Powerbook G4 17" and YDL fixed!

[Justin Mack]

That's great!  I don't suppose you give a rough step-by-step?

On Jan 20, 2004, at 8:23 AM, Devaney Michael wrote:

> Hi again,
>   You'll all be glad to know that my powerbook G4 17 is now finally up  
> and
> running with yellow dog.  Many thanks to Jeroen for your help and for  
> the
> config file - it works perfectly (well almost - just need the sound  
> now!
> :P).
>
> The winning combination for the powerbook G4 17 inch with the ati  
> mobility
> 9600 is
>
> Kernel: 2.6.1-ben1 (get this from the rsync repo as per jeroens post -  
> )
> XFree86: 4.3.99.902 (this is a snapshot from www.xfree86.org)
>
> Where I went wrong:
> 1) At frist I tried kernels from www.kernel.org - these dont have  
> everying I
> need yet.
> 2) I didnt know about the pmac_config.  I was trying to build my own  
> kernel
> configs. :( very sily.
> 3) I was using 'make install' on XFree86 instead of just changing the
> xfree86 executable and the sym-link to the drivers directory
>
> Ive learned alot about yellow dog linux over these few weeks, its been
> annoying at times but now Im very happy. :)
>
> And again, thanks!
>
> Regards,
>  Mike
>
> Useful links -
> Getting and building 2.6.1 kernel
> http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/pipermail/yellowdog-general/2004- 
> January
> /011225.html
>
>
> PS I wasnt joking about the sound.  Do I need to do anything special  
> to get
> the sound working? :D  My modprobe gives me errors 'QM_MODULES:  
> Function not
> implemented' :(
>
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