Configure video for G4 powerbook

[Stephen Thudium]

Thanks, Andrew.  I got the video working by running Xautoconfig -- 
fbdev.

After reading your email I examined the inittab file and found 
"id5:initdefault"   Do you think the Xautoconfig made the change that 
you recommended?


On Dec 23, 2004, at 1:06 PM, Andrew wrote:

> On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 01:05, Stephen Thudium wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I just installed YDL4 on my G4 Powerbook and the GUI does not start on
>> reboot.  Is there a Xconfig command or other I should use at the
>> command prompt to configure the video?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Steve
>
>
> Do you mean it does not start at all, just sitting at a
> DOS-like-text-mode login?
>  If so, login as root and edit inittab to use runlevel 5:
> $] pico /etc/inittab
>
> look for this line:
> id:3:initdefault:
>
> change it for:
> id:5:initdefault:
>
> save and quit (CTRL-X) and reboot.
>
>
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