yellowdog-general digest, Vol 1 #910 - 13 msgs

[Oscar G. Maldonado]

El lun, 09 de 06 de 2003 a las 13:01,
yellowdog-general-request@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com escribió:

> Message: 10
> Subject: Can't change screen resolution G3 + YDL 3.0
> From: Simon Morris <smorris@batesuk.com>
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Organization: 
> Date: 09 Jun 2003 08:35:29 +0100
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> 
> All,
> 
> Successfully installed YDL 3.0 onto a Powerbook G3 (Old World).
> 
> After the install the screen resolution is stuck on 640x480.
> 
> Although we can change the depth of the screen to use more colours the
> resolution is stuck.
> 
> The label on the bottom of the Powerbook tells me I have a 4MB Video
> card. 
> 
> I've included my /etc/X11/XF86config file below... can anyone offer
> advice on which driver to use for this.
> 


I was having this problem on my Emac, I was stucked on 1024*768 while
the CRT monitor can handle up to 1280*960 so...

> Section "Device"
> 
> 	# no known options
>         #BusID
> 	Identifier  "ATI Mach64"
> 	Driver      "ati"
> 	VendorName  "ATI Mach64"
> 	BoardName   "ATI Mach64"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
> 	Identifier "Screen0"
> 	Device     "ATI Mach64"
> 	Monitor    "Monitor0"
// Change the DefaultDepth 8 to 15
// And copy the Modes line to every depth subsection. So it looks like
the Depth 15 subsection line...
> 	DefaultDepth     8
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth     15
> 		Modes    "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480"
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth     8
		  Modes    "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480"
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth     24
		  Modes    "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480"
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth     16
		  Modes    "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480"
> 	EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> Section "DRI"
> 	Mode         0666
> EndSection
> 

At least, that's what I did and it worked for me... Hope it'll work for
you too...
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