Subject: Re: Newbie: PM8500 video and ethernet problems.
From: Sean Riley (sean@therileys.org)
Date: Wed Mar 21 2001 - 17:27:50 MST
Had exact same issues :-)
1. set color depth to 15 in XF86Config file manually
2. Someone suggested removing pump and using dhcpd (which I haven't tried
yet) but what I do to fix ethernet is:
ifconfig eth0 down
ifconfig eth0 up
ifdown eth0
ifup eth0
for whatever reason this seems to fix it for me.
On Wednesday 21 March 2001 13:25, you wrote:
> I just installed YDL 1.2.1 on my PowerMac 8500. I am having the
> following problems:
>
> 1. I use Xconfigurator to setup the video for X, but X will not start
> with color depths greater than 8 bits. How do I get 16 bit color?
>
> 2. I am using the 8500 internal ethernet port to connect to my SMC
> router which is connected to cable modem. During Linux startup, eth0 is
> shown as "OK" and I use netonfig to set my network connection as DHCP.
> However, neither telnet or Netscape will connect me to any sites. What
> can I do to troubleshoot this?
>
> I am a total newbie to Linux. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
> - wei
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