Video Problem

[Russell T. Brunet]

This solved my video problems (somewhat):

as root, run xconfigurator, select manual and choose the values that you
think your video card and monitor will support. I had to use 16 bit color
to get my setup to work.

Good luck,

Russell

>HI all..
>
>	I have a Mac 9500 with video built into the system board and am
>using a Sony Multiscan 17sf for my monitor. I did the basic yellow dog
>install and selected the Sony 17sf2 as the monitor (best match) and
>selected 1024x768 as the default resolution. Problem is that when I
>startx I only get 640x480. I am un able to change to a higher resolution
>and all attempts to run xf86cfg or what have you result in "unable to
>load card database". I have tried all I can think of and hope someone
>has seen this before and can help!
>
>Thanks
>John-
>
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