Subject: Re: Yellow Dog Linux 2.1 and Power Mac G4 w/Radeon - Absolute newbie
From: Aram Kudurshian (aramk@mac.com)
Date: Thu Jan 10 2002 - 14:48:32 MST
Hello Juan,
Now that I've reread what I wrote, I can actually see how little info it
gave. I've experimented a bit more but it hasn't fixed anything (nor
changed anything it seems). Here is what I did since I installed YDL.
1) Used the 'make menuconfig' command to enable the support for Radeon
drivers + turned on SMP.
2) Rebuilt the kernel (?) and enabled it (this was done with the aid of a
friend so it worked out fine)
3) Made a new yaboot set (is this how you call it) that used my new kernel.
The code in this set is the same as the normal one (I just copied it out)
except with the addition of this line:
(tab)append="video=radeonfb:1600x1200-32@75"
4) Saved the yaboot.config file and enabled it with the ybin command (again
I was under direction).
This is as far as I've gotten. I am not sure what you mean by the
XFree86config-4 file? Is this similar to the menuconfig system?
Here is the information from the 'lsmod' command:
Module Size
printer 7056
OK, I hope this helps you narrow down the problem and sorry for the delay,
I've been busy w/ school work all day long!
Aram
On 1/10/02 4:22 AM, Juan Manuel Palacios at jmpalacios@mac.com wrote:
> Hello Aram and welcome to the list. Just like you I am new here but
> I think I can help you a bit with general suggestions. The information
> you provide as to why your graphic environment is not working at full
> resolution is a bit too vague for us to help you with exact and clear
> instructions. You have to tell us something more precise for what you've
> done and the errors you got. What exactly did you write in your
> yaboot.conf file?, have you tweaked your XFree86Config-4 file to test
> other settings than the defaults? are the modules for your graphic card
> loaded?
>
> Well, first of all I think I should ask you if you are informed
> about the things I just asked you here. Why don't you try issuing the
> fan "lsmod" and tell me what it says.
>
> If you tell me about these things I could be of more help to you,
> but it's hard debugging any problem with the little info you provided.
>
> Regard,...
>
>
> Juan.
>
> On Wednesday, January 9, 2002, at 03:04 PM, Aram Kudurshian wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I guess I'd better introduce myself before I pose my first question.
>> I'm
>> Aram Kudurshian, a senior in high school here in France. This is my
>> first
>> experience with an operating system other than Mac OS 9/X and frankly
>> am at
>> a loss but am ready to learn. Anyway, on to my query...
>>
>> I'm using a PowerMac Dual G4 and have set up the SMP w/ the aid of a
>> friend.
>> The only problem now is that neither he nor I can figure out how to
>> enable
>> the Radeon graphics card so that KDE is in a higher resolution than
>> 640x480
>> and at a higher depth.
>>
>> A quick search among the archives shows a couple of queries but due to
>> my
>> absolute little knowledge of YDL, I have no idea what needs to be done.
>> I've tried setting up the Radeon through the Yaboot config file through
>> the
>> command append="video=radeonfp (etc) but haven't got it to work. Can
>> anyone
>> help me out (using simple English if possible).
>>
>> Thanks, Aram
>>
>> ____________________________________________________________________________
>> Aram Kudurshian
>> aramk@mac.com
>> Student/Programmer
>> http://homepage.mac.com/aramk/
>> AIM: aramk622
>> http://www.htmlcreator.net
This archive was generated by hypermail 2a24 : Thu Jan 10 2002 - 15:04:48 MST