[ydl-gen] powerbook5,6

[Benoit Chesneau]

On 5/17/07, Kai Staats <kstaats at terrasoftsolutions.com> wrote:
> Benoit,
>
> > That's a long time I tried yellowdog linux. I stopped @ 4.1. But these
> > day I came back on the website and saw that ther are no more
> > indication about video out/dvi out on powerbook with  version 5. So I
> > would like to know if video and dvi out works on my powerbook :
> >
> >   Machine Name:       PowerBook G4 15"
> >   Machine Model:      PowerBook5,6
> >   CPU Type:   PowerPC G4  (1.2)
> >   Number Of CPUs:     1
> >   CPU Speed:  1.67 GHz
> >   L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
> >   Memory:     1 GB
> >   Bus Speed:  167 MHz
> >   Boot ROM Version:   4.9.1f1
> >
> > ATI Mobility Radeon 9700:
> >
> >   Chipset Model:      ATY,RV360M11
> >   Type:       Display
> >   Bus:        AGP
> >   VRAM (Total):       64 MB
> >   Vendor:     ATI (0x1002)
> >   Device ID:  0x4e50
> >   Revision ID:        0x0000
> >   ROM Revision:       113-xxxxx-145
> >
> > Does dualhead works ? Could I use video-out now ? Please tell me. That
> > the feature that stop me to go full on linux with this machine.
>
> I have this same machine, and yes, dual-head works. But do NOT use the
> system-config-video app as it breaks things. Instead, use this:
> http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/solutions/ydl_5.0/dual-head.shtml
>
> kai
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I just discovered I didin't answerd. My bad. Thanks for your answer
will try it soon so.

- benoît
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