Subject: Re: FBDev problems with WindowMaker-0.80.0
From: sfalken (sfalken@citlink.net)
Date: Sat Feb 09 2002 - 12:47:34 MST
That's the Odd part, X IS running in 800x600, but in 8bpp
--Shawn
You should be
> able to use the fbset command to set an appropriate video resolution. Try
> fbset "800x600-60" this mode is present in /etc/fb.modes on my machine so
> it should be recognised assuming you have fbset installed (if not, grab the
> rpm). Xautoconfig4 grabs this setting as the basis for configuring X so if
> you can't get this first step to work X is likely to fail.
>
> Iain
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> --On Saturday, February 09, 2002 10:37:49 -0800 sfalken
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> <sfalken@citlink.net> wrote:
> > Hey there folks, just have a question or two.
> >
> > I'm running YDL-2.0 on my Performa 6360, with the display set to
> > 800x600x16, 60Hz in MacOS, but YDL doesn't seem to be picking that up,
> > or at least I can't tell if it is, what should I look for in DMESG to
> > indicate what the video is set for? but in any case, after running
> > Xautoconfig4, I fire up WindowMaker, and then bump over to have a look
> > at /var/log/XFree86.log.0, and it tells me that the 800x600 test failed,
> > and that I'm running in 8bpp. Anybody have any ideas on this one?
> > is there a way to force video settings? like with lilo or loadlin on
> > the x86 stuff??
> >
> >
> > --Shawn
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