14.1" Wallstreet XF86Config-4
Felix Jodoin
yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Mon Apr 14 18:52:01 2003
Depends if you mean 300mhz or 266mhz, traditionally it's like:
PowerBook G3/300 not PowerBook G3 266/300.
-Alias
On Monday, April 14, 2003, at 02:26 PM, Dan Willson wrote:
> Does anyone here have a PowerBook G3 266/300 Wallstreet with the 14.1"
> display running YDL 2.3? If so and you have XFree working in millions
> of
> colors at 1024x768, could you please send me a copy of your
> /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file?
>
> I installed two weeks ago on my 266, but I can't get XFree to work
> properly
> -- I keep getting "no display" errors. Everything looks OK in the
> config
> file except for most of the display properties being listed as
> "unknown."
> I've found plenty of config files via Google for Pismo PowerBooks, but
> none
> for a Wallstreet with 14.1" display running at 1024x768. I've tried
> using
> dexter.py again but that didn't help -- perhaps there is a trick or
> two I
> haven't tried, like selecting a different but similar display or using
> Xautoconfig?
>
> BTW, my kernel args for BootX are:
>
> video=atyfb:vmode:14,cmode:24
>
> The YDL support site recommends vmode:10 for this model PowerBook, but
> that's only 800x600 (which would be the max resolution for the
> Wallstreet
> with the 12.1" display, I believe). Any suggestions, tips, or tricks
> welcome.
>
> BTW, I found this page of possible kernel args used in BootX:
>
> http://llpcform.sourceforge.net/fom-serve/cache/1043.html
>
> Does anyone know of a similar comprehensive listing for variables
> found in
> XF86Config-4 files?
>
> Dan Willson
> ponyboy@uab.edu
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