i dont understand...

[Norberto Quintanar]

IMO The YDL distro is way to hard for any "noob" to learn linux on. 
If you want to learn Linux, do it on an x86 box.  Smoother install,
less headaches, better hardware support.  The fact that you don't
even know what the command line is, is equivalent to wanting to learn
how to drive a tractor-trailer, but not  even knowing where the
steering wheel and accelerator are in any car.  Do yourself a favor
buy an old used PC at a garage sale, get a redhat book with a distro
CD and start from scratch, you'll thank yourself in the end.

--- Matt Pist <mattpist@riseup.net> wrote:
> okay, well i really have no clue on how to edit the xf86config
> file. i 
> dont have any linux experience whatsoever! i dont even know what
> the 
> command is... i tried edit and the file name and nothing works...
> also, 
> where do i find this linux live cdrom? what is it? and do i need it
> to 
> edit the xf86config file? how do i edit the file? also, the link
> you 
> gave says:
> 
> "For people who eventually download this config file for installing
> 
> Debian on a PowerBook, it works for G4 Powerbooks with
> 400/500/550/667 
> MHz processors with ATI Rage 128 Pro AGP 2X video and 1152x768
> screen 
> resolution.  This file will *not* work for G4 800/867/1GHz models
> with 
> Radeon 9000 video and 1280x854 screen resolution."
> 
> my video card is a GeForce FX Go5200 32MB that has a maximum
> display of 
> 1024x786. which doesn't match either of the profiles talked about 
> above. will this file still work?
> 
> so far this has been pretty frustrating as ive had video problems
> with 
> 2 different versions of ydl on two different computers, and have
> never 
> even gotten this operating system to boot up into a graphical mode
> i 
> can understand... if you could help me through this, id really 
> appreciate it, because i REALLY want to begin understanding
> linux...
> 
> thanks!
> Matt
> 
> > near the end of the installation, im prompted for a monitor type,
> and
> > resolution. the problem is after selecting a monitor from the
> list, it
> > prompts me to select a screen resolution, but the only resolution
> > available is 1440x990 (i think). i tried selecting it, knowing it
> > probably wouldn't work because my monitor only supports a
> resolution of
> > up to 1024x768. of course, on starting up of the GUI, the screen
> goes
> > nutty and i can't barely see anything much less DO anything.
> 
> 
> I did a google search on:   powerbook XF86Config
> You find a lot of people have had the same problem and some
> of them have posted a suitable XF86Config file with good
> video settings for _their_ powerbooks.
> 
> Also you find that many people experience the problem that they
> can't get to a text console to fix things [sometimes referred to
> as getting stuck at the Black Wall of Death], and a common solution
> is to boot from a linux live cdrom...
> 
> http://astcomm.net/pipermail/linux/Week-of-Mon-20030317/002246.html
> 
> Richard
> 


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