Installation agony

[Robert Nuzum]

Thanks for the suggestion. Do you know where this file is located.  I'm 
somewhat naive and

I can't seem to find it in my system. I have a working kde via fink 
with bells and whistles but I thought I'd try YDL.
Thanks again,
B
On Apr 24, 2005, at 2:58 PM, Brogan Ross wrote:

> I had the same problem installing YDL on my eMac.  Not on an external 
> but anywho.  The file that you want to get to in order to change the 
> refresh rate is in /etc/x11/ it'll either be XFree86.conf, or for some 
> reason mine is XF86Config.
> I don't really know about the partitioning but I believe that you have 
> to use Disk Druid to partition the drive, not Disk Utility.  And I 
> don't know but I believe you have to use yaboot in order to dual boot 
> YDL and OS X.
> Hopefully at least you can get your screen working.
>
>
>
>
> Robert Nuzum wrote:
>
>> I  have an eMac with an external firewire drive. I am trying to 
>> install ydl on this hard drive. When installing graphically I get the 
>> documented error "no  screens found" and a parse error on line 71 of 
>> /tmp/xF86 configtest. I have read some suggestions but cannot find 
>> this file to change the refresh rate. When I try to install in text 
>> mode I  run up  against the hell of disk partitioning which fails on 
>> automatic and also  using disk druid according to the manual. I 
>> previously partitioned the disk using Disk Utility into two 
>> partitions and reinstalled osx on the second partitions as suggested 
>> in the manual. I  tried to create a osx boot sector and it won't 
>> succeed with Disk Druid.
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated. I don't have the purchased 
>> support.
>> Thanks, Bob
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