Re: Pismo XWindows Video...


Subject: Re: Pismo XWindows Video...
From: theman (stickboy11@mac.com)
Date: Fri Jun 08 2001 - 08:05:49 MDT


Thank you, that would be excellent, Scott.

-Alan Orth

>
> 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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