>>> I'm using 15bpp by default, which seems OK on a number of machines. You >>> could try editing line 362 of install_gtk.pm >>> (mdkinst/usr/bin/perl-install) and change it to see if 16bpp is better for >>> you. I could then force this the same way I do the resolution, up at line >>> 278. >> >> I've tried with 16, 15 and 8, and the colors are different every time, but >> still wrong. 15 gives the most readable display. With 8, the colors are >> dithered, but so to speak before the color distortion is applied, so the >> result is multicolored noise that makes the text almost unreadable. >> I can't really explain this to myself, since I have examined the XF86Config >> file generated by the installer and have found no fundamental difference to >> the one that works fine on my installed system. The XFree86 log doesn't show >> anything insightful (at least to me) either. >> > > At this point the installer and the installed system are now using > different versions of XFree. I'm a little hesitant to rebuild the > installer on my cooker system. (see Phil's broken XFree report). YOur > installed system may be running at 24bpp or 32.
No, unfortunately 24 or 32 is not supported by the fbdev driver. At install time, I chose 15 and later changed it to 16 (and I was astonished about the huge difference that extra green bit makes...) >> o The installer didn't autodetect my airport card, and in the driver list >> that appears when you answer "Yes" to the "Do you have another ethernet >> interface" question, I didn't find anything that looked like an airport >> driver. > > If you care to do another install, this could be tested, or perhaps on > your live system: > > list_modules.pm, line 17: > > if_(arch() =~ /ppc/, qw(mace bmac gmac)), > > becomes > > if_(arch() =~ /ppc/, qw(mace bmac gmac airport)), > > On the live system it's in /usr/lib/libDrakX/list_modules.pm. > drakconnect should go through similar motions as the installer routine. > If you could test this I can readily make that change. I don't have > airport. With this change made, I can now choose airport from the list (with drakconnect on the live system). Additionally, if I change line 89 of /usr/lib/libDrakX/modules.pm from if_($category =~ /net/, 'bmac', 'gmac', 'mace'), to if_($category =~ /net/, 'bmac', 'gmac', 'mace', 'airport'), the airport card is even autodetected. -Christian
