Re: Debian on an iBook - colourdepth
Hi,
don't know about the virtual screen size, but managed to get the color
depth:
You have to set the color depth in /etc/X11/XF86Config:
---
# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************
# Server for the Linux Frame Buffer Device
Section "Screen"
Driver "FBDev"
Device "Linux Frame Buffer Device"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultColorDepth 32
^^^^
!! change to this (24 will not work)
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "default"
#Virtual 1280 960
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "default"
#Virtual 1280 960
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "default"
#Virtual 1280 960
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "default"
#Virtual 1280 960
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "default"
#Virtual 1280 960
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "default"
EndSubSection
EndSection
---
But for me it runs without graphics acceleration.
My system: PowerBook Pismo, kernel 2.2.15pre19, XFree 3.3.5, XF86_FBDev.
Adam Sjøgren wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I just installed Debian on my shining new iBook - as soon as I
> (re)discovered the initrd=-option, the install went smooooooth.
>
> I've only got one major outstanding issue:
>
> I can only start X with 8-bit colourdepth, and the virtual screen is
> automatically sized 800x5222 (or there about).
>
> I've set the vyres with fbset to 600, and I've put "virtual 800 600"
> in the XF86Config, but I still get this very, very tall virtual
> screen.
>
> Changing the depth with fbset doesn't make X accept anything but 8-bit
> colourdepth.
>
> (I'm using benh's 2.2.17pre9-ben1 kernel).
>
> What's the remedy? Compiling XFree4?
>
> Another thing: I've made a (functional) mac-dk-latin1.kmap (since
> there wasn't a Danish keymap in the distribution) - who should I send
> it to?
>
> Big thanks to everybody working on the PowerPC-part of Debian!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> --
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