[Xpert]Dual Head + Fast 2D Graphics

2002-07-30 Thread Colin Law
Hello, Im looking at creating a dual headed system for use while developing an animation tool. Screen 1 for most of the development/coding work, Screen 2 for fullscreen playback of the animated sequences Im looking for advice on a fast 2D graphics card (im not interested in 3D) with good s

[Xpert]pci_retry zipping sound

2002-08-20 Thread Colin Law
Hi, I currently have and ATI Rage XL using the 'ati' driver of XFree86 4.1 under debian. Everything looks fine, however, when i drag a window, or move a scroll bar i get a 'zipping' or 'chopping' effect of the sound. From what i have read within ALSA documentation, this may be caused by the

[Xpert]ATI DVI at high resolutions?

2002-08-22 Thread Colin Law
Hi, I've just read an article (http://www.epinions.com/content_58368757380) about the viewsonic flatpanel which mentions that ATI drivers/cards wont output DVI at high resolutions, ie anything over 1280x1024. I admit that this article is Windows based, but, Is this correct under XFree86 ? is

[Xpert]apple cinema + radeon dvi

2002-10-25 Thread Colin Law
Hi, I've just put together a new system with an 23" apple cinema hd display using an ati radeon 7500 card through the apple adc to dvi convertor. However i get nothing on the display after power up. The power light on the apple appears to comes on, and then fades off again and then nothing. I'

[Xpert]Apple 23 HD Cinema Modeline

2002-10-30 Thread Colin Law
Hi, I'm having trouble getting a 23" Apple HD Cinema display up and running under XFree86 4.2.1. I'm aiming for a dual head system with a regular CRT using a radeon 7500 for the apple, and the onboard graphics chip for the CRT. I've posted previously on this after getting nowhere, but i can now

[Xpert]Apple 23 HD Cinema Modeline

2002-10-30 Thread Colin Law
On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Colin Law wrote: / Hi, />/ />/ I'm having trouble getting a 23" Apple HD Cinema display up and running />/ under XFree86 4.2.1. I'm aiming for a dual head system with a regular />/ CRT using a radeon 7500 for the apple, and the onboard gr

Re: [Xpert]Apple 23 HD Cinema Modeline

2002-11-05 Thread Colin Law
(II) RADEON(1): Supported additional Video Mode: (II) RADEON(1): clock: 155.0 MHz Image Size: 495 x 310 mm (II) RADEON(1): h_active: 1920 h_sync: 1984 h_sync_end 2016 h_blank_end 2144 h_border: 0 (II) RADEON(1): v_active: 1200 v_sync: 1203 v_sync_end 1206 v_blanking: 1212 v_border: 0 (I