On 2005-0910 19:28:56, Michel Dänzer wrote: > The Debian X FAQ (IIRC) > clearly states that incorrect behaviour of the X server on certain > setups is to be considered normal severity.
even if "certain setups" means all imacs? but all right, I'll live with this for a while or try to downgrade to the last working version (but I don't like the option since by not complaining I will not be contributing to the development of Debian). by the way: I removed the xfree86-common package and am now using x11-common and I have the same swapped colours > > > (**) FBDEV(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 24 > > (==) FBDEV(0): RGB weight 888 > > (==) FBDEV(0): Default visual is TrueColor > > (==) FBDEV(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) > > (II) FBDEV(0): hardware: ATY Rage128 (video memory: 16384kB) > > Have you tried using the hardware specific ati/r128 driver instead of > the generic fbdev driver? ... short answer? no, I think not, how do I do that? ... verbosely? I can't remember. I set up this machine in May 2004, I had problems with the screen since at boot time, as soon as the fbdev is loaded, it shifts some two characters to the left, out of the screen. I recovered it by reshifting it by hand in a /etc/rc.boot/bootmisc file. >>> /usr/sbin/fbset -xres 1024 -yres 768 -pixclock 12500 -left 185 -right 30 -upper 42 -lower 17 <<< what I recall was looking for alternatives to the fbdev driver, but I vaguely remember reading something about "preferred way" which made me insist with the fbdev driver. moreover, I am not an old dated macintosh fan: I had the chance to buy a cheap and aestetically attractive old iMac in May 2004, I knew that linux can run on it, so I acquired it. it was not a question of principles war... what was I saying, ah, yes, not being used to macintoshes, I also did not feel like go too close to its hardware... Mario -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
