Re: X on powerbook 3400c

[Marek Palansky <marcus@fira.sk>]

well, my pb3400 uses active matrix technology (as the .pdf concerning 
this series i have says). under mac os 8 it worked great in 800x600x16bpp.

the only thing is how to set XF86Config-4 for 800x600 ???

Chris Tillman wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 09:46:35PM +0100, Marek Palansky wrote:
>  
>
> > hi,
> >
> > i have problem starting X - installed debian woody 3.0 on my powerbook 
> > 3400c (boot reported Chips 65550, 1024k videoram).
> > the problems i think lies in setting correctly vsync and hsync in config 
> > file (i guess). i can start x server with 640x480 256 colors - and that 
> > is not exactly desired :) does anybody have this powerbook running some 
> > 800x600 16bpp??
> >
> > when i play with hsync, vsync the server freezes (the whole linux and i 
> > have to restart), or wont even start...... ( on web i found some 
> > references to set vsync to 53-69 -> however, that worked only with 
> > 640x480 :( )
> >
> > please help :)
> >    
>
> You might take a look at
>
> <a href="http://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?14@64.4F3dapJneOy.1@.3bbc2a3d/0";>Apple - Discussions - Important info of  a PB G3 series...</a
>