Re: Trouble starting X on Nubus system

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

Joel Therrien wrote:
> 
>         I have a 8100/80 powermac which I was running MKLinux
> successfully on for a while. After comming across the 2.4
> kernels that support the Nubus architecture on sourceforge
> (nubus-pmac-sf.net) I tried to install Potato on the same
> system. I did a fresh install and everything worked fine.
> I set up X (3.3.6?) to use the frame buffer server, but
> when I try to start X i get the following error:
> 
> fbdevScreenInit: Unable to set screen parameters (invalid arguments)
> 
> We tried setting the screen parameters manually with fbset(?)
> and it didn't accept any of them.

It's not possible to set display parameters with OFfb. Try

    Modes "default"

in the Display Subsection.


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