ydl 3.0 on 7500 (window too small during install to use)

[Mike Haase]

I have a 7500 with a 300mhz G3 and an orange micro grappler card and a 3dfx
voodoo 5 5500 card.  I have been running YLD 2.3 for a while using the fbdev
video driver.  My sons were whining that the video was so slow that playing
x-pilot was a bummer and suggested I upgrade to ydl 3.0 (because they
thought it supported 3dfx in 2d mode).  When I run boot-x it brings up a
screen (big blue screen not too different from the bsod) and announces it is
loading the avansys scsi.  It either does or does not  succed in this in 15
minutes or so.  Then it starts X and thats where the fun begins.  The window
is badly colored and is scrunched into 1/3 of the (17" Sony) screen.  So it
is impossible to continue.

I have tried suggesting to bootx that it should use video=fbdev:800x600@75
and maybe video=fbdev:800x600_24@75 and certainly video=fbdev.  To some
extent this monolog has had an effect:  sometimes there is no video at all
otherwise the window is unchanged.  Any Hints?