Re: Simple? Newbie problem: Installing YDL 2.1


Subject: Re: Simple? Newbie problem: Installing YDL 2.1
From: pH_______ (disck@home.com)
Date: Tue Nov 06 2001 - 00:55:10 MST


On 11/5/01 10:52 PM, "pH_______" <disck@home.com> wrote:

> On 11/6/01 5:23 AM, "Dan Burcaw" <dburcaw@terrasoftsolutions.com> wrote:
>
>> Your video card my require specific video arguments.
>> What kind of chipset (on your video card) do you have?

well, it seems I can add the arguments to BootX and the video is clear until
the XWindows installer starts.
Must I use the Text installer?
thanks,
phil

>
> thanks! that seems to be the problem,
> It's a Starmax 3000/240(newer G3-L2 card) with the Tanzania board same as
> Apple 4400.
> Apple system profiler reads the display card as "ATY 264VT" (is that ATI?)
>
> I just tried this setting I found on the net for a Starmax 3000/160 with the
> 2.2 kernal
> video=atyfb:vmode:14,cmode:1
> (the 2.4 kernal just stalls at the other page regardless)
> and it almost works everything is fuzzy, barely readable.
>
> thanks for all the help...getting there, i'll keep looking for better
> settings.
> best,
> phil
>



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