i have a tibook myself. i havent installed linux on it though im enjoying developing apps for osx so im having fun with that at the moment
but hopefully this will help http://lists.yellowdoglinux.com/yellowdog-devel/February02/0028.html tom "Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you." -F. Scott Fitzgerald- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Lake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 12:37 PM Subject: [SLUG] Configuring XF86Free 4.x for a Ti PowerBook > Hi > > I have just tried to get X running on my Ti Powerbook. Finished the > debian install and can login fine but startx fails to start X. > > I selected ATI for the chipset and a display resolution of 1152 x 864 @ > 75Hz. > It asked for a bus vide location and I left it at the value it detected > at 0:16:0 > > But when I startx I get: > ATI: PCI/AGP Mach64 in slot 0:16:0 could not be detected. > No devices detected. > > dmesg indicated that it > "failed to detect the DFP panel size" and > "Using unsupported 1280x854" > ""no frame buffer address found" > > Whats the command to use to reconfigure this manually without having to > reinstall. > /usr/bin/X11/xf86cfg fails with sig 11 fault > > I have run the xf86config script ok and selected 1024x768 as safe bet > but still get same error. > > Any help from someone who is familiar with a Ti PowerBook? > > > -- > Mike Lake > Uni of Technol., Sydney > > > UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F > > DISCLAIMER > ======================================================================== > This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain > confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not > read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. > If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender > immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message > are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, > and with authority, states them to be the views the University of > Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for > viruses and defects. > ======================================================================== > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
