Subject: Success: Imac DV 400 Video
From: Bob Wynne (rdw@plaza.ds.adp.com)
Date: Wed Nov 22 2000 - 10:16:04 MST
Philippe,
It worked like a charm! You're right, the '-bpp 24' argument to startx is
unnecessary. Also, I did have to remove the 'novideo' argument from
yaboot.conf. Thanks.
- Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: philippe tapon [mailto:philippe@ufoh.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 2:18 PM
To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
Subject: Re: Imac DV 400 Video
Bob Wynne wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there a definitive How-To for getting higher resolution and color on a
> '99 Imac DV 400? All my efforts using various vmodes, etc. in yaboot end
in
> a blank screen when I start X. At least I now know how to telnet in and
> reboot.
>
> Is XFree86 4.x necessary?
>
> Is Xpmac the way to go?
>
> All I want it 800X600, 16 bit color. :-(
>
> - Bob
>
> ---------------------------------------
> Robert Wynne
> Software Engineer
> Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
> Portland, Oregon
You may find reason to try this XF86Config with X Window 3.3.6. It
gives me 24-bit (default) color at an 800x600 resolution; you may be
able to hack 16-bit color out of it. For 24-bit color I use (perhaps
unnecessarily) the command
startx -- -bpp 24
ad also add the argument
append="video=aty128fb:vmode:16,cmode:24"
to the other arguments I use (image=hd:8,\\\\vmlinux etc.) in the
yaboot.conf file.
pax
philippe
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