[ydl-gen] Re: X on ancient iBook

[Eric Dunbar]

On 08/06/06, Bill Mueller <bmueller at terrasoftsolutions.com> wrote:
> Andrew,
>
> If possible, post the contents of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> here.
>
> Only general tips I can give are to make sure the driver selected
> is 'fbdev' (i believe thats correct syntax) and set your color depth
> to 15.
>
> I tried googling for an example (I don't have the machine) but came up
> empty.  But feel free to give it a try.  Either way, seeing what Xautoconfig
> is producing would be most helpful.
>
> -Bill

Bill: Andrew posted the following in YDL-Newbie:

On 08/06/06, Andrew Ball <xless at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Hello Eric,
>
>    ED> #1. Did you try running Xautoconfig?
>
> Yes.
>
>    ED> #2. Have you looked at your /etc/X11/XF86Config file? It seems
>      >     like your screen size might be off.
>
> I hadn't, but on reading your suggestion I went in and noticed that
> section "Screen" had a subsection "Display" for 24-bit depth, which I
> guessed X would default to if it were present.  I pruned that
> subsection and now X works!
>
> Thanks a lot for the hint,
>    - Andy Ball.