Re: Slow X framebuffer device in Compaq Armada M700
I am using Compaq Armada M700 with Debian 3.0 and an ATI driver to 1024x768
and 32 bits. The image is perfect. GDM and GNOME have a very nice interface.
In the lilo.conf I have this line:
vga=795 and the image in console is very good with small characters in colors.
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 02:04:28PM +0100, Lukasz W. wrote:
> > I'm using Compaq Armada M700 with framebuffer device (standard linux
> > VESA module). Framebuffer was used mainly to get a fancy boot logo as
> > well as 128x48 screen resolution in text mode. For a while I was using X
> > server (old 3.x.x) version for Mach64, which was quite fast, but I hed
> > problems with switching into text mode (the screen got scrambled because
> > server couldn't switch back into text mode). Now, when I'm using X
> > framebuffer, coming back to text mode is ok, but... the server is
> > painstakingly slow!
> >
> > What are my options? Should I come back to XF86_Mach64? What about new
> > version (>4.x.x) of X - is framebuffer any better?
>
> I had similar problem with my IBM Thinkpad laptop (same graphic card).
> After installing XFree 4.1 with fb compiled into kernel (in vesa mode) and
> Xserver running in fb mode everything seems to be fine. ;)
>
> > Lukasz
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