On Sun, Aug 19, 2007 at 11:46:05PM +0200, Damiano Giorgi wrote: > After a deadly struggle I somehow managed to get xserver-xorg-video-ati > 1:6.6.193-1 installed, but it didn't help: the X server gives the very same > errors (log files available, but I'm sure they are more or less the same). > > It is worth noting that I am not able to get millions of colors in Mac OS > 8.6 either (but the other color depths work). > > One final note. I'm using Ben Herrenschmidt's Mac OS utility BootX to boot > Linux on this machine. If I > select the "No Video Driver" option in BootX (which is equivalent to > passing "video=ofonly", i.e. using Open Firmware video settings) I get > 1152x870 on the Linux console. If I don't use that option, I get something > like 640x480 on the console. However, this in no way affects the behavior > of the X server, it does not work either way. Maybe this issue is > unrelated, but I thought that reporting it couldn't hurt. > > Please let me know if there are any other tests you want me to perform.
Testing xserver-xorg-video-ati 6.7.193 currently in experimental would be nice (or 6.7.192 if 193 is not build on powerpc yet). Brice -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
