# Re: result of new screentest for PowerMac G4/799 **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [June 11, 2002, 9:09am UTC](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/re-result-of-new-screentest-for-powermac-g4-799/1620 "2002-06-11T09:09:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![denispelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@denispelli](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/u/denispelli)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 9:09am UTC](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/re-result-of-new-screentest-for-powermac-g4-799/1620/1 "2002-06-11T09:09:58Z")
dear hyung oops. i left out a file. here's the complete set. hopefully this will work. best denis > \>Dear Denis, > \> > \>Thanks for sending me the new screentest. ... > \>Am I missing a file? ... > \> > \>best, > \>Hyung > \> > \>... > \>??? Undefined function or variable 'SetClutWaitTest'. > \> > \>----- Original Message ----- > \>From: "Denis Pelli" \<[denis.pelli@...](mailto:denis.pelli@...)\> > \>To: "hyung" \<[hyung@...](mailto:hyung@...)\> > \>Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 5:30 PM > \>Subject: new SCREEN.mex (was screentest on PowerMac G4/799) > \> > \> > \>\> dear hyung > \>\> > \>\> thanks for the report. we just fixed that problem for Mac > \>\> Psychtoolbox 2.5, which should be released very soon. > \>\> > \>\> [http://psychtoolbox.org/mac.html#changes](http://psychtoolbox.org/mac.html#changes) > \>\> > \>\> however, so you don't have to wait, i'm enclosing the new SCREEN.mex, > \>\> which fixs the problem (actually it works around a bug in the ATI > \>\> driver for the 8500 Radeon card), and a new version of ScreenTest.m, > \>\> which produces a prettier report. > \>\> > \>\> please let us know whether this solves your problem. > \>\> > \>\> best > \>\> > \>\> denis > \>\> > \>\> p.s. please bear in mind that we can't test all combinations of > \>\> everything. i know that the combined files in release 2.5 work well > \>\> in tests to date. i'm guessing a bit in predicting that you'll be > \>\> able to drop these 4 new files into your release 2.44 without any > \>\> problems. if you have trouble, you might revert to release 2.44 and > \>\> switch to the full psychtoolbox 2.5 when it's released. quite soon. > \>\> > \>\> \>Dear Denis & David, > \>\> \> > \>\> \>Very recently I bought a PowerMac G4/799 and did screentest for it. At the > \>\> \>end of the test, it could not come back to the command window (the screen > \> \> \>just remained black). Because of this, I cannot send you the > \>results of the > \> \> \>screentest. Other programs I made for other G4 machines did not > \>run well on > \>\> \>the new Machine. I guess the graphic card may cause the problem. > \>\> \>Interestingly, when I set the color as 256 colors, at the end of the > \>\> \>screentest, it comes back to normal command window. At the end of the mail, > \>\> \>I attached the result (Please note that this result is for the condition > \>\> \>where the color is set to 256 colors; when the color is set to millions of > \>\> \>colors, the screentest does not work). Would you please help me out? > \>\> \> > \>\> \>Sincerely, > \>\> \>Hyung > \>\> \> > \>\> \>Hyung-Chul O. Li, Ph.D. > \>\> \>Dept. of Industrial Psychology > \>\> \>Kwangwoon University, Seoul, Korea > \>\> \> > \>\> \> > \>\> \> > \>\> \>\>\>screentest > \>\> \>ScreenTest will now test your computer's ability to show movies on each of > \>\> \>your screens. For explanation, type: help screentest > \>\> \> > \>\> \>\*\*\*\*\*\* hyung's Power