iMac video timings

Samuel Rydh mol-devel@lists.maconlinux.org
Thu, 14 Nov 2002 13:38:20 +0100


On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 03:30:14PM -0800, Matt Brubeck wrote:
> The original iMac (not the new LCD one) requires unusual video timings
> to drive the built-in monitor.  These modes are not in fb.modes on some
> distributions (e.g. Debian), which prevents MOL from working in 800x600
> and 640x480.
> 
> Here are the modes I use on my iMac.  Could this file become part of the
> standard MOL distribution?  I've seen some people asking about this on
> the MOL mailing lists, but I haven't seen any solution posted before.

Thanks, consider them added.

> Note: The 640x480 mode has some problems on my system -- it will only
> work in 8-bit color.  Does anyone know what the problem might be?

No idea.

/Samuel