Wallstreet Install . . . HELP!

[Brian Alston]

Ken

	Thank you for the suggestion. I tried that video setting as well 
but no dice. The screen still looks totally washed out. If I tip my 
display towards me and look at it from the top down I can see the 
desktop and such but it is still very pale (washed out). I found a piece 
of shareware for OS X that will let you adjust the contrast but have had 
no luck finding such a piece of software for Linux. I also tried the 
shareware "pbbuttons" but that doesn't work either. I afraid I may have 
to just re-load OS X onto the Wallstreet and be done with it if I can't 
figure this out.

Thanks again  :-)


On Friday, January 24, 2003, at 08:03  am, ksimpson@toadmail.com wrote:

>
> Quoting Brian Alston <balston@nosaltnetwork.com>:
>
>> Hello All
>>
>> 	Has anybody been able to get YDL to properly install on a PowerBook
>> Wallstreet? I have a PowerBook Wallstreet 233MHz with a 12.1" 
>> display. I
>>
>> have YDL v2.3 that I am trying to install. I set the BootX kernel
>> arguments field to "video=atyfb:vmode:10" and I get the text mode
>> looking great. It is when I try to start up a GUI that's when 
>> everything
>>
>> goes away. I can see my screen but just barely. It is as if the 
>> contrast
>>
>> is completely gone and the display looks totally washed out. I got YDL
>>
>> to install all the way. Everything works great, including the GUI, 
>> but I
>>
>> just can't see anything. When I boot back into OS 9 my display looks
>> great. It is just when I try to go into a Linux GUI that I have
>> problems. I think I may just need some contrast control but my contrast
>>
>> button doesn't do anything in Linux. I have tried other options (like
>> the force video mode) but it just won't work.
>>
>> 	If anybody can offer any suggestions, I would very much appreciate
>> the help.
>>
>
> Brian,
>
> Try
>
> video=atyfb:vmode:14
>
> Thats, what I used on my Wallstreet when installing
> Yellowdog 2.3 and it worked fine.
>
> hth
>
> Ken
>
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