Re: X,ppp,LinuxDisks - oh my!


Subject: Re: X,ppp,LinuxDisks - oh my!
From: Brett Humphreys (bh253395@oak.cats.ohiou.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 09 1999 - 15:28:57 MST


Tom,
    in regards to XConfig. I've had mixed results with this. But on that
same site (http://www.imaclinux.net), there is a how-to about how to hack up
your /etc/XF86Config file.

-brett

> From: "Josh Hochman" <josh@kokyu.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 17:08:04 -0500
> To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
> Subject: Re: X,ppp,LinuxDisks - oh my!
>
> Tom,
>
>> just run Xconfigurator as root...
>
> Did that... it only successfully generated one mode - 640x480
>
>> Also, depending on what kernel you're using and what patches you
>> have installed, things will vary. So:
>>
>> a) what G4 (AGP or PCI) do you have?
>
> PCI (G4 400, Yikes)
>
>> b) which kernel are you using? (2.2.12 has ATI Rage 128 support)
>
> Not sure... I'll have to look when I get home tonight.
>
>> c) if (b) is older than 2.2.12, did you apply the patch for Rage 128
> support
>>
>> There's another URL that someone sent to me on setting up keymaps,
>> etc, but I don't have it at work with me...
>
> I think I saw those before...
>
>>
>> 3) HFS support
>>
>>> - can I mount MacOS 8.6 extended partitions? 'mount -t hfs /dev/hda8
> /mnt'
>>> mounts something that looks unusable and contains a file
>>> 'where_did_all_my_files_go?' (!)
>>> - hmount will mount the disk in the same way
>>>
>>
>> sounds like your disks are formatted as HFS+ which is not yet supported
>> by hfsutils
>
> Ahhhh. Makes sense... Thanks for the info!
>
> -Josh
>
>



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