Re: X 3.3.6 on Firewire iBook

[Michel Dänzer <michdaen@iiic.ethz.ch>]

Brian Dunnette wrote:
> 
> Okay... after some trial and error, I've got Debian 2.2 up and running on my
> iBook.  Now, the problem is: X doesn't work.  Or rather, it does, but only
> in 8-bit color. I'm using the standard "fbdev" X server in 3.3.6, but when I
> alter my XF86Config file to set the default color depth to anything higher
> than 8 bits, I get the following error when starting X:
> 
> fbdevScreenInit: unable to set screen params (Invalid argument)

You are probably running OFfb instead of aty128fb in console. Don't use
video=ofonly or similar, in fact not specifying any video argument should give
you aty128fb if I'm not mistaken.


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