Re: XF86Config-4 for PowerMac 7500?
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!
When I do ctrl-alt-plus, the screen is unreadable (garbled - sort of looks
like three columns of grey garbage). When I find where the log file is,
I'll post it.
Have I mentioned that I'm using XF86 version 4?
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