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Hi
I'm an Italian newbay of Linux for Macintosh.
I need some help about the correct configuration of XFree86.
To be more precise I have a Mac PPC G4 466 with a ATI RAGE 128 PRO, whose
name is Display. Another identification that is showed by Apple System
Profiler is ATI RAGE 128 PD. And my monitor is a Philips 107T21.
Here I report its features:
107T21
* 17-inch (16.0" VIS) color monitor with excellent front of screen
performance for use with MACs and PCs
* Autoscan covers horizontal frequencies up to 71 kHz offering a maximum
resolution of 1280 x 1024 with flicker free display of 1024 x 768 at up to
89 Hz
* Flat square High Contrast CRT with high-resolution 0.25 mm dot pitch
(0.21 hdp).
* LightFrame for brightest and sharpest display of movie and photo
windows
* Large screen display in a small footprint: World's shortest 17-inch
conventional monitor with maximum depth of only 408 mm/16.1"
* Multimedia Base and USB Hub option
* MPR-II,NUTEK, EPA, FCC, CE and ISO9241,ISO14001 certified
Technical Specifications*
CRT
Size and deflection 17 inch / 41 cm ; 90° deflection angle
Dot pitch 0.25 mm
Horizontal pitch 0.21 mm
Tube type Shadow mask, flat square, high contrast, anti-glare,
anti-static, anti reflection, light transmission 47%
Phosphor P22
Recommended display area 12.0" x 9.0" / 306 x 230 mm
Maximum display area 12.9" x 9.7" / 327 x 245 mm
SCANNING
Horizontal scanning 30 - 71 KHz
Vertical scanning 50 - 160 Hz
VIDEO
Video dot rate 108 MHz
Input impedance
- Video 75 ohm
- Sync 2.2 kOhm
Input signal levels 0.7 Vpp
Sync input signal
Separate sync
Composite sync
Sync polarities Positive and negative
WHITE COLOR TEMPERATURE
Chromaticity CIE coordinates:
at 9300 K degrees x = 0.283 / y = 0.297
at 6500 K degrees x = 0.313 / y = 0.329
Unfortunately I have'nt found any info about features of my ATI card.
Anyway the principal problem I have, is to set correctly those lines, in the
XConfig-4 file, that are similar to this
Modeline "1024x768" 94.5 1024 1072 1168 1376 768 769 772 808 +HSync +VSync.
There is there anyone who can help me?
Thanks
Marco, Italy
Marco Frisan wrote:
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> To be more precise I have a Mac PPC G4 466 with a ATI RAGE 128 PRO
....
> Horizontal scanning 30 - 71 KHz
> Vertical scanning 50 - 160 Hz
....
> Thanks
>
> Marco, Italy
(a) Which Linux?
(b) I assume you boot your linux with yaboot, not bootx? Please confirm.
(c) Your video card: AGP or PCI?
(b) Which XFree86? If you enter 'XFree86 -version' what does it say?
(c) If you enter 'startx', what does it say?
In GOglb.208$I04.1@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net, whom, whom@ever.org, il
21.10.2003 22:37 ha scritto:
> Marco Frisan wrote:
>
> ...
>> To be more precise I have a Mac PPC G4 466 with a ATI RAGE 128 PRO
> ...
>> Horizontal scanning 30 - 71 KHz
>> Vertical scanning 50 - 160 Hz
> ...
>> Thanks
>>
>> Marco, Italy
>
> (a) Which Linux?
> (b) I assume you boot your linux with yaboot, not bootx? Please confirm.
> (c) Your video card: AGP or PCI?
> (b) Which XFree86? If you enter 'XFree86 -version' what does it say?
> (c) If you enter 'startx', what does it say?
>
Sorry for the incomplete informations.
I've installed a Yellow Dog 2.3 Linux and I'm almost sure that the version
of XFree86 installed is 4.X.
In this moment I'm not able to say it exactly becouse I'm surfing with Mac
OS.
I will send you more information lately.
