X on ancient iBook

[Eric Dunbar]

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Artur Jasowicz mac_it_man at yahoo.com
Fri Apr 28 10:43:48 MDT 2006
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> Did you find correct settings? I need them too. My clamshell locks up
> when I try to boot X under 4.1. It worked fine under 3.0. I copied
> settings from 3.0 backup but still no go. Machine freezes and I have
> to hard reboot it after I try to startx.
>
> Artur
>

Well, a bit more googling and I've found the answer:
Boot into command line (e.g. linux 2 at the boot prompt)
Backup your /etc/X11/xorg.conf if you have any custom settings you
want to keep, then execute:

cd /usr/X11/bin
./Xautoconfig
init 5

This worked for me. Here's original discussion where I found the answer:
<http://www.yellowdog-board.com/viewtopic.php?t=885&view=next&sid=f0e6fc6251b008d6ab8b024e1601e3db>

Eric.

On 07/06/06, Andrew Ball <xless at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a 300 MHz clamshell iBook that I was hoping to use as
> a VNC terminal and perhaps for some light duty Web browsing.
> This morning I installed Yellow Dog Linux and found that the
> supplied X server does not work on my iBook. I couldn't find
> an X configuration program, so I'm stuck at the command
> line.  The Terra Soft Web site suggests that the machine has
> an ATI Rage Mobility, 2x AGP with 4 Mb VRAM and 2D hardware
> acceleration.  I may try building a fresh X from source, but
> if anyone out there has any tips or alternative suggestions
> they would be most welcome.
>
> - Andy.
>
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