Subject: Re: new maconlinux user with problems
From: Quentin Mason (quentin-mason@cornell.edu)
Date: Wed Dec 06 2000 - 20:06:15 MST
Hi Russell,
> startmol and a new term called (mac-on-linux (slow video) starts and a grey
> background is shown and it just sits there doing nothing and consuming
> resources (just like the in-laws)
ROTFL
> new world rom 4.6.1
> mol 0.9.53-2
> kernel 2.2.16
> suse7
> kde2
These should be fine.
> MODE: 640* 480, depth 8,15 { 0.0 } Hz
> MODE: 800* 600, depth 8,15 { 0.0 } Hz
> MODE: 1024* 768, depth 8,15,32 { 0.0 } Hz
> MODE: 1152* 864, depth 8,15 { 0.0 } Hz
> MODE: 1280*1024, depth 8,15 { 0.0 } Hz
> MODE: 1600*1200, depth 8,15 { 0.0 } Hz
>
> No video mode match the default one.
> Starting in video mode 640*480, depth 8, 0.0 Hz [offs:0, rb:640]
This is bad.
> Ethernet Interface (port 1) 'sheep-<eth0>' @ FE:FD:DE:AD:BE:EF
> ----> (disk_open) Opening /dev/sdb: No such device
> ----> (disk_open) Opening /dev/sda: No such device
> HFS disk: 32 MB, /dev/hda10 [read-only]
> HFS disk: 4065 MB, /dev/hda9 [read-only]
> HFS disk: 0 MB, images/moldisk.im [read-only]
It appears that you have not altered the configuration file /etc/molrc. In
particular you need to set up a video mode, and you probably want to boot
your Mac partition hda9 read-write, as various programs get fscked off
when they cannot write log files etc. You probably do not want to mount
hda10 or sda or sdb. These can be simply editted in the configuration
file and specified by partition eg /dev/hda9 -rw. You can also specify
various network, sound and ram parameters. Then you can mount your Linux
folders via appletalk (netatalk program) in MOL, and listen to jerky funky
sound from MacOS.
For the video mode you can try the new molvconfig routine...
Personally I prefer to get MOL in a seperate VT ie fullscreen.
I think you will be set after sorting out the /etc/molrc file. You can
try the documentation at /usr/doc/mol-xx if that fails or ask back.
Good luck,
Quentin.
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