Re: YDL 2.1 Install: It worked ... almost


Subject: Re: YDL 2.1 Install: It worked ... almost
From: Dana Miller (dana@homeyeah.com)
Date: Sun Oct 28 2001 - 22:59:45 MST


I'll second that for my PowerBase ATI Mach 64 3d. Just remember to save it to prefs or you'll wonder why your X keeps going back to 640x480:-(

>On Monday 29 October 2001 04:12, you wrote:
> > On Thursday 25 October 2001 05:13, you wrote:
> > > Thanks to all who tried to help me with 2.0, however 2.1 arrived
> > > yesterday and the installation went smoothly (my problem must have
> > > been the cd image I burned). When I booted into Linux the first thing
> > > I noticed was that the screen resolution was incorrect. So, I checked
> > > the archives and found that by modifying the XF86Config file, I
> > > could set the proper resolution. I have two questions that I haven't
> > > found an answer for: 1) Is the viewable area supposed to take up the
> > > entire screen area? (I know this is minor but I'm used to having a
> > > black border in mac os) and 2) The screen flicker is driving me
> > > crazy. In mac os I have my monitor set to 832x624 @ 75 hz which is
> > > very stable. I have a viewsonic e655 monitor and a beige G3 (no
> > > special video cards installed)
> >
> > 1) you can use "xvidtune" to adjust the X screen area.
> > 2) You can use Xconfigurator's advanced mode to specify
> > your monitor's precise capabilities. Perhaps this
> > will allow you to run at higher frequencies..
>
>I also found that checking the 'no video driver' in bootx does the trick. Can
>you tell me what this does. What do I loose when I check this box?

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