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

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

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More information: at a lower clock, even at 1024x768 the lines seem to be
less of a problem.  At 832x624, this artifact is not apparent.

Thank you for all the help.

Alan

On 11/25/05, Alan E. Davis <lngndvs@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Following up:  The solution proposed by Hans was somewhat successful.  The
> buffer update problem has apparently been solved  at a higher  of 1024x768.
>
> Wavy vertical lines are still evident.  This I can ignore, however.   At
> 862
> On 11/21/05, Alan E. Davis <lngndvs@gmail.com > wrote:
> >
> > I think Hans's idea makes sense, since it was the file storm.c that was
> > patched in the first place by others.  I'll have to wait, because I've
> > started a new gentoo install due to problems detecting the /boot partition
> > in my machine.  I botched an attempt to move data from that partition to the
> > / partition.
> >
> > I have been able to do 1064x768 at 16 or 24 bits.  Even 1100something x
> > something worked, perhaps not as perfectly.
> >
> > Thank you for so many great answers, in great depth.  I will see what
> > comes about in a day or two.  It's tricky to do this on a dialup.
> >
> > Alan Davis
> >
> > On 11/20/05, Walter Dnes < waltdnes@waltdnes.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 11:57:12PM -0600, kashani wrote
> > >
> > > > The Mystique has 4mb of RAM upgradeable to 8mb IIRC. It was likely0
> > > > new in '95-'96 as I scraped together $140 to by the slightly better
> > > > Matrox Millennium used off Ebay in '96. The Mystique did not do well
> > >
> > > > at higher resolutions, which is why I went with the Millennium. I'd
> > > > shoot for 800x600 and go from there.
> > >
> > >   1024x768 at 24bits (16 million colours) should be doable.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Walter Dnes < waltdnes@waltdnes.org> In linux /sbin/init is Job #1
> > > My musings on technology and security at http://tech_sec.blog.ca
> > > --
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> > >
> > >
> >
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