From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EcZ4s-0001BS-W1 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 02:00:43 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jAH1wjx2024090; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 01:58:45 GMT Received: from mail22.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail22.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.24]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jAH1qFhh010997 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 01:52:16 GMT Received: (qmail 9412 invoked from network); 17 Nov 2005 01:52:14 -0000 Received: from dsl027-182-150.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO chi.speakeasy.net) (rmsand@[216.27.182.150]) (envelope-sender ) by mail22.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 17 Nov 2005 01:52:14 -0000 Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:52:14 -0800 From: Bob Sanders To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Dinosaur Matrox Mystique: corruption Message-ID: <20051116175214.06a925c4@chi.speakeasy.net> In-Reply-To: <7bef1f890511160250g5eb2d183ge5716e1d6d41a7c6@mail.gmail.com> References: <7bef1f890511160250g5eb2d183ge5716e1d6d41a7c6@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.0.5 (GTK+ 1.2.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 6cc74792-a1ba-4439-9711-dc9a4301f53f X-Archives-Hash: cfb51dad8d955a07f4438d603f2b9e5a On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:50:14 +1000 "Alan E. Davis" wrote: > I gather that there was a bug in the mga drivers some time ago, and it > appears that the xorg drivers have incorporated the patches I have seen > during my google searches. > I had one running on Gentoo last year, before the motherboard on an 800 MHz Athlon Slot-A died. X ran fine. > I do wonder what to do about framebuffers, though. Tiring of the battle, > after many years of avoiding framebuffers, Have you tried just using - vesa? Or vga? It should work. Turning on everything is always a sure way to break a kernel. > > Description: when scrolling the buffer, some lines are doubled, some are > lost, and using Firefox at least, when I type Ctrl-L, the frame displays > properly until it is scrolled again. I have found descriptions of similar > issues on the Inet, but nothing that has helped get my system to work > properly. Does this symptom ring a bell with anyone? > Generally, it's because the gfx card can't refresh from it's internal memory fast enough. As I recall, the Mystique had an optional memory module, which I have on mine. Perhaps its just that your trying to use too high a resolution and hitting the cards performance limits? With due respect, save up your pennies and get a current Gfx card. Should be around US$42. Sure, that's a months wages in some parts of the world. But still - throwing a massively powerful processor in a system with a dead-end Gfx card is kind of wasteful, unless you're making this thing into a server. Bob - -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list