Subject: Re: Video & Monitor Settings on YDL 2.0
From: Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Date: Tue Jun 05 2001 - 09:56:10 MDT
Foolproof setup:
install "Xautoconfig" from the Install CD (under YellowDog/ppc)
then run "Xautoconfig4" then run "startx".
I will be posting a more complete step by step guide on this soon.
> Timothy,
> You need to count yourself very fortunate, at least you have a
> flicker. I can't even get a flicker. I wish someone would tell us
> about the foolproof monitor setup.
>
> >I'm trying to set up a Power Macintosh 8600/300 with Yellow Dog
> >Linux 2.0. I had it set up with 1.2, and for the most part, it
> >worked fairly well, although I was never able to get sound to work,
> >and I was only ever able to get the poor 15 bit 1152x864 video
> >settings. Now I have YDL 2.0. You would think that it would be
> >easier, right? Wrong. Although it does have my monitor in
> >Xconfigurator now, something is seriously wrong with the refresh
> >rate or something. Every video mode that comes up, the screen
> >flickers. I can't figure this out. I'm using the same settings I
> >was with 1.2, but video is hosed. I can't even get 800x600 to come
> >up properly. Any ideas out there? I know it is using the correct
> >refresh rateŠI'm wondering if it's video settings are incorrect.
>
>
> --
> Larry Blodgett
> Email: blodgett@telocity.com
> Email: leb@wt.net
>
> --- Linux, WinNT, MS-DOS - also known as the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
> ---"Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither." -B. Franklin
> ---"Always ask the question, never assume the answer." -Marcus Radich 1999
>
--Regards, Dan Burcaw Terra Soft Solutions, Inc. http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/
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