Subject: Re: Yahoo!! X on Pismo is awesome!
From: Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Date: Sun Jun 04 2000 - 00:29:46 MDT
Jeff and Pismo owners,
FYI, I'm told by Jack Howarth that his latest RPMs of XFree86 4 now
support the Pismo's Rage128 chip in the ATI driver. Oh, and its
accelerated :) XF4 is still basically use at your own risk software, but
if you're interested in tinkering, feel free to try it out.
(ftp://dev.linuxppc.org/users/howarth/)
> Well after messing around with Yellowdog all day I finally figured out how
> to get a mouse and X working on the Firewire PowerBook's. I haven't got the
> trackpad to work, but ended up throwing a Microsoft USB mouse on it and its
> working great.
>
> Here's what I did:
>
> Get the 2.2.5pre19 kernel from http://linuxcare.com.au/paulus/kernels.html
> Install the kernel and modules. Make sure that you have put
> append="aty128fb:vmode:17" in your yaboot.conf. You will also need to do a
> "ln -s usbmouse mouse" in the /dev directory.
>
> Install the frame buffer driver for X. On the Yellow Dog CD its called
> XFree86-FBDev-3.3.6-11.2.ppc.rpm.
>
> At the command prompt type "mouseconfig --noprobe". This will let you chose
> which mouse you want to use. I selected the 2 button USB mouse. This will
> create necessary mouse configuration in sysconfig.
>
> Now run Xconfigurator and it should find the ATY Rage128. In the monitor
> list select Apple 99 PowerBook G3 Series. I got 8 bit and 24 bit running @
> 1024x768. It attempts the 16 bit, but the server crashes. (I dont care, I
> want more colors!!)
Regards,
Dan
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