Mark Lin (mlin@MPI-Softtech.Com)
Sun, 9 May 1999 14:20:59 -0500 (CDT)
Get the XF86Config file from yellowdog's ftp site in
the xconfig directory. Take a look at the file and make sure your config
file also has the "DefaultColorDepth" line defined. For example,
I'm running 1600x1200 at 32bpp so I have:
DefaultColorDepth 32
This fixed the problems I had with getting the X11 to run.
Everything else you're doing seems correct.
I too had problems with the xfs package when the package tries to add
a the "xfs" user to the group file. Is something wrong with the package?
-- Mark Lin MPI Software Technology, Inc.On Sun, 9 May 1999 John.Matney@oberlin.edu wrote:
> Hello, > > I just spent a few hours the other day installing champion 1.0 on my blue > g3 350. First, Congratulations to the folks at yellowdog, I appreciated the > simple redhat-esque install interface and BootX is a blessing for those of > us that tried LinuxPPC about 2 years ago ;). The installation went fairly > smoothly with only one oriblem. I installed via ftp and during my first two > attempts on different mirrors (ppc.kernel.org & uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu) the > xfs package hung the install. I seemed to recieve the rpm just fine but the > instalation of it hung at ~80% complete. strange, no? I tried the > armageddon.ag.iastate.edu mirrior and everything went smoothly. > > Now, getting X to work is a different story. I have read the archive (only > April is currently up) to see if there is any info on it. It seems that > there is, but Xconfigurator won't do the job. Correct? When i ran > Xconfigurator, it probes the card @ 5 or 7 megs of VRAM,depending on its > mood. I choose my monitor (ViewSonci g790) from that amazing list of > monitor profiles. To keep things simple i chose 1 resolution, 1600x1200 @ > 16bpp. Next, Xconfiguration tries to start X and it subsequently fails. I > poked around the XF86Config files and only broke it more. > > My questions are: > 1) currently X can be run on a blue g3 using the frambuffer server, > correct? > 2)What am i doing wrong? If somebody has a XF*^Config file that they would > like to share with me, that would be great/ > 3)Currently, I am checking No Video Driver in BootX and not passing any > parameters with the kernel, do i need to do this? If so could you enlighten > me, or point me to a site of enlightenment where the info can be found? > 4)Where can I get a realy yellowdog? ;) > > Thanks for any replies in advance, > > Cheers, > > John Matney > >
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