(let me try and be a little more clear this time) Re: installing ydl graphical mode works/ x doesn't ?

[Derick Centeno]

Congrats Ian for taking on vi, it has it's own tutor so that you can
learn a bit more, i.e. vi can actually teach you how to use it!  When
you are within vi after you've worked on whatever you need to press the
Esc key and then Shift to get to the : at the bottom of the vi screen
type help, as in:
:help
you are already prepared believe it or not to use vim, which uses color
to help you distinguish strings, from functions and so on.  It is a very
nice tool however to get the full effect learn from vim itself.  You can
do this by typing vimtutor at the command prompt,
$vimtutor
and you just go from there...  Your learning will be a lot faster.  Also
when you open such config or other similar files the color coding can
help identify problems a lot.  You can also instruct vi/vim to display
program lines and other extras if you wish.  But tools which actually
help you get work done as opposed to getting in your way are rare;
vim/vi are such tools.

One thing more regarding vim/vi, easily missed.  Remember that to change
other files such as config files, etc. you should be in superuser. 
Best wishes...


On Sat, 2004-07-31 at 16:26, Ian wrote:
> Hmmmm, Well it looks as if UseFBDev is already in my config
> 
> Section "Device"
>    Identifier "Card0"
>    ### Avaliable Driver options are:-
>    #Option "SWcursor"
>    Option "HWcursor"
>    #Option "PciRetry"
>    #Option "NoAccel"
>    #Option "ShadowFB"    "true"
>    Option "UseFBDev"     "true" <--this is red text rather than turquoise?
>    Driver "radeon"
>    BusID  "PCI:0:16:0"
> EndSection
> 
> any other ideas?
> 
> thanks,
> ian
> 
> 
> 
> > On Sat, 2004-07-31 at 00:33, Ian wrote:
> >> I just installed YDL 3.0.1 via downloaded iso's from the terra soft
> >> web  site.
> >>
> >> I have installed YDL onto my new Powerbook 15"  1.5G4
> >>
> >> I ran the installed in graphical mode and everything went fine.
> >>
> >> However when the installation was complete and I rebooted upon Xfree86
> >>  starting to load I received error messages and YDL defaulted back to
> >> a  text mode.
> >>
> >> I assumed this error was because my powerbook uses the ATI Mobility
> >> 9700 graphics chipset to which I have as of yet been able to find no
> >> drivers for linux.
> >>
> >> I was discussing this with a friend and he asked me... 'well if you
> >> ran  the installer in graphical mode.  shouldn't YDL be able to run
> >> Xfree  using the same drivers it used for the boot/install process?'
> >>
> >> Which made me think: Well if the install cd can use a graphical mode.
> >> Shouldn't I be able to use whatever drivers or settings it uses to
> >> load  Xfree86?
> >>
> >> So my question to anyone is... Can I do this? And if i can. Howso?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Ian
> >>
> >>
> >
> > in /etc/X11/XF86Config  you have a section that looks like this:
> >
> > Section "Device"
> >         Identifier  "Videocard0"
> >         Driver      "r128"                   <--
> >         VendorName  "Videocard vendor"       <--
> >         BoardName   "ATI Rage 128"           <--
> >         Option      "UseFBDev" "true"        <==
> > EndSection
> >
> > the lines with <-- arrows the text in quotes might be different, but
> > should be ok... the line with the <== arrow you may not have... try
> > adding it and see if that helps you...
> >
> >
> > sloopy.
> >
> >
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