X won't start after yellowdog install on newish iBook

[Norberto Quintanar]

http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/yellowdog-general/May00/0069.html

Hope this post from a previous thread that's stored in the archive
helps you :)

--- Richard.Gill@math.uu.nl wrote:


> > I have just installed yellowdog 3.01 on a partition
> > of my one year old iBook. Installation went really
> > smoothly (and graphically). However on start-up
> > X windows fails to launch and I get the following
> > mesages:
> 
> PS in the meantime, still waiting for your help!!!???, I have been
> looking at /etc/X11/XF86Config and at /var/log/XF86log.0.log
> and it seems that a huge number of possible screen parameters
> are being tried but none of them fit the specifications of the
> monitor. I am surprised that yellowdog linux could goof up doing
> this installation.  knoppix-ppc gets everything perfect without
> any prompting from me at all. Anyone like to email me a working
> XF86Config for a rather normal 14" iBook? I have no idea what
> horizontal and vertical sync and refresh rates are needed,
> amazed that X configuration program could not work it out itself...
> "ddcprobe failed"
> 
> 
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