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Re: Resolution 800x600 problem to install MDK 9.1

Stew Benedict
Thu, 23 Oct 2003 09:19:43 -0700

On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I try to make a clean reinstall of mdk 9.1 on my old ibook 366. The maximum screen 
> resolution is 800x600 and the card is the Ati rage mobility 128.
> 
> My big problem is that whatever I try to pass(benh, gui-old, atyfb128, aty128fb, 
> fbdev, force-fbdev, vmode:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED], etc.), the gui install is not 
> usable. Sometime, my cursor seem normal but that is all. I looked the /tmp/Xconf and 
> I really think that my problem lies with the default 1024x768.
> 
> Can I change "live" the screen resolution for 800x600?
> If I kill anything, the install stop. Also, apart "cat" what else can I use to edit 
> during the install ?
> 

gui-old should not care about an X config, it uses Xpmac

there is no editor available during install, unless you create your own 
install image do an HD install and drop something into the tree, you could 
also modify the perl source if you were going to do this


> 
> The text installation seem too broken to pass the license page. There is a problem 
> with "can't load the keyboard" 115 or 114, etc. I did the text install with 8.2, 
> long ago. I though it worth to mention and I could try different thing to debug it 
> if you want Stew but I don't know what.
> 
> 

text install is broken, the common workaround is: 

"install-gui-benh text"

You installed 9.1 on this machine once?

Did you note the r128 message at the yaboot prompt?

install-gui gui-old video=aty128fb

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Stew Benedict

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