Using Apple's Xwindow server on a Powerbook to talk to the PS3 works very well, in view of the fact that the link is an 801.11g connection (not to the ps3 - more's the pity - but to a LinkSys router). Both systems have 1000baseT which should speed things up a bit. I am quite pleased with this configuration.
-wn On Jan 9, 2007, at 7:56 PM, Warren Nagourney wrote: > I have decided on a somewhat different approach from all of the ones > discussed here. Since my chief motivation for using the PS3 is to do > Cell development, I decided that I would attach an absolutely minimum > monitor to the PS3 (for system management) and do everything using > Xwindows or ssh from another computer. I have a sense that the PS3 > doesn't deserve an expensive or sophisticated video solution until > some reasonable fraction of the GPU power is made available to linux > users. I attached a surplus 30-year old BW monitor (worth about $5) > to the composite video port and made ydltextmode the default. It > works fine - with all the flicker of a interlaced BW monitor it is > actually easier on the eyes than a scaled LCD display - and the > abysmal graphics speed is not a problem (it scrolls very fast!). > > I will keep attuned to the ps3-video developments with great > interest. I am glad this list has recently become very active - > perhaps some combination of TSS and Sony might chose to improve the > graphics situation if they sense reasonable interest in the community. > > -wn > > > On Jan 9, 2007, at 4:40 PM, David Seikel wrote: > >> On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 08:44:56 -0800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>>> I have been reading quite a few postings about video performance >>>> from the PS3 that is not very impressive. Is their anyone that is >>>> using a monitor with the PS3 that is achieving 1080p results. Has >>>> anyone tried >>>> the BenQ 24" monitor? Any input would be greatly appreciated. >>>> Thanks. >>> >>> My display for the PS3 is a Samsung 23" HDTV that does 720p and >>> 1080i. YDL always seems to use 720p, which isn't so bad I guess ... >>> but I think Enlightenment is using anti-aliasing on the screen >>> fonts, which definitely accounts for some blurriness on my system >>> (most notable in terminal windows, which is basically where I live, >>> so i'm really interested in figuring how to turn this off). >> >> E17 uses font hinting. Go to the control panel and start the font >> config dialog, then select Advanced. Around about the middle you >> will >> see a section for controlling the font hinting. Try playing with >> that >> and see if it gets better. I get no blurriness on my monitor. >> >> >> I have just noticed that having a HDMI to DVI cable plugged in, even >> though you cant use it if your DVI monitor does not support HDCP, can >> help a bit. As I stated before, I use a component to VGA cable to my >> LCD monitor. This monitor cant do 480i, which is a problem because >> kboot defaults to 480i, and the GameOS factory default is 480i. The >> first is a problem, because I cant use kboot, I have to wait for >> YDL to >> boot. The second one is a problem if you turn it on by holding down >> the power button for five seconds. In either case, I can feed >> composite into the TV capture card on my other computer, but it looks >> awful, kboot is barely readable. >> >> On the other hand, with the HDMI to DVI cable plugged in, the PS3 >> uses >> it to negotiate with the monitor, the monitor says "I can't do 480i, >> but I can do 480p", so kboot starts up in 480p, and it is much more >> usable. The bad news is that GameOS still defaults to 480i. B-( >> >> >> I am still experimenting. The resolution takes up the first 5 >> bits of >> the video mode, the rest are various flags. There are at least three >> of these flags, fullscreen / overscan, RGB / YUV, dither on / >> off. By >> the looks of it there are a total of at least 12 bits, but it may be >> 16. Thats a lot of bit space to search, especially since I leave ten >> seconds between tests to give my monitor time to sync, and me time to >> inspect the results. It's tiring, since there is no way to automate >> testing the final result, you have to stare at the screen to see if >> something useful happens. There are also a few different cable >> combinations I can try, and over the next two weeks, I will have a >> variety of monitor / TV types to try out. >> >> I think I can ignore the RGB and dither bits, one just makes the >> colours all wrong, the other doesn't seem to make any difference. I >> can also just leave the fullscreen bit turned on, it doesn't change >> the >> sync rates, so I should get a result either way. >> >> I am writing a script to automate these tests as much as possible. >> I'll put it in here later today. >> >> So far I have found an undocumented mode - 19. It doesn't get me any >> better results though, just 720p. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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' _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
