[ydl-gen] display problems on apple Xserve G5

[David Seikel]

On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:23:37 -0700 jheadley at gancorp.com wrote:

> I'm trying to use YDL on an Xserve but I keep running into problems.
> I installed YDL 4.1 but the graphics mode is really screwed up where
> the mouse scans across the screen twice and I have to "wipe" the
> screen with the mouse in order to refresh it and see the other half.
> Also it looks like its in 16 color mode.  People with similar
> problems on the web said they used Xconfigurator or Xautoconfig to
> fix the problem, but when I open the terminal and try to run them it
> doesnt recognize Xconfigurator and Xautoconfig gives me an error
> saying that xorg.conf cannot be moved or written to.  It gives me the
> same error even if I change permissions with chmod.  Another supposed
> fix was to reduce the "Display" options of XF86Config to one
> resolution, but when I try to edit it, I get the same permissions
> problem.  I'm relatively new to Linux so I might be missing something
> obvious, but any help would be greatly appreciated.

These are the sort of things you need to use the root account for.

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