Install on G4867 notes (long)

[Russ Harlan]

I believe the problem is that support for the video card is "not 
there." I'm sure the YDL folks are working to support these 
machines.

On Thursday, April 18, 2002, at 11:01 AM, Gordon Neault wrote:

> The problem:
> I can run the machine with nearly any video setting I want (screen 
> size, refresh rate) and the command prompt is a fine white on 
> black text with a correct penguin. Starting the X server is the 
> problem; colors are reversed (ie white is black, black is dark 
> blue, most everything else is a muddy shade of brown). Checking 
> the color picker reveals most primary colors are there but 80% of 
> them are some form of yellow/brown/orange. Many screens and 
> particularly icons are unreadable. I have managed to find a 
> neutral green desktop background color and more-or-less grey on 
> black windows by playing with KDE themes and colors, so it is 
> useable sometimes. I have tried most any video setting I can think 
> of and this behavior is consistent.