i-mac rev b with replacement monitor

Derick Centeno aguilarojo at verizon.net
Fri Jan 19 03:47:36 MST 2007


Kevin, please refer to this page:

http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/hardware/breakdown/index.php?hw_cat_id=5

You will see that none of the i-macs, and really not any of the other 
macs, have been tested using YDL 5 -- the latest version of YDL.
It may be easier to use an earlier version of YDL until the macs have 
been tested using YDL 5.

Good Luck... Derick.

Kevin Nowaczyk wrote:
> I just installed the latest version of yellow dog
> linux on a RevB i-mac.  My desire is to use this as a
> "standalone" server, so I have removed the monitor to
> save space.  For emergency and limited local access,
> I've soldered together a 15 pin mac to 15 pin D-sub HD
> VGA adaptor, plugged in my spare VGA monitor and all
> looks great...until linux takes over.  The "BIOS"
> section where the happy mac or folder with a question
> mark inside displays perfectly well, but once Tux the
> penguin appears with all the linux boot loader info,
> the display look like there's an incorrect resolution,
> or something.  Everything is displayed in triplicate. 
> What do I need to do to be able to get yellow dog to
> write to the display correctly like the bios does?
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Kevin Nowaczyk
>
>
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