On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 06:47:07PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm very new to debian / XFree86 and this list....Hi everyone. > > I'm trying to get debian and XFree86 to work on my Tibook. > > I used the media less yaboot way to install woody then after quite a > bit of reading i figured out that X4.1 wouldn't work with my laptop's > video card. so i upgraded to testing. I then used the apt.conf file to > apt-get -t unstable install x-window-system. > I still can't get X to start up correctly, when i try to start x the > screen kinda starts to glow and gradually get brighter but it's just > giberish on the screen.I know thats not the most technical description > but its the best i can come up with. > > anyway here is a copy of my XF86Config-4 and at the bottom is the end > of my xfree86 log. > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Default Screen" > Device "Generic Video Card" > Monitor "Generic Monitor" > DefaultDepth 24
Try 15 or 16 > SubSection "Display" > Depth 1 > Modes "1152x768" > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 4 > Modes "1152x768" > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 8 > Modes "1152x768" > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 15 > Modes "1152x768" Try 1024x768 or even less. You can set these with dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual> | | debian-imac: <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | To Have, Give All to All (ACIM) | *----------------------------------------------------------------*
