Re: PB G3 FBDev file?


Brian C Van Essen (drizzt@andrew.cmu.edu)
Sun, 25 Apr 1999 17:53:00 -0400 (EDT)


I tried that argument and I got a black screen with a bar of color across
the center. Am I missing something.

         "A cynic is nothing more that a disappointed romantic."
                                                -El Hombre V.
 
Brian Van Essen -- aka: Drizzt Do'Urden -- Senior ECE
On Fri, 23 Apr 1999, Dan Burcaw wrote:

>
> Try the BootX kernel argument:
> video:atyfb;vmode:15,cmode:16,mclk:63,pll:100
>
> On Fri, 23 Apr 1999, perry wrote:
>
> > Thanks, Rich. i followed your instructions, and sure 'nuff, i've got X
> > working on my Powerbok G3. Woo Hoo! In addition to your suggestions, i
> > uncommented the VideoRam setting right above the subsection i created, and
> > changed it to 4096, which is the amount of VRAM in the powerbook G3. not
> > sure if this is absolutely necessary, but it seemed like the right thing to
> > do, so i did it and nothing complained.
> >
> > For Terrasoft... Gnome seems really slow, even on this 300MHz mac with
> > 192MB of RAM! I assume that there's no video acceleration happening here on
> > the powerbook's graphics chipset yet, right? is there any support for this
> > out there, or any word on when it might be part of YDL [if it isn't
> > already, maybe i'm missing something]? I just want something so that i
> > can't see the windows slowly draw themselves every time i move a window or
> > open an app.
> >
> > Oh, one more thing - what modifier keys do i use for 3-button mouse support
> > on a one button mouse? do i have to specify this in a config file
> > somewhere? I was very happy to note that my trackpad just worked without my
> > having to fiddle with anything.
> >
> > thanks,
> > -perry
> >
>
>
> Dan
>
> Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
> email: dburcaw@yellowdoglinux.com
> website: http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/
>
>
>



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