> > Just found out that the needed xserver-xorg-video-r128 package is no > longer installed by default in Yakkety. Maybe this is also the case in > Xenial. So the easy solution for you would be to "sudo apt-get install > xserver-xorg-video-r128" and reboot. Maybe you get an accelerated 24bpp > desktop again without needing a supplementary xorg.conf! > > @ernst:
So I ran that suggestion, and rebooted . . . and depending on how you look at it, it either "solved" the "blotchy graphics" problem . . . or it didn't . . . as the display came back to an "energized" display of blackness. I can see that the display is "getting connected" . . . but, showing as lighter in the corners, but overall . . . black. So, indeed the blotchy graphics are no longer a problem . . . . : - ) On reboot the "TTY" logging info shows up, and I recall that back when we both started talking about this "slow booting" problem, that then, as now there is the line "aty128fb invalid ROM contents" . . . and I remember tryiing to find "aty128" in synaptic and or running that in the terminal . . . and nothing showed up. Anyway, today that data shows up, all the stuff prior to the log in splash can be seen, but the log in splash is "black" . . . one difference is that previously it took a number of windows showing these "errors" to get to the splash . . . today it got to the black much faster. >From a TTY I ran sudo update/upgrade . . . and I ran "sudo apt-get -f install" and it just showed the previous kernel to be "removed." I shut the machine down and cold booted a couple times . . . then I ran "lsmod" and, it was off the side of the screen, but I didn't see any "r128" or anything listed for "video" . . . whereas there was a bunch of modules for "snd" . . . . I was going to give up but, for humor I checked the xorg.conf file, which was as I thought, empty. I then tried to run "sudo Xorg-configure" from the TTY and it brought back a "fatal server error" E) Server is already active for display 0. If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.XO-lock (or is that /tmp/.X0???) and start again . . . . [This step is beyond my knowledge or experience, so I didn't try that out.] Possibly that is referring to the fact that the display seems to be "energized" with black light, but it isn't showing the blotchy graphics or anything else for that matter . . . . Obviously I could "rm" r128, but, if there are any other suggestions to try, I'll give it a shot. I'm not quite understanding why there was a "fatal error" on the "Xorg -configure" gambit, I've done that a few times, from the TTY . . . and then "moved" it or "cp" it into the etc/X11 or whatever, file . . . but this time it didn't let me do that, for then possibly editing the "r128" module into it, etc. Any ideas? F -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1541082 Title: [PowerMac3,1] Blotchy GUI graphics for images Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The background image and other image files are blotchy. --- ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: powerpc BootLog: fsck from util-linux 2.27.1 /dev/sda13: clean, 182266/1458176 files, 1099215/5826607 blocks CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: xenial DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 DistroVariant: ubuntu DpkgLog: ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Rage 128 PRO AGP 4x TMDS [1002:5046] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-31 (154 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha powerpc (20160123) Lsusb: Bus 002 Device 004: ID 047d:1029 Kensington Mouse*in*a*Box Optical Elite Bus 002 Device 003: ID 05ac:0220 Apple, Inc. Aluminum Keyboard (ANSI) Bus 002 Device 002: ID 05ac:1006 Apple, Inc. Hub in Aluminum Keyboard Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3 PackageArchitecture: powerpc ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: root=UUID=4eb514e5-48d7-4e99-a402-5294c80e78cc ro quiet splash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-24.43-powerpc-smp 4.4.10 Renderer: Software Tags: xenial ubuntu Uname: Linux 4.4.0-24-powerpc-smp ppc UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: _MarkForUpload: True version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160526-0ubuntu1 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.67-1ubuntu0.16.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.2.0-1ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.2.0-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-1build2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1541082/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
