15" iMac (Lamp) install problem

Steven Faulconer yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Fri, 27 Jun 2003 23:20:24 -0500


For those that are interested, Slice helped me on IRC to get this fixed. 
Adding 'Option  "FlatPanel"' to the Device section of 
/etc/X11/XF86config. Works like a charm!

Steven

Steven Faulconer wrote:

> A little bit ago, Mr. Waite brought up an issue with the 15" iMac 
> (iLampMac) graphical installation screen. I seem to be having the same 
> problem. When attempting a graphical installation, YDL boots fine, 
> though it says that the monitor can not be detected. When the 
> graphical screen comes up, the monitor is scrolling both horizontally 
> and vertically.
>
> I jumped on IRC and spoke with 'vit' who told me to try a text 
> install. This went quite well and installed everything without 
> problems. I selected a graphical installation, and configured X and 
> rebooted. X still does the same thing.
>
> I've sent in a message to YDL (per Vit's recommendation) but thought 
> I'd ask here as well. I also attempted 'Xautoconfig' and 'startx' from 
> a command line login, but same problem.
>
> Anyone else get this working?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Steven
>
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