So New I have an Umbillical Cord

Tue, 25 Feb 2003 20:30:08 -0600

On Sunday 23 February 2003 01:01,=20
yellowdog-newbie-request@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com wrote:
> Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 20:29:37 +0000
> Subject: Re: So New I have an Umbillical Cord
> From: Nick <email@ilikepaperandpens.com>
> To: yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Reply-To: yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com

I had problems similar to yours when first installing YD2.3 on my 9600MP =
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its original video card.

The solution was to choose the "Safe Default" configuration with dexter. =
(I'm=20
not sure if that's the exact option, but you should know what I mean when=
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see it.) I wasted a good two days fighting with the configuration before =
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said "screw it" and went this way.=20

Dexter warns it might be ugly, but what I found was that it worked and us=
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whatever screen resolution and color depth I picked in Mac OS. I'm runnin=
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7.5.something as my Mac OS so YMMV. My 17" IBM P70 monitor is running 102=
4 x=20
768 with 24 bit color at 85MHz. It's really nice looking.

So run dexter again, choosing the "Safe Default" option rather than tryin=
g to=20
configure anything. Then reboot into Mac OS. Set your prefered screen=20
settings and reboot back into Linux.

Changing video settings is my biggest nit with all current Linux distros.=
 It's=20
so damn easy in WIndows and Mac OS I just don't get why Linux makes it=20
hard...

Hope this works for you.

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John Rodenbiker
jrodenbiker@rodenbiker.net