Re: XF86Config-4 for PowerMac 7500?
On Wed, 2002-01-09 at 19:07, Paul F. Pearson wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Paul F. Pearson wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Paul F. Pearson wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 07:38:48PM -0600, Paul F. Pearson wrote:
> > > > > I installed Woody on my Powermac 7500 at work. In trying to configure
> > > > > XF86, I'm having trouble finding a chipset to use. I tried scouring the
> > > > > 'net (including the archives for this list) and can't find what settings
> > > > > to use. Will I have to step back to XF863? Will that be difficult?
> > > > >
> > > > Use the "fbdev" driver.
> > >
> > > When I tried that one, all I could get was 640x480. I got a message saying
> > > that 1024x768 wouldn't work (shouldn't it?), and 800x600 lookes "screwy".
> >
> > Update: When I change to a bit depth of 16, I can do 1024x768 (at 24 bits,
> > I actually had a virtual desktop of 800x600).
> >
> > Actually, the log output says "Virtual size is 1024x768". How can I get
> > that to an *actual* size? I get a true 1024x768 in the Mac OS.
>
> Update#2: Now, when I boot into Linux (the boot is now in X), I appear to
> only have perhaps 640x480 on screen. The Login window is larger than my
> screen!
So the virtual resolution is bigger than the physical one. A common
cause of this is that the biggest mode isn't first on the Modes line in
Subsection "Display".
> When I do ctrl-alt-plus, the screen is unreadable (garbled - sort of looks
> like three columns of grey garbage).
And if you do that several times?
> When I find where the log file is, I'll post it.
/var/log/XFree86.0.log (as mentioned in the server output ;)
> Have I mentioned that I'm using XF86 version 4?
I think you haven't, but it was clear from the information you provided.
:)
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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