iBook 800, CDRW (Nov. 2002): X-problems for me too!

[Ted Johansson]

Hello list,

the problem with my machine is similar to Andreas' 700 MHz-problem 
discussed on this list during September (as can be found in the 
archives), but my machine is the iBook 800 MHz combo version from Nov. 
2002 with 512 MB of RAM, and graphics is (according to OSX system 
information) ATY,RageM7, with 32 MB of memory.  It may be mostly the 
same hardware as the 700 CD-version but the tricks suggested in the 
thread does not work for me.

I wonder if this is another of Apple's updated hardware that needs 
additional tuning.

I am testing with Mandrake 9.1, the downloaded ISO version, with the 
mandrake (not benh) kernel. Managed to install it although the constant 
flickering of the screen (it is like two flickering parallel images), 
since I know the i586 version install quite well. No one of the 
suggested "video=xxx" produced a working graphics setup. The text mode 
crashes when it identifies the keyboard.

If I use "video=radeonfb" as boot parameters (using yaboot.conf), I get 
the virtual terminals correct. Other combinations of kernel 
video-parameters work less good.

But for XFree, I can not find a working set of parameters.

Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 runs happily directly on this machine, but since I 
use MDK9.1 & 9.2 on my two i586 machines, I really like to see the 9.1 
ppc version also running on the iBook.

Dual-booting it with OSX.

Please, any suggestions from the list that I can test to get XFree 
working for this machine?

/Ted