Re: PowerBook G3 video resolution probs
Hi!
Sorry I didn't see youre post in the ubuntu forums. But now here's my
response.
Yes it's good to pass video parameters to old world maschines, at least
I do this on a G3 Powerbook Wallstreet. I've found them on the web:
video=atyfb:vmode:14,cmode:32,mclk
But in my experience this only effects the command line. In Ubuntu you
should find the options for x under /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
I don't know bout the lomard, but the wallstreet has massive problems
with the video resolution of newer kernels than 2.4.
So you get little stripes running down the screen, a problem which only
can be solved by cutting down the resolution and colour-mode. I also run
Ubuntu on a Pismo. There ain't got any troubles with video and newer
kernels.
So I don't use the wallstreet as laptop anymore, because the display is
broken. I run it as server and use to connect to it via ssh so this
problems don't matter much to me. But I hope this post helps you along.
Best regards,
Rainer
Thomas Kühner schrieb:
Hi All
I tried Ubuntu and Debian 3.1 on my PowerBook G3 Lombard. Both
distribtutions have the same problem. The only resoultion available in
X11 is 640x480 @ 30 or 29 Hz.
As far as I know from other dists and Macs, video parameters have to
be passed to the kernel at the boot: prompt in order to initialize the
OpenFirmware driver.
I already posted this issue in the Ubuntu forum and filed a bug report
to the Ubuntu developers but there was no response to this.
Does anyone know, hot to pass the correct parameters and what they
should look like?
Any help is appreciated.
The thread in the Ubuntu-forum is this and explains the problem more
detailed: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=79413
Thomas
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