Graphical interface can't boot

[Kevin Casey]

I have the exact same trouble too.

Any ideas out there?


On 10 May 2004, at 21:14, Yukimi Daifuku wrote:

> it now launches graphically but the colors are like 16 and i can see=20=

> pretty nothing more than yellow and blue.
> I can access in the menu a display config, but what to choose then?
> I want to be sure because i tried a change and then it was impossible=20=

> again to boot graphically
>
> thanks everyone for the help, it'll end up working well
>
>
>
> Le 10 mai 04, =E0 02:29, Mark Russell a =E9crit :
>
>>
>> On May 9, 2004, at 6:09 PM, Yukimi Daifuku wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everyone. I'm quite a noob with linux but i've already=20
>>> searched the web a lot before asking. After having
>>> installed YDL 3.01 on my iBook G4 800/12", it tells me the GUI=20
>>> cannot start, i need to enter a root password for it to try with a=20=

>>> 'standard' config.
>>> I did and still it doesn't work, so i typed in root "Xautoconfig=20
>>> --fbdev", hoping it would solve the problem, it created a file=20
>>> somewhere but after restarting the machine, still, it fails. my card=20=

>>> is an ATI radeon mobility 9200 32Mb.
>>> Before installing, I took care to format my HD in 1 partition in=20
>>> "free space" mode, like i was told to do by many websites.
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot for your help everyone
>>
>> instead of typing Xautoconfig --fbdev,
>>
>> try typing Xautoconfig --safe
>>
>> then startx
>>
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