On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 10:24 AM, ernsteiswuerfel <erhar...@mailbox.org> wrote:
> Added the upstream bug to this tracker. Then I realized that strictly > speaking this bug "X doesn't start with r128 driver (ATI RAGE) > [powerpc]" has a different meaning from this one here "blotchy > graphics". I think it's best to create a new Ubuntu Xorg bug and add the > upstream info there. > > Sorry for the noise! > > @Fritz: > > Your xorg.conf looks fine. After altering parameters check your Xorg.log > after you restarted X, to look what exactly went wrong with the driver you > selected xorg.conf. Just use the different drivers "modesetting", "fbdev", > "fbdevhw" with different bit depths and see what happens. > If your monitor is capacle also always use the native resolution of your > monitor. The Rage 128 is able to do 1920x1080 if you got the most recent PM > 3,1 (http://identimac.com/modelDetails/Power%20Macintosh%20G4/23.html) > Yes, I'm also sorry for the "noise," but I decided to include it here as well to show the personal efforts being expended to work on this problem . . . and the resultant, "now it's not blotchy, now it is a blackish screen with no images . . . that is happening, etc. @ernsteiswuerfel: OK, glad to hear that, yes, I thought it looked "OK" as well, but, it made no difference in display showing up, or even trying to show up. Although when I booted the live DVD session it took literally 3 or 4 minutes for the cursor to appear and then the desktop; and perhaps I haven't been letting it take that long with these recent efforts?? It's all become a tad bit "odd" . . . in that trying the --configure gambit was returned as "failed" . . . and looking through "lsmod" shows none of the usual suspects as far as video drivers goes . . . and I did "autoclean" trying to remove "r128" to see if that would let the xorg.conf get busy . . . and r128 didn't show up in that list, so I did "sudo rm x-x-v-r128" (spelled out) and then it said "no such file or directory" . . . . And, multiple reboots and so forth, makes for a lot of time . . . . Anyway, as it is now, the graphics are not "blotchy" . . . they are "gone" so I don't know how I can support a "new" Bugzilla r128 bug with "evidence" because . . . now the screen is black, etc . . . and there is an xorg.conf file whereas before there wasn't, etc. I did look over the Xorg.log a couple times . . . nothing of any apparent relevance showed up, but then this area is an area of weakness . . . I have the "dual-boot" install process down, and years back I spent endless hours trying to get 12.04 to run the display on my old iMac 800 . . . now I'm generally finding that it is easier to do a fresh install than to mess around with the console on the tiny details . . . . But, I was thinking this morning I have some notes about the display "modes" where I have used something like "1024 x 768@60-32" . . . something like that, and ***that*** did make a difference on my iBook to get the display to work properly . . . possibly that is worth trying out . . . . I'll post back on the "progress" . . . when I get there. F -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1541082 Title: [PowerMac3,1] Blotchy GUI graphics for images To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1541082/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp