[ydl-gen] Re: X on ancient iBook

[Bill Mueller]

I really need to sign up for that list :)

Thanks Eric for keeping up on that stuff.

-Bill

Quoting Eric Dunbar <eric.dunbar at gmail.com>:

> 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.
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