Re: X on G4 with ATI Rage 128 Pro and LCD Panel

[Michel Dänzer <daenzer@relog.ch>]

Stefan Kluth wrote:

> thanks a lot for that, X works now. I couldn't get any of the modelines in
> XF86Config to work though and had to use
> 
> ...
> 
> Section "Screen"
>     Driver      "FBDev"
>     Device      "Linux Frame Buffer Device"
>     Monitor     "LCD Panel"
>     DefaultColorDepth 8
>     SubSection "Display"
>         Depth       32
>         Modes       "default"
>     EndSubSection
> EndSection

This looks a bit inconsistent; you want to use 8 bit (?), but only have a
Display Subsection for 32...


> The Xserver seems to be rather slow. Is that expected?

Yes, it's unaccelerated. X 4.x (hint: it's in testing now! :) has a well
accelerated driver.


Michel


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