X window configuration on iMac 2002 (iLamp)--which monitor type?

[Ellis Skinazi]

Have you logged in as root, and in the home directory (root) typed
"XFree86 -config" so that a file "XF86Config.new" can be created there?

You can compare the new file with "XF86Config-4" in the "/etc/X11"
directory.

DO NOT use the new file in its current state as no window manager will be
loaded.

Instead, you can merge parts of the new file with "XF86Config-4" to try to
get things working. XF86Config-4 is the main configuration file used when
you type "startx"!


Regards
Ellis


-----Original Message-----

I have installed YDL 2.3 on my new iMac G4/800 with 15-inch flat-panel TFT
display and SuperDrive.
 I have looked but cannot find out which monitor type to use in the X window
configuration.
Xconfigurator detects the video card but I don't see anything in the
"simple" monitor list that
looks right.

When I first booted up under YDL, I had problems because of the bad X window
configuration.  The
screen flashed for quite a while as the system tried and failed to start X.
Once I got a login
screen, I went in as root and changed the default runlevel in /etc/inittab
to 3 instead of 5.
Now, I can at least use YDL in command line mode.

This isn't a huge problem since I have run Red Hat on Intel boxes for
several years.  I teach free
classes on Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP (http://www.ITeachPHP.com) in San
Diego.  Still, I would
like to get X running.  One part of the problem is that people don't refer
to this machine
consistently.

James D. Keeline
James@Keeline.com
http://www.ITeachPHP.com