Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

[Renaud Dreyer <rdreyer@math.berkeley.edu>]

Even more documentation on my problem. Here is the output of fbset -i:

mode "1280x1024-75"
    # D: 134.989 MHz, H: 79.970 kHz, V: 75.019 Hz
    geometry 1280 1024 1280 1024 32
    timings 7408 227 69 38 1 112 3
    hsync high
    vsync high
    accel true
    rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,8/24
endmode

Frame buffer device information:
    Name        : ATY Rage128
    Address     : 0x84000000
    Size        : 16777216
    Type        : PACKED PIXELS
    Visual      : DIRECTCOLOR
    XPanStep    : 8
    YPanStep    : 1
    YWrapStep   : 0
    LineLength  : 5120
    MMIO Address: 0x80800000
    MMIO Size   : 8191
    Accelerator : Unknown (32)

Is the "Accelerator: Uknown (32)" a sign of problems? maybe there's 
no acceleration at 32 bit?

Here are the relevant lines in dmesg:

MacOS display is /bandit/ATY,Rage128o
aty128fb: Rage128 [rev 0x2] 16M 
Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x64
fb0: ATY Rage128 frame buffer device on /bandit/ATY,Rage128o


> I'm running Debian on a PowerMac 7300 with a Rage Orion video card. 
> From the moment I finished installing Debian (things were fast 
> *while* I was installing), I've been plagued with a very slow console.
> Horizontal scrolling is slowish, but vertical scrolling is 
> *extremely* slow, as is painfully obvious while using dselect. I have 
> no problem with accelerated X (Xpmac.rage128), which is very fast.
> 
> I tredi to solve the problem the following way:
> 
> *Compiled and installed Paul's stable 2.2.15pre7 kernel, which I 
> believe includes Ben's latest aty128fb patch.
> 
> *Booted with No Video Driver unchecked, and kernel arguments:
> 
> video=aty128fb:vmode:20,cmode:32
> 
> *Typed fbset -a -accel True in the console
> 
> Well, my console is still as sluggish as ever. Is there any way out 
> of this?  What especailly mystifies me is that my console was fast 
> enough while installing, but only slowed down when I finished 
> installing (quit deselect). What magic tric can I perform to go back 
> to a fast console, and what screwed it up? Thanks,
> 
>          Renaud
> 
> 
> 
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