Re: Debian linux on Titanium 400MHz Powerbook: Screen too large?

[Pete Riley <pete@peteriley.org>]

Hi Rob,

Thanks for the pointers. This did the trick. I also had to change the 
HTiming and VTiming in the Monitor section. I'm guessing that was 
necessary, but what do the remaining Timing numbers refer to? And can I 
delete them?

Getting Debian running on the G4 PB has turned out to be a little more 
complicated  than Yellowdog, which, perhaps not surprisingly required 
essentially no interaction or tweaking. Still the payoff of having 
dselect and apt-get should more than pay for it.

Now onto sound!

Thanks again, Pete

Rob Latham wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 06:55:11AM -0700, Pete Riley wrote:
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> > I've been struggling to get XF86config working properly with Debian 
> > linux on ti 400MHz Powerbook. 
> >    
>
> yay! i'm not the only one still using that old laptop :> 
>
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> > There's a little extra 'screen' that 
> > spills off my display. 
> >    
>
> ...
>
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> > for reference, here is my XF86Config-4 file. It's a hack of several 
> > ones, but, with the exception of the screen spilling over, works.
> >
> >    
> ...
>
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> > Section "Monitor"
> > 	Identifier   "LCD"
> > 	Option       "DPMS"
> > 	HorizSync    40 - 100
> > 	VertRefresh  40 - 120
> >
> > 	Mode "1280x854"
> > 		DotClock 79.816
> > 		HTimings 1280 1296 1408 1536
> > 		VTimings 854 855 858 866
> > 		Flags "-HSync" "-VSync"
> > 	EndMode
> > EndSection
> >    
>
> The modes should be "1152x768".  The newer titanium powerbooks have
> this higher resolution, but this first edition only did 1152x768
>
> ...
>  
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> > Section "Screen"
> > 	Identifier "Screen0"
> > 	Device     "Card0"
> > 	Monitor    "LCD"
> > 	DefaultDepth     24
> > 	SubSection "Display"
> > 		Depth     24
> > 		Modes    "1280x854"
> > 	EndSubSection
> > EndSection
> >    
>
> For the g4-400, I'd suggest going with a depth of 16 and the
> aforementioned 1152x768.  That will get you DRI for the all-important
> fast GL screen savers. 
>
> ==rob
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