Mac G4/799, Mac OS 9.2.2 \*\*\*\*\*\* > \>\> \>unknown PowerPC processor, 800 MHz, memory bus 133 MHz, 79.879 Mflop/s > \>\> \>PsychToolbox 2.44, 7 August 2000, MATLAB 5.2.1.1421 > \> \> \>QuickTime 5.0.2 > \>\> \>No screen saver. > \>\> \>Using UpTime-based timing, which is very accurate and reliable. > \>\> \>Has serial port arbitration. > \>\> \>\*\*\* Screen 0 \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > \>\> \>ATY,BlueStone\_A (.Display\_DualHead version 1.0f64) in slot SLOT-1 > \>\> \>10 bit dacs. 1280x1024 85 Hz. (56,60,65,67,70,72,75,76,85,90,100,120 Hz > \>\> \>avail) > \>\> \>Yay! SCREEN Preference AskSetClutDriverToWaitForBlanking set 0 > \>\>ok, set 1 ok. > \>\> \> WARNING: DriverTest: SetClut doesn't wait (at priority 7), yet > \>\> \>SetClutDriverWaitsForBlanking is 1. > \>\> \> driver = > \>\> \> secs: 0.2000 > \>\> \> windowPtrOrScreenNumber: 0 > \>\> \> setClutDriverAwaitsBlanking: 0 > \>\> \> interruptOnBlanking: [] > \>\> \> setClutFraction: NaN > \>\> \> priority: 7 > \>\> \> SetClut 306.8 Hz (3 ms) vs interrupt 85.1 Hz (12 ms) > \>\> \> pixelSize 8 > \>\> \> setClutDriverAwaitsBlanking 0 > \>\> \> SetClutDriverWaitsForBlanking 1 > \>\> \> SetClut period 3 ms, or NaN ms with delay 2 ms > \>\> \> InterruptToSetClutEndSecs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ms > \>\> \> interruptOnBlanking 1 > \>\> \> Please send this report to denis & david: [psychtoolbox@...](mailto:psychtoolbox@...) > \>\> \> > \>\> \> WARNING: DriverTest: SetClut doesn't wait (at priority 7), yet > \> \> \>SetClutDriverWaitsForBlanking is 1. > \>\> \> driver = > \>\> \> secs: 0.2000 > \>\> \> windowPtrOrScreenNumber: 0 > \>\> \> setClutDriverAwaitsBlanking: 0 > \>\> \> interruptOnBlanking: [] > \>\> \> setClutFraction: NaN > \>\> \> priority: 7 > \>\> \> SetClut 317.2 Hz (3 ms) vs interrupt 85.1 Hz (12 ms) > \>\> \> pixelSize 16 > \>\> \> setClutDriverAwaitsBlanking 0 > \>\> \> SetClutDriverWaitsForBlanking 1 > \>\> \> SetClut period 3 ms, or NaN ms with delay 2 ms > \>\> \> InterruptToSetClutEndSecs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ms > \>\> \> interruptOnBlanking 1 > \>\> \> Please send this report to denis & david: [psychtoolbox@...](mailto:psychtoolbox@...) > \>\> \> > \>\> \> WARNING: DriverTest: SetClut doesn't wait (at priority 7), yet > \>\> \>SetClutDriverWaitsForBlanking is 1. > \>\> \> driver = > \>\> \> secs: 0.2000 > \>\> \> windowPtrOrScreenNumber: 0 > \>\> \> setClutDriverAwaitsBlanking: 0 > \>\> \> interruptOnBlanking: [] > \>\> \> setClutFraction: NaN > \>\> \> priority: 7 > \>\> \> SetClut 306.6 Hz (3 ms) vs interrupt 85.0 Hz (12 ms) > \>\> \> pixelSize 32 > \>\> \> setClutDriverAwaitsBlanking 0 > \>\> \> SetClutDriverWaitsForBlanking 1 > \>\> \> SetClut period 3 ms, or NaN ms with delay 2 ms > \>\> \> InterruptToSetClutEndSecs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ms > \>\> \> interruptOnBlanking 1 > \>\> \> Please send this report to denis & david: [psychtoolbox@...](mailto:psychtoolbox@...) > \>\> \> > \>\> \>pixel size 8 16 32 bits > \>\> \>pages 1 1 1 > \>\> \>CopyWindow (ie CopyBits) 189 192 192 MB/s > \>\> \>GetClut equals SetClut? ~= ~= na > \>\> \>SetClutDriverWaitsForBlanking? Yes > \>\> \>At priority 7 ... No blanking intrpts. > \>\> \>SetClut (cscSetEntries) min dur. 0.0 0.0 0.0 frames > \>\> \>\*\*\* SetClutDriverAwaitsBlanking? No > \>\> \>At priority 1 ... Blanking interrupts. > \>\> \>SetClut (cscSetEntries) min dur. 0.1 0.1 0.1 frames > \>\> \>SetClut suppresses ints. for 0.0 0.0 0.0 frames > \>\> \>\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > \>\> \>\>\> > \>\>