On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 06:55:11AM -0700, Pete Riley wrote:

> I've been struggling to get XF86config working properly with Debian 
> linux on ti 400MHz Powerbook. 

yay! i'm not the only one still using that old laptop :> 

> There's a little extra 'screen' that 
> spills off my display. 

...

> for reference, here is my XF86Config-4 file. It's a hack of several 
> ones, but, with the exception of the screen spilling over, works.
> 
...

> Section "Monitor"
>       Identifier   "LCD"
>       Option       "DPMS"
>       HorizSync    40 - 100
>       VertRefresh  40 - 120
> 
>       Mode "1280x854"
>               DotClock 79.816
>               HTimings 1280 1296 1408 1536
>               VTimings 854 855 858 866
>               Flags "-HSync" "-VSync"
>       EndMode
> EndSection

The modes should be "1152x768".  The newer titanium powerbooks have
this higher resolution, but this first edition only did 1152x768

...
> 
> Section "Screen"
>       Identifier "Screen0"
>       Device     "Card0"
>       Monitor    "LCD"
>       DefaultDepth     24
>       SubSection "Display"
>               Depth     24
>               Modes    "1280x854"
>       EndSubSection
> EndSection

For the g4-400, I'd suggest going with a depth of 16 and the
aforementioned 1152x768.  That will get you DRI for the all-important
fast GL screen savers. 

==rob

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Rob Latham                                        Chicago, IL USA             

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