On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Zeeshan Ali wrote: >From what you're describing, it sounds more like the card that you are using (not a standard card, it's designed specifically for the Mac) therefore, the standard Linux drivers are coming across a board specific issue.
You've said that it works in console (I would expect this from any card) as the console runs at a very low screen resolution. It isn't until you try to boot into X Windows that the OS tries to do anything fancy with the graphic card. At this point it is hitting the problems with drivers and the fact that the board was designed for the Mac. You have said that it is being (correctly) detected as 1024x768 - I would suggest that the drivers being used are not 100% correct for your board - resulting in the junk. The only real suggestion I have is to see if the producer of the board has a Linux specific driver. (If not hassle them, as Linux is now a major operating system and deserves full support) Have you tried running the card at a lower screen resolution (800x600)? If it does work at this resolution, then I suggest that you put up with it until you can either get a full work around or find a board specific driver. Most of the above information is *not* Linux specific and works in diagnosing under MacOS, Windows, and any other modular type computer system. it doesn't contain anything extra-ordinarily exciting. Just a methodical way of looking at the information given. Hope it's been of some help > Hi, > I am no expert at all but my bad experience with > many old vga cards & good experience with s3virge PCI > cards tell me that you can atleast supress that: > > Cannot read V_BIOS (5) > > line you need to set the option saying something like > "scan user flash area" enabled in your bios setup. > Again i am no expert, so I may be completelly > wrong.... Bye. > > --- Meelis Roos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (no answer from newbie list, asking from xpert now) > > > > I have a powermac 7300 with s3virge pci card (Formac > > GA6). The card has > > F-code ROM so OpenFirmware recognizes and > > initializes it. I boot to > > Linux (through macos), Linux sees it as a unknown > > 1024x768 openfirmware > > framebuffer and it works OK in console. Linux 2.2.20 > > and 2.4.19 tested. > > > > Now I try to run X on it (latest 4.2.99 CVS - tried > > 4.1 also, no > > difference). The screen comes up garbled - it has > > vertical stripes, > > mouse cursor is a big square with random pattern, > > usually the lower 1/3 > > of screen is just garbage where even mouse cursor is > > not shown (but it > > flickers when moving mouse or scrolling text). When > > drawing windows > > (xterm for example), some pixels are missing or > > garbled and scrolling > > distorts all the image. Sometimes (maybe always) > > also the color palette > > is wrong. Some letters are also flipped > > left-to-right in addition to > > being garbled. > > > > 24-bit, 16-bit and 15-bit depth ar all the same; > > 8-bit depth does have > > correct colors an no garbage in the lower third of > > the screen but mouse > > cursor and fonts are still garbled. > > > > Using software cursor cures the cursor image but > > this is just one > > detail. > > > > Has anybody run s3virge on powerpc successfully? Any > > hints to get it > > running? I'm open to trying patches, patch ideas > > etc. > > > > Selected interesting lines from the log: > > > > (EE) S3VIRGE(0): Cannot read V_BIOS (5) > > (II) S3VIRGE: driver (version 1.8.3) for S3 ViRGE > > chipsets: virge, 86C325, > > virge vx, 86C988, virge dx, virge gx, > > 86C375, 86C385, virge gx2, > > 86C357, virge mx, 86C260, virge mx+, 86C280, > > trio 3d, 86C365, > > trio 3d/2x, 86C362, 86C368 > > (--) Chipset virge found > > (**) S3VIRGE(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 24 > > (==) S3VIRGE(0): RGB weight 888 > > (==) S3VIRGE(0): Default visual is TrueColor > > (==) S3VIRGE(0): Using HW Cursor > > (==) S3VIRGE(0): Using fb. > > (==) S3VIRGE(0): mx_cr3a_fix. > > (==) S3VIRGE(0): XVideo allowed (depends on > > chipset). > > (II) S3VIRGE(0): initializing int10 > > (EE) S3VIRGE(0): Cannot read V_BIOS (5) > > (--) S3VIRGE(0): Chipset: "virge" > > (II) S3VIRGE(0): vgaHWGetIOBase: hwp->IOBase is > > 0x03d0, hwp->PIOOffset is 0x0000 > > (II) S3VIRGE(0): vgaHWGetIOBase: hwp->IOBase is > > 0x03d0, hwp->PIOOffset is 0x0000 > > (--) S3VIRGE(0): No DDC signal > > (II) S3VIRGE(0): I2C bus "I2C bus" initialized. > > (II) S3VIRGE(0): I2C device "I2C bus:ddc2" > > registered at address 0xA0. > > (II) S3VIRGE(0): I2C device "I2C bus:ddc2" removed. > > (==) S3VIRGE(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, > > 1.0) > > (--) S3VIRGE(0): videoram: 4096k > > (--) S3VIRGE(0): Detected current MCLK value of > > 79.943 MHz > > (II) S3VIRGE(0): Monitor0: Using hsync range of > > 30.00-64.00 kHz > > (II) S3VIRGE(0): Monitor0: Using vrefresh range of > > 50.00-120.00 Hz > > (II) S3VIRGE(0): Clock range: 20.00 to 270.00 MHz > > (--) S3VIRGE(0): Virtual size is 1280x1024 (pitch > > 1280) > > (**) S3VIRGE(0): Default mode "1280x1024": 108.0 > > MHz, 64.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz > > (==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp > > (II) do I need RAC? No, I don't. > > (II) S3VIRGE(0): vgaHWGetIOBase: hwp->IOBase is > > 0x03d0, hwp->PIOOffset is 0x0000 > > (II) S3VIRGE(0): vgaHWGetIOBase: hwp->IOBase is > > 0x03d0, hwp->PIOOffset is 0x0000 > > (**) S3VIRGE(0): Using FB > > (II) S3VIRGE(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration > > Architecture (XAA) > > Screen to screen bit blits > > Solid filled rectangles > > 8x8 mono pattern filled rectangles > > CPU to Screen color expansion > > Solid Horizontal and Vertical Lines > > Offscreen Pixmaps > > Setting up tile and stipple cache: > > 10 128x68 slots > > (==) S3VIRGE(0): Backing store disabled > > (==) S3VIRGE(0): Silken mouse enabled > > (**) Option "dpms" > > (**) S3VIRGE(0): DPMS enabled > > > > And from XF86Config: > > > > Section "Module" > > Load "extmod" > > Load "glx" > > Load "dri" > > Load "dbe" > > Load "record" > > Load "xtrap" > > Load "speedo" > > Load "type1" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Monitor" > > Identifier "Monitor0" > > VendorName "Monitor Vendor" > > ModelName "Monitor Model" > > HorizSync 30-64 > > VertRefresh 50-120 > > Option "DPMS" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Device" > > Identifier "Card0" > > Driver "s3virge" > > VendorName "S3 Inc." > > BoardName "86c325 [ViRGE]" > > BusID "PCI:0:13:0" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Screen" > > Identifier "Screen0" > > Device "Card0" > > Monitor "Monitor0" > > DefaultDepth 24 > > SubSection "Display" > > Depth 1 > > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > > Depth 4 > > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > > Depth 8 > > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > > Depth 15 > > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > > Depth 16 > > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > > Depth 24 > > EndSubSection > > EndSection > > > > -- > > Meelis Roos ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xpert mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs > http://www.hotjobs.com > _______________________________________________ > Xpert mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert > > _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
