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

Angela Kahealani yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Mon Jun 9 15:31:06 2003


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"Oscar G. Maldonado" wrote:
> 
> 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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