[opensuse] graphics question
I put 10.2 in an old Gateway P3/900MHz box that has an "ATI Rage 128 Pro Ultra TF" video card. It seems to work ok with mplayer and DukeNukem and others. . glxgears reports "3249 frames in 5.0 seconds = 649.740 FPS" and the animation is nice and smooth. When I run Google Earth the earth screen really flashes and flickers So, what's up with G.E.? Can this be fixed using that graphics card? Fred -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
This has probably been answered before but if so, I missed it. I have some programs that require something like /media/cdrom or /media/dvdrecorder to work, but Suse 10.2 reads the volume i.d. and uses that as the mount point, ie /media/SOME_Program. What do I do to make those programs work with the new dynamic naming convention? Fred -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 09 March 2007 22:55, Stevens wrote:
I have some programs that require something like /media/cdrom or /media/dvdrecorder to work, but Suse 10.2 reads the volume i.d. and uses that as the mount point, ie /media/SOME_Program.
What do I do to make those programs work with the new dynamic naming convention? Create a symbolic link...
... a symbolic link allows a file to be referenced by another name (even from another directory) without changing the original file location or name. Change directory into /media ( cd /media ) as root. Use the following command to create the symbolic link ( I will use your example names ): ln -sf SOME_VOLUMEID cdrom The -s switch makes the link symbolic, and the -f switch forces the command to remove any existing links by that name... be careful---- cdrom is the linkname and SOME_VOLUMEID is the target. This will create a symbolic link under /media that will appear when listed ( ls -al ) as the following : cdrom -> SOME_VOLUMEID Now, apps that need to read /media/cdrom will actually be reading /media/SOME_VOLUMEID. What might happen though is that an app might need to read /mnt/cdrom... and you can still create a symbolic link to do the job. Change directory into /mnt as root and use this command: ln -sf /media/SOME_VOLUMEID cdrom This link will look like this when /mnt is listed: cdrom -> /media/SOME_VOLUMEID Now an app needing to find the cdrom (Redhat style) under the /mnt filesystem will be able to read the /media/SOME_VOLUMEID that was mounted Suse style. -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Mar 08, 07 16:42:04 -0600, Stevens wrote:
I put 10.2 in an old Gateway P3/900MHz box that has an "ATI Rage 128 Pro Ultra TF" video card. It seems to work ok with mplayer and DukeNukem and others. .
glxgears reports "3249 frames in 5.0 seconds = 649.740 FPS" and the animation is nice and smooth. When I run Google Earth the earth screen really flashes and flickers So, what's up with G.E.?
Apparently GE doesn't get enough framebuffer memory for double buffering. Which isn't really strange, as GE needs a lot of textures and the ATI Rage 128 is a dead old card.
Can this be fixed using that graphics card?
Try starting GE in a smaller window (not resizing later, that won't
help). Also, there are (undocumented) the options "AGPSize" and
"BufferSize" which you can try out. Both take some integer (MByte), and
BufferSize has to be smaller than AGPSize. AGPSize can be a power of 2
from 4 to 256. The rest you have to try out for yourself.
Matthias
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On Tuesday 13 March 2007 08:44, Matthias Hopf
On Mar 08, 07 16:42:04 -0600, Stevens wrote:
I put 10.2 in an old Gateway P3/900MHz box that has an "ATI Rage 128 Pro Ultra TF" video card. It seems to work ok with mplayer and DukeNukem and others. .
glxgears reports "3249 frames in 5.0 seconds = 649.740 FPS" and the animation is nice and smooth. When I run Google Earth the earth screen really flashes and flickers So, what's up with G.E.?
Apparently GE doesn't get enough framebuffer memory for double buffering. Which isn't really strange, as GE needs a lot of textures and the ATI Rage 128 is a dead old card.
Can this be fixed using that graphics card?
Try starting GE in a smaller window (not resizing later, that won't help). Also, there are (undocumented) the options "AGPSize" and "BufferSize" which you can try out. Both take some integer (MByte), and BufferSize has to be smaller than AGPSize. AGPSize can be a power of 2 from 4 to 256. The rest you have to try out for yourself.
Matthias
Matthias: Thank you for your reply. I may try that later today to see if it works, but i just found an nVidia MX-400 pci card (it works) and will be installing it, as I know that the -400 card works well with those apps. It has its own set of issues when the kernel is upgraded, but that is minor compared to the poor performance of the ATI card. Thanks again, Fred -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Mar 13, 07 08:56:40 -0500, Stevens wrote:
Thank you for your reply. I may try that later today to see if it works,
Don't hold your breath. It's absolutely unsure whether you're hitting configuration issues or even hardware limitations. Don't know whether it is worth the hassle.
but i just found an nVidia MX-400 pci card (it works) and will be installing it, as I know that the -400 card works well with those apps.
This is probably the better idea :-) About nobody is using Rage 128 any more, even Mach64 is better supported (due to server mainboards).
It has its own set of issues when the kernel is upgraded, but that is minor compared to the poor performance of the ATI card.
Agreed.
Matthias
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