I have tried all PPC distributions including Yellow Dog, Debian and SuSE 
(currently using Debian), but I have yet to see any that was able to start 
the installer without any custom boot parameters, in case you have a Apple 
17" Studio Display. In my case the installer only works with the following 
boot parameters:

video=aty128fb:vmode:20

Also, after the installation is complete, these custom parameters are not 
remebered and put in the "append=..." line in yaboot.conf automatically, 
forcing you to remember to type them in on the first boot after installation. 
This is extremely confusing for a newbie since they get a blank screen after 
rebooting.

Another problem with this card/monitor combo is that X only works in 
1280x1024 mode, unless you provide a custom modeline. The modeline that works 
for me is:

Modeline "1024x768"   112.62  1024 1068 1240 1420  768  768  780  808 +hsync 
+vsync

It would be nice if this mode could be detected automaticaly during 
installation if someone chooses the Apple Studio Display, and the 
XF86Config-4 generated appropriately. 

It seems like a lot of people use the Apple Studio Display and are turned off 
from trying Linux PPC because of the install problems discussed above.

It would be great if Mandrake could somehow add these "autodetect" features 
to their installation routine. Just my thoughts ...

-- Avinash Gupta ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

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