Subject: Re: more Pulsar/S900 woes
To: Jeff Walther <trag@io.com>
From: ML <ml@rz.uni-potsdam.de>
List: port-macppc
Date: 09/27/2003 09:36:21
Hello,
> That ROM label is found on the Apple OEM Ultimate Rez card.
Then it is one. Although the name 'Ultimate Rez' is nowhere to be found on the board.
> >> The Ult. Rez. card has problems in the lower (PPB) slots under Mac
> >> OS. However, I've found this to be a driver issue.
> > Yep, I can confirm this. The MacOS driver hangs occasionally if the card is
> > behind the PCI bridge. ( and it hangs reproducable when you try to change
> > resolution )
>
> If you disable the extension (driver) which provides acceleration the
> resolution change freeze goes away. Of course, the card is
> considerably slower without that driver loaded.
Yep, 'considerably slower' is a nice euphemism...
The other problems I described seem to be issues with the -current kernel, 1.6.1 seems to be stable.
have fun
Michael