Re: Working configuration files needed for X 4.0.3 (FireWire iBook) and linux-kernel-source 2.4.4-1 (FireWire iBook, G4 Cube)

[Jeremy Radlow <jtr@sourcerers.com>]

I now have a configuration file for X that sort of works, using the fbdev
device.  But I can't get any color depth more than 8bpp to work.  And also,
the colors are messed up at 8bpp...

I got some information elsewhere 
(http://sdb.suse.de/sdb/en/html/olh_ppc_framebuffer.html)
which talks about how to change the color depth, but it apparently
doesn't work.  I gave my kernel the following parameter:

   video=aty128fb:vmode:10:cmode:16

But when I tried to use fbset to set the depth to 16, it complained:

   ioctl FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO: Invalid argument

Unfortunately, using the r128 driver is not an option, as it consistently
locks up the notebook (not just X, but the entire OS).  Any suggestions?

-Jeremy