Isn't this quite old? (They speak of the "newer" rage 128, a chip which has been obsolete for years).
-wn On Oct 31, 2006, at 8:39 AM, Norberto Quintanar wrote: >> From <http://www.xfree86.org/4.6.0/ati3.html#3> "For all but Mach64 > adapters, this driver still does not provide support for accelerated > drawing to the screen. This means that all drawing is done by the > CPU, rather than by any accelerator present in the system and this > can make opaque moves, for example, quite ``jerky''." > > --- Warren Nagourney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Ooops. I mean the radeon mobility 9700 gpu. I see that other people >> >> get 2D acceleration but not 3D. I don't seem to get any. >> >> Thanks. >> >> -wn >> >> >> On Oct 31, 2006, at 8:19 AM, Warren Nagourney wrote: >> >>> Thanks very much for your replies! >>> >>> I fixed part of the video problem using a suggestion on the YDL >>> solutions site: I was able to get the video back by using some >> form >>> of CTRL-OPTION-F2 to get a terminal and executed Xautoconfig to >>> regenerate a useable configuration file. The video now looks >> good, >>> but it is still not accelerated. Is there any way to ensure >>> accelerated video on a machine using an ATI mobility 7700 gpu? >>> >>> The reason for thinking that the video is not accelerated is that >> I >>> briefly get multiple window outlines when I move one Firefox >> window >>> over another one. They quickly collapse, but this shouldn't >> happen if >>> the video is accelerated. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> -wn >>> >>> On Oct 30, 2006, at 5:51 PM, Derick Centeno wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Warren! >>>> >>>> Welcome. >>>> >>>> If you don't mind I'll intersperse my replies with your >> questions. >>>> >>>> Warren Nagourney wrote: >>>>> I have a few YDL questions - perhaps this should have been >> sent to >>>>> the new users list; if this list is inappropriate, my >> apologies. >>>>> >>>>> I am attempting to install YDL 4.1 on an external Firewire >> drive >>>>> attached to a 1.5 GHz Powerbook 17" laptop. It seemed to >> install >>>>> successfully and launched into the KDE display manager. I >> noticed >>>>> first that the graphics were painfully slow - when running the >> web >>>>> browser (Firefox, I believe) there were many video artifacts >> when >>>>> one >>>>> moved the browser window indicating very very slow refresh. >> First >>>>> question is how do I ensure that I have accelerated video? >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Fortunately, I've done the above myself using a 1.67 GHz PB. I >> >>>> don't >>>> mind going through the details of how this was done, however I >> would >>>> like to first suggest a different approach entirely -- if you >> are >>>> willing to consider it. I discovered that this approach saved >> me >>>> time >>>> and was very convenient. Essentially what I did was partition >> my >>>> PB's >>>> HD one for YDL and the other for OS X. Switching between YDL >> 4.1 >>>> and OS >>>> X is merely a matter pressing a button (the option key). >>>> >>>> Of course I have no idea how much data is on your OS X side, but >> if >>>> you >>>> back that up say with Dantz's Retrospect. Then you can prepare >> to >>>> split >>>> the PB HD with Apple's Disk Utility (recall HFS+ for OS X and >> Free >>>> Space >>>> for the section you intend for YDL). After that reinstall OS X >> to >>>> the >>>> side it will reside in and if you have really a lot of data you >> can >>>> offload it to the external firewire drive. Meanwhile you >> continue to >>>> complete the YDL installation process with the 1st YDL Install >> CD and >>>> just initiate the YDL installation sequence. You and the YDL >>>> installation program should see the prepared partition dedicated >>>> for YDL >>>> immediately. The nice thing about doing this is that if you >> move >>>> into >>>> serious development with YDL you can show immediately or nearly >> so, >>>> whatever you are working on. And you'll have a full server >> package >>>> (several server packages actually) available from within YDL. >>>> >>>> OS X then becomes an appendage, while YDL becomes the work >> horse. >>>> And you loose carrying about an external drive. >>>> >>>> Now, if what I just shared doesn't interest you then, I'll >> submit to >>>> describing doing things as you initially wished. I just thought >> >>>> you'd >>>> appreciate a chance to rethink the entire matter. >>>> >>>>> Next, when playing with the display configuration, I managed to >> set >>>>> an excessive refresh rate so I now get gibberish on the screen. >> Is >>>>> there a simple way to reset the graphics? (through xconfig or >>>>> something like this using a terminal?). >>>>> >>>> Within KDE: Click upon the K such that you see System Settings, >> then >>>> select Display. Doing this brings up a dialog box. Select >>>> Resolution >>>> and Color Depth under the Settings tab. See what works for you. >> >>>> Next >>>> select Monitor and Video under the Hardware tab. Select Apple >>>> Titanium >>>> PB G4. and the video card you have installed. >>>> >>>> OS X and YDL don't see the same hardware the same way so if you >>>> examine >>>> what OS X reports from within System Profiler then when you >> select >>>> Graphics/Displays you should see something -- on my system it is >> ATI >>>> Mobility Radeon 9700. YDL sees the same device differently so >> make >>>> note >>>> somewhere of all the other associated details of that card and >> you >>>> should see or recognize something within the Display app within >> KDE. >>>> >>>> Within the Gnome environment the process is similar. >>>>> Finally, can one recommend a development system for making >>>>> multiwindow apps using OpenGL? I have been doing this for a >>>>> number of >>>>> years using Project Builder and now Xcode in OSX and have had >>>>> reasonable success. For a number of uninteresting reasons, I am >> in >>>>> the process of abandoning the Apple platform due to the switch >> to >>>>> Intel, an architecture I have no interest in. (Also, in my >> opinion, >>>>> Xcode is getting worse with each new version and the vaunted >> Cocoa >>>>> developing environment is getting less and less attractive). My >>>>> ultimate goal is playing with the Cell on a PS3 (I have many >>>>> scientific programs which should benefit from the extreme >>>>> parallelism >>>>> - I already get a 4x increase in speed using altivec in an >> optical >>>>> raytracer and anticipate more from the Cell). >>>>> >>>>> Thanks in advance for any help. >>>>> >>>>> Warren Nagourney >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Ok! Warren you found the right place! Instead of diving into >> 4.1 >>>> why >>>> not just wait for YDL 5.0? The desktop environment known as E17 >> >>>> makes >>>> OS X look very weak. >>>> Of course what is even better however is that because E17 is >> open >>>> source >>>> as is everything else in YDL, you can participate with the >> various >>>> projects improving one or another thing according to your wishes >>>> without >>>> being blocked by anyone telling you -- no you may not study >> this! I >>>> have no advanced information regarding how this will run within >> a PB >>>> environment but my experience with YDL 4.1 is that it is very >> fast > === message truncated === > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ > Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited > (http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited) > > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> > site:terrasoftsolutions.com' _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
