Subject: Display on Powerbook G3
From: Travis Douglas Cuprak (tcuprak@hobbes.helios.nd.edu)
Date: Mon Jan 08 2001 - 22:09:43 MST
Hello,
I am trying to get yellowdog linux setup on my Powerbook G3 (99-bronze
keyboard) and am having some trouble.
If I include "novideo" in my yaboot.conf script, Xconfigurator works but
I can't get "startx" to work properly (note, I tried both PowerBook G3 and
PowerBook G3 99 with as many different resolutions and bit depths
9selected). When I type startup I get "Fatal statup error No valid modes
found". Furthermore, the blinking cursor does not show up at all (so it is
hard to know where I am typing!- not a problem if I don't include
"novideo") Note, Xconfigurator or fbdev detects the following:
Name: ATY Mach64
Video Memory 8 meg
Accelerated: Yes
If I don't include "novideo", Xconfigurator is broken and thus I can't
do much.
Any pointers? I am a bit new to linux.
Travis Cuprak
Note, I picked up my yellow dog linux CD at macworld 00 in NY.
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Travis Cuprak
University of Notre Dame
Undergraduate, EE, Class of 2003
e-mail: tcuprak@bach.helios.nd.edu
"On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur.
L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux."
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