Beige G3 all-in-one

[Lincoln]

Hi rj,

        Message: 3
        Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 09:00:49 -0700
        From: rjgoos at ydl.net
        Subject: Beige G3 all-in-one
        To: yellowdog-newbie at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
        Message-ID: <1103644849.41c848b1aae78 at www.ydl.net>
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        I have a beige G3 all-in-one.  I tried to install YDL 3 on it a
        couple years 
        ago, but the installation program had weird distorted colors,
        and I couldn't 
        read the words on the installation screens.
        
This may be something that I experienced installing Fedora and
Mandrake.  Was the display normal, except for strange colors?  ie:,
could you read fonts and did buttons etcetera have a normal shape?  If
so, this is a problem that often occurs when using 8 bit (256) color.  I
was able to solve the problem by ctrl-alt-f1'ing to a console, and then
back to X or framebuffer ctrl-f7.  Also I've seen behavior where the
desktop will look normal, but a window will have crazy colors.  Move the
pointer to focus the window, and it swaps:  The desktop goes wierd and
the window looks normal.
        
        Well, I gave the machine away, and now have the machine back. 
        I'm still 
        game to put YDL on it.  A couple questions:
        
        1.  Regarding YDL 3...what the heck is up with this distorted
        screen thing 
        on the installation program?  Any way around that?
Can you use the text install?  Also, if you can drop to a shell during
the install (ctrl-alt-f2 I think) and if fbset is available, you can
force the framebuffer to 16 bit color.  I don't know that fbset is
available during install though.  I may have had to install it through
yum after installing.
        
        2.  Regarding YDL 4, does that work with a beige G3 all-in-one? 
        The YDL web 
        site doesn't say either way.
        
I don't know the specs for that machine, but if it's a G3 you should be
okay.  Does it have OpenFirmware?  Or is it Old World?  I myself have
run Debian on a 603 Mac, so you should be able to get something going.
        
        Thanks,
        
        RJ  
        
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