Hi Rob,
Thanks for the pointers. This did the trick. I also had to change the
HTiming and VTiming in the Monitor section. I'm guessing that was
necessary, but what do the remaining Timing numbers refer to? And can I
delete them?
Getting Debian running on the G4 PB has turned out to be a little more
complicated than Yellowdog, which, perhaps not surprisingly required
essentially no interaction or tweaking. Still the payoff of having
dselect and apt-get should more than pay for it.
Now onto sound!
Thanks again, Pete
Rob Latham wrote:
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
