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Re: Twin Turbo 128 in PPC 9600/350



you can get a nice pre-compiled kernel for that machine at:
http://www.ppckernel.org/kernel.php?id=24

works very well on my 8500 here.

cheers,

dylan

on 03.2.21 3:36 AM, Eric Deveaud at edeveaud@pasteur.fr wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Rogério Brito wrote:
> 
>> On Feb 21 2003, David Campillos wrote:
>>> I'm trying to configure gdm with a Twin Turbo 128 video card in a PPC
>>> 9600/350.
>> (...)
>>> I know that lspci can help me, but I have 2.2 kernel, and that
>>> command only outputs hex addresses.
>> 
>> First of all, you should compile yourself a 2.4 kernel,
>> because kernels from the 2.2 series apparently aren't able to
>> see all devices in the PCI buses.
>> 
>> This was one of the first things that I had to get done to get
>> an old 9500/180MP to use an imstt card.
> 
> 
> correct me if I'm wrong (long time that my 9600 died) but
> if your booting via BootX, (as some of the material initialisation is
> performed by MacOS before linux boots up) you also have to play with
> resolutions modes on MacOS side, check under linux, and so on until you
> find a correct MacOS setting which will be compatible with  Xfree
> 
> Eric



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