Thanks
Marco, Italy
In BBBDFCB3.208B4%enderender@virgilio.it, Marco Frisan,
enderender@virgilio.it, il 23.10.2003 21:42 ha scritto:
> In GOglb.208$I04.1@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net, whom, whom@ever.org, il
> 21.10.2003 22:37 ha scritto:
>
>> Marco Frisan wrote:
>>
>> ...
>>> To be more precise I have a Mac PPC G4 466 with a ATI RAGE 128 PRO
>> ...
>>> Horizontal scanning 30 - 71 KHz
>>> Vertical scanning 50 - 160 Hz
>> ...
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Marco, Italy
>>
>> (a) Which Linux?
>> (b) I assume you boot your linux with yaboot, not bootx? Please confirm.
>> (c) Your video card: AGP or PCI?
>> (b) Which XFree86? If you enter 'XFree86 -version' what does it say?
>> (c) If you enter 'startx', what does it say?
>>
>
> Sorry for the incomplete informations.
>
> I've installed a Yellow Dog 2.3 Linux and I'm almost sure that the version
> of XFree86 installed is 4.X.
> In this moment I'm not able to say it exactly becouse I'm surfing with Mac
> OS.
>
> I will send you more information lately.
>
> Thanks
>
> Marco, Italy
>
Oops I have forgot the slot type of the video card.
It is an AGP slot.
Thanks
Marco, Italy
Marco Frisan wrote:
> In BBBDFCB3.208B4%enderender@virgilio.it, Marco Frisan,
> enderender@virgilio.it, il 23.10.2003 21:42 ha scritto:
>
>> In GOglb.208$I04.1@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net, whom, whom@ever.org,
>> il 21.10.2003 22:37 ha scritto:
>>
>>> Marco Frisan wrote:
>>>
>>> ...
>>>> To be more precise I have a Mac PPC G4 466 with a ATI RAGE 128 PRO
>>> ...
>>>> Horizontal scanning 30 - 71 KHz
>>>> Vertical scanning 50 - 160 Hz
>>> ...
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Marco, Italy
>>>
>>> (a) Which Linux?
>>> (b) I assume you boot your linux with yaboot, not bootx? Please confirm.
>>> (c) Your video card: AGP or PCI?
>>> (b) Which XFree86? If you enter 'XFree86 -version' what does it say?
>>> (c) If you enter 'startx', what does it say?
>>>
>>
>> Sorry for the incomplete informations.
>>
>> I've installed a Yellow Dog 2.3 Linux and I'm almost sure that the
>> version of XFree86 installed is 4.X.
>> In this moment I'm not able to say it exactly becouse I'm surfing with
>> Mac OS.
>>
>> I will send you more information lately.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Marco, Italy
>>
>
>
> Oops I have forgot the slot type of the video card.
> It is an AGP slot.
>
> Thanks
>
> Marco, Italy
Did you browse these pages?
http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/suppor....3.shtml#notes
http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/suppor...n/dexter.shtml
In Oj0mb.3730$wc3.1268@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.n et, whom,
whom@ever.org, il 24.10.2003 04:41 ha scritto:
> Did you browse these pages?
>
> http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/suppor....3.shtml#notes
> http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/suppor...n/dexter.shtml
I surfed those pages few moments ago, and I didn't find anything
interesting.
But, maybe I was misunderstood. My video settings are working. My problem is
just to fine tune monitor and graphic board settings, becouse I have the
suspect they are working 70% of their actual capacity. And I worry to not
damage monitor and graphic board.
The principal settings I don't understand are video timings: specifically I
don't know wath are Front Porch and Back Porch for Horizzontal and Vetical
timings, used to calculate h/vsyncstart, h/vsyncend, h/vsynctotal.
Philips gives no information about those parameters and I don't know how to
find out them, because I don't know what they are.
About graphic board, I am in worse situation, because I don't know almost
anything about it's specifications, exept for video RAM, model name and slot
type. And it seems impossible to find any information about my card on ATI
web site.
More precisely I'm looking for dot clock/pixel clock, and drivers to use to
made it work correctly.
Thanks
Marco, Italy
