Andrew,
If possible, post the contents of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf
here.
Only general tips I can give are to make sure the driver selected
is 'fbdev' (i believe thats correct syntax) and set your color depth
to 15.
I tried googling for an example (I don't have the machine) but came up
empty. But feel free to give it a try. Either way, seeing what Xautoconfig
is producing would be most helpful.
-Bill
On 08/06/06, Andrew Ball <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 07/06/06, Andrew Ball <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have a 300 MHz clamshell iBook that I was hoping to use as
> > a VNC terminal and perhaps for some light duty Web browsing.
> > This morning I installed Yellow Dog Linux and found that the
> > supplied X server does not work on my iBook. I couldn't find
> > an X configuration program, so I'm stuck at the command
> > line. The Terra Soft Web site suggests that the machine has
> > an ATI Rage Mobility, 2x AGP with 4 Mb VRAM and 2D hardware
> > acceleration. I may try building a fresh X from source, but
> > if anyone out there has any tips or alternative suggestions
> > they would be most welcome.
Hello Eric,
> Well, a bit more googling and I've found the answer:
> Boot into command line (e.g. linux 2 at the boot prompt)
> cd /usr/X11/bin
> ./Xautoconfig
> init 5
That seems to have had no effect. The display switches into
a graphics mode, but it looks as though either the frame
buffer memory is laid out differently than the X server
thinks, or the display is unable to cope with the signal
being fed to it by the CRTC. Both of these are guesses based
on what I'm seeing on the screen: if I squint it looks like
a graphical logon screen has been stretched off the right-
hand edge of the LCD and back on the other side. It's almost
as though a blank column of pixels has been inserted between
each column of pixels that /would/ be normal if the colours
weren't way off. If it helps, I can take a photograph of the
LCD and post it on the Web somewhere.
- Andy Ball.
#1. Did you try running Xautoconfig?
#2. Have you looked at your /etc/X11/XF86Config file? It seems like
your screen size might be off.
#3. Subscribe to yellowdog-general
(<http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general>).
I'm going to CC: your message there b/c I suspect more people capable
of answering your question are subscribed to YDL-gen.
Unrelated note to YDL/Terrasoft people:
Would it be worth rolling YDL-gen and YDL-newbie into one list? The
traffic volume on both lists has dropped significantly over the past
year.
Eric.
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