12" G4/800 iBook video question

[David Hacker]

You have to edit the /etc/yaboot.conf file to put in a line for the new  
kernel.  Then run ybin -v as root to update your bootstrap partition  
with the new yaboot.conf file.
David C. Hacker, DVM
On Jul 13, 2004, at 2:40 PM, Charles Pillsbury wrote:

> Well I downloaded both the YDL kernels, and both of the ibook
> kernels... and have to remember/figure out how to use the alternate
> kernels when booting... but at LEAST I've got something to go on
> now... thanks for this information.
>
> I'm curious why YDL/etc don't have installs that skip the options you
> don't need and just detect which of the "major" variants on Mac
> hardware you have and build accordingly.
>
> CharlesP
>
> On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 20:36:26 -0400, Charles Pillsbury
> <cpillsbury@gmail.com> wrote:
>> oh... no... hadn't seen that one... thank you much, I'll give it a  
>> try tonight.
>>
>> CharlesP
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 20:22:43 -0400, David Hacker  
>> <dhacker@intrstar.net> wrote:
>>> Have you tried the ibook kernel here?
>>>
>>> http://ppckernel.org/kernel.php?id=21
>>>
>>> David C. Hacker, DVM
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 12, 2004, at 6:36 PM, Charles Pillsbury wrote:
>>>
>>>> well... I split my already sparse 30 gig partition down to 20 gig  
>>>> for
>>>> OS X and ~9 for Linux... installed YDL and get my ugly 4 color X
>>>> working... and I'm fearing the reformat and re-install on the linux
>>>> partition... APPARENTLY there's a 'working on ibook G4' kernel out
>>>> there (and YDL ISOs too)... though not readily available for  
>>>> download
>>>> it seems... still hunting down that possability.
>>>>
>>>> CharlesP
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 15:31:50 -0700 (PDT), Norberto Quintanar
>>>> <nquintanar@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>> --- Charles Pillsbury <> wrote:
>>>>>> I'm used to randomly hunting down RPMs or compiling from source  
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> this sort of thing... how does one do this in yum and YDL?  I'll
>>>>>> admit
>>>>>> I'm much more skiddish about trying things on this machine than I
>>>>>> am
>>>>>> doing them on my old x86 Linux boxes for some reason...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> CharlesP
>>>>>
>>>>> Charles, I've heard rumors of people getting 3d acceleration w/ the
>>>>> ATI 9200 under Linux with the 2.6.X  kernel and the latest and
>>>>> greatest  X rpm.  But most of the people who have reported to this
>>>>> list have not been able to get it running.  This usually initiates  
>>>>> a
>>>>> Gentoo or Debian is better  flame war, but YMMV.
>>>>>
>>>>> Good luck in getting it to work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Norberto
>>>>>
>>>>> PS If you decide on YDL be prepared to reformat, repartition and
>>>>> re-install a few times.
>>>>>
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