental Patient wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 08:39:01AM -0400, Mental Patient wrote: Is the framebuffer accelerated with a Radeon [9700]? I got it to work but it was very slow compared to not using it. This would make things that spew lots of text (like compiles) take much longer, so even though it was beautiful I preferred not to use it. Did I misconfigure it? Not sure, I'm running 2.6.0-test5. I haven't really had time to make any kind of judgement. I got the console to come up in frame buffer mode, logged in and thats about it. I'm using a similar card as yours. The console didn't seem overy slow, but plain text mode is probably still faster. As far as directfb goes, I saw on the web site that initial radeon acceleration support is working, however I still have a good bit of reading to do before I get gtk+ apps,ect working on the console. The test is to run % yes | nl for say 30 seconds. VGA text mode was like 100 times faster for me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: directfb w ATI Radeon
On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 15:18:54 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The test is to run % yes | nl for say 30 seconds. VGA text mode was like 100 times faster for me. .._sweet_. Try 'time yes |nl '. ;-) 5608 y 5609 y 561 real0m10.684s user0m0.120s sys 0m0.030s [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ..more benchmarks? -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: directfb w ATI Radeon
On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 01:31:17AM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 15:18:54 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The test is to run % yes | nl for say 30 seconds. VGA text mode was like 100 times faster for me. .._sweet_. Try 'time yes |nl '. ;-) 5608 y 5609 y 561 real0m10.684s user0m0.120s sys 0m0.030s [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ..more benchmarks? Some of this is down to the terminal emulator as well. xterm got to 18036 in 30 seconds, informally timed, while pterm got to 849123. (pterm has always had some other resource usage issues, mind you.) Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: directfb w ATI Radeon
On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 00:31:55 -0400, Mental Patient [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Anyone using this setup? I recently switched my Geforce3 for a Radeon. I have glx/X11 stuff working fine, but was wondering about getting directfb working. I've tried passing vga=791 at the grub prompt, as well ..at the grub prompt, hit c then tab twice. Try 'vbe-detect(?)' to see what video modes it can do. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
directfb w ATI Radeon
Anyone using this setup? I recently switched my Geforce3 for a Radeon. I have glx/X11 stuff working fine, but was wondering about getting directfb working. I've tried passing vga=791 at the grub prompt, as well as video=radeonfb, but the console stays black until X starts (gdm). Anyone have this stuff working? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
