On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 01:51:38 +0100, Idar Tollefsen wrote: > >> Another problem is running this card at depths of 24 or 30. At both those > >> depths, the screen is unclear, fonts unreadable and borders have nasty > >> flickering effects. 30 is worse than 24. Have anyone else seen this with > >> GLINT cards? Can I do something about it? > > > You can't do depth 30 with an IBM526DB, so it shouldn't work at all. Only > > the IBM640 dac supports depth 30. > > Hmm... Well... It does work, in that it actually displays something, but if > it is as you say, no wonder it looks weird at that depth. Mmm, that looks like a bug. I'll fix that so it won't work at all.
> But what about 24? Are there any reasons why that should look bad as well? Depends on your board. Send me a log at depth 24 and I'll take a closer look. > >> One last thing; if someone else has this card, could you verify that it > >> has 8MB of RAM? I thought it had 16MB, but I might be mistaken and have > >> long since lost the manuals (X auto probes 8MB). > > > Yes, The card has 8MB of videoram, but probably has another 8MB of EDO > > memory - usually used for 3D. The driver only reports the videoram as > > it currently doesn't have a 3D driver and looses the other 8MB of EDO. > > Doesn't have a 3D driver? Does that mean I won't get any OpenGL > acceleration out of this card with XFree86? Nope. Alan. _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
