Subject: Re: Pismo XWindows Video...
From: Scott Frankel (leknarf@pacbell.net)
Date: Thu Jun 07 2001 - 22:35:34 MDT
I've recently installed YDL on my Pismo. v.2.0 installs XF86 v4; and the
installer handled the modeline settings, &tc., perfectly -- or so it would
appear ;)
If you're interested, I'd be happy to share my config file.
Scott
theman wrote:
> Hey, Guys...
>
> I'm running Yellow Dog 1.2.1 on a 400 mhz Pismo... I have done a shitload of
> configuration and downloading of rpms to get things working. I think I may
> have forgotten to select a ton of packages or something on installation,
> because I was missing everything from gcc to make, plus, I've had to create
> many settings files from scratch... heh. And I haven't even seen a GUI yet!
> Well, sorta...
>
> When I startx, the computer loads into X, but there are little horizontal
> lines all across the screen... and it's in 8 bit I think. When I click on
> icons or the task menu, they behave very strangely, flickering the whole
> screen when I drag them, leaving parts of windows all over and like smeared,
> etc...
>
> What the hell is wrong?
>
> XF86 version is 3.3.6.. from like 1999... heh.. so I want to update it
> maybe... but when I looked for a new PPC RPM, I didn't see any 4.x.x
> versions... and I know that 4.x.x is out... I saw the source code for 4.x.x
> but it's a very large download, maybe 50 megs.. heh, is that right?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Alan Orth
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