Subject: Re: LinuxPPC and the Apple Display Connector
From: Stew Benedict (stewb@centurytel.net)
Date: Fri Dec 22 2000 - 06:36:42 MST
Maurice,
I've been following your progress in the lists - looks like real fun ;^)
You're going to write all this up on the site for the next guy right? ;^)
Happy Holidays,
Stew
At 01:20 PM 12/22/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Thank you, thank you, thank you! This kernel works beuatifully on my Cube,
17
>inch ADC display! I'll try the rest today.
>
>Maurice
>On Thursday 21 December 2000 08:45, Olaf Hering wrote:
>> On Sat, Dec 16, Olaf Hering wrote:
>> > On Fri, Dec 15, Jason Haas wrote:
>> > > Everyone: please let me know of what your experiences with the ADC.
>> >
>> > It works. 22" patch is coming soon (days)
>> >
>> > video=aty128fb:vmode:14
>> > video=aty128fb:vmode:22
>>
>> You can find a kernel with support for the cinema display here:
>>
>> ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/kernel/2.2.18/
>>
>>
>> If you have Linux aready running, get the k_pmac.rpm, if you want a
>> fresh install get also the vmlinux file.
>>
>> vmode:14 for 15" display
>> vmode:20 for 17" monitor
>> vmode:22 for 22" display
>>
>>
>> It supports alsa sound, I tried that on a snow iMac.
>> get that file
>> http://penguinppc.org/~olaf/alsa/modules-alsa.conf
>> Place that line in your modules.conf:
>> include /etc/modules-alsa.conf
>>
>> alsa is still in development and may not work for you.
>> It supports the B&W G3 and iMac internal speakers. No iBook sound.
>>
>>
>> there are also the mol modules available, a newer rpm for 0.9.53 will
>> appear in the kernel directory in a few hours.
>>
>>
>> If you have a non-rpm based distro, install rpm, and init the rpmdb as
>> root:
>>
>> su -
>> rpm --initdb
>> rpm -Uvh foo.rpm [ --nodeps ]
>>
>>
>>
>> Have phun.
>>
>>
>>
>> Gruss Olaf
>>
>> --
>> $ man clone
>>
>> BUGS
>> Main feature not yet implemented...
>>
>> ** Sent via the linuxppc-user mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
>
>--
>The lunatic, the lover, and the poet,
>Are of imagination all compact...
> -- Wm. Shakespeare, "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
>
>
>
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