Re: [gentoo-user] Dinosaur Matrox Mystique: corruption

["Alan E. Davis" <lngndvs@gmail.com>]

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Bob:

Your comments are extremely useful. However much I would like to get a newer
graphics card, I am stuck with this one for a few weeks at least. It works
well on an Ubuntu system on a different partition.

How would you recommend to go about trying vesa. That may be what Ubuntu is
doing. Turn on vesa framebuffer?

I backed down to 1024xsomething: vertical lines were scalloped/wavy. Someone
mentioned this would be a timing issue, but I don't know what I'd do to
microadjust timing? xvidtune? I'll try it.

Thanks again.

Alan

On 11/17/05, Bob Sanders <rmsand@concentric.net> wrote:
>
>
> 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
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