Re: Newbie question about X and powerbooks
On Wed, 2002-04-17 at 22:55, Hani Jabr wrote:
>
> After some playing around I got my powerbook (G4 500) to boot into
> linux.
>
> I'm using the video=ofonly option, and X doesn't seem to work, which I
> assume is normal (i.e. some kind of text-only driver has been
> specified). If I don't have a video=something option, or if I use
> video=aty128fb or video=atyfb the screen goes white and the display says
>
> "opening display /pci@f0000000/ATY,RageM3p12Parent@IO/ATY,RageM3p12B_"
What kernel is this? You should use a recent 2.4 kernel for good support
of your machine.
--
Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-request@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
Reply to: