Video Card Suggestions for G4 Cube

[Beth Johnson]

On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 22:17 -0500, Patrick Smith wrote:

> FWIW, I've attached my X (4.4.0) and kernel (2.6.9) config files.  Don't 
> take the kernel config as is; it's likely not compatible with YellowDog 
> (for one thing, I don't use modules).  But it might suggest options to 
> tweak.

Thanks, I'll compare when I pull the machine out of the box again. I had
to put it away and not work on it for a little while.

> Your X config says to use 640x480 for 16 bits; don't you want 1280x1024?

Yes, I do want that. That setting won't load--nothing at 16 or 24 bits
would load.

> Your X server seemed to have trouble finding a framebuffer device. 
> Could you send us the output of "ls -l /dev/fb*"?

Can do when I pull the machine out again.

regards,
Beth