Re: G4, debian, and Cinema Display
David Brown wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jul 12, 2000 at 04:15:02PM -0700, Kimball Thurston wrote:
> > I've got debian linux running wonderfully on a G4 - eventually I'll
> > write up a howto and send it on, as I didn't find any documents that
> > covered the G4 entirely, but anyways.
>
> You're not alone. I think it works great. The HOWTO would be real handy,
> though.
I will try to type up a mini-howto tonight, perhaps this weekend.
>
> > I convinced the boss to get a cinema display for SIGGRAPH, which is
> > really cool, but I can't get the standard ATI 128 frame buffer to kick
> > in and display anything to the cinema display. Does anyone have a modedb
> > entry to get the cinema display to work?
>
> Wow. I think the digital out connector is the second head on the ATI 128.
> I've heard rumors of support for it in XFree86 4.0, but I don't know where.
> It is definately more than just getting the timing right.
>
Ok, I'll bite. Is there a way not to use the frame buffer X server with
the G4? Or frame buffers at all? - just a vga startup mode, and then use
the ATI accelerated X server?
I thought you had to use frame buffers. I'd gladly get rid of them if I
could...
thanks,
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Kimball
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