Re: Radeon 8500 + PowerPC = Yellowish tint
David Brown <[email protected]>
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On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 03:55:53PM +0100, Eric Deveaud wrote: | On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, David Brown wrote: | | Hello David, | > I've managed to get XFree86 4.2.0 built and running on powerpc. Using | > the ati driver, 'UseFBDev', and the radeonfb kernel driver, the best | > display I can get is 640x480 with most of the display tinted yellow. | | you can use the radeon driver for X, the ati driver loads it | | i'm not using a radeon 8500, but a 9000 that share a lot of | caracteristics. | | I was experiencing the same problem, there was a bug in the radeonfb | kernel driver, and using 2.4.20-rc3-ben0 corrected the problem. | you can use the last benh kernel tree that correct the problem. Aha. I'll give that a try. I don't have the machine in front of me right now, but I'm pretty sure the kernel was 2.4.20, pre-rc3. Thanks a lot, - Dave | | Eric | -- | Quelqu'un ici a dit qu'il y avait une patch pour fider les bugs | de RedHat5 sur leur page ( www.redhat.com ) mais j'ai ps trouver ou qqun | pourrias me shooter l'adresse svp? | -+- Psionic in Guide du Linuxien pervers, "Tous drogu?s !!" -+- | | _______________________________________________ | Xpert mailing list | [email protected] | http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert |