Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.5, modules, etc. for a PowerBook Firewire
From: Brian Fidler (interactive@brianfidler.com)
Date: Fri Aug 17 2001 - 14:05:10 MDT
I can get the command line but only after removing my second video card. Do
I install Xfree86 4.x, replace my video card and try it again?
thanks,
brian
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> From: Jason McIntosh <jwm05c@mizzou.edu>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-devel@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 16:57:03 -0500 (CDT)
> To: Brian Fidler <interactive@brianfidler.com>
> Cc: <yellowdog-devel@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
> Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.5, modules, etc. for a PowerBook Firewire
>
> Dual-monitor support is part of Xfree86 4.0.1 or higher, and is
> independent of the kernel. I'd already posted a sample XF86Config-4 file
> earlier,
> http://www.missouri.edu/~jwm05c/computers/linux/
> I'm still working on a set of docs for how to set it up, but I don't use
> dual monitor support much, except on i386 systems, and then I just use em.
> Anyway, no, this kernel has support for external port on the ATI Rage
> Mobility chipset found in the PowerBook series laptops. (Not sure about
> iBook, or others). There's a lot of howto's on the net for getting Dual