Re: YDL PowerStation and Squeeze Graphics Colour issue

[Pat Wall <pjwall@mac.com>]

On 05/04/11 20:12, nello martuscielli wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 7:06 PM, Pat Wall<pjwall@mac.com>  wrote:
>    
> > Hi All
> >
> > I have a YDL PowerStation that I used with YDL 6.1/6.2 since I purchased it
> > from Fixstars. I have now decided to move to Debian Squeeze as YDL is no
> > longer supported.
> >
> > I installed a default Debian system using the 6.0.1a netinst image. The
> > install went fine except yaboot failed to install which I subsequently
> > installed manually.
> >
> > On booting into X (gdm/gnome) colours appear to be inverted i.e. blue
> > displays as pink and pink as blue etc. Has anyone experienced this colour
> > issue before and is there a solution?
> >
> > The PowerStation is a stock config with the ATI X1650.
> >
> >      
>
>    


Hi Nello
> a couple of days ago i saw the same machine (nice but very noisy)
>    
It certainly is a fabulous machine but is a bit noisy alright - I've 
been using it for the past two years as my desktop so I've gotten used 
to it ....or maybe I'm going deaf ;-).

Sometimes the fans can spin up to full speed without warning - it's 
frightened the living daylights out of my wife once or twice ;-)


Pat


> running an up to date cruxppc 64bit.
> The stock videocard was replaced by a FireGL V5600 and i can say that
> gradient colors was correct but instead 3d was broken with an error
> like this:
> IRQ's not enabled, falling back to busy waits: 2 0
>
> Anyway the colors were correct thus i guess you only need to update your debian.
>
>
> cheers,
> Nello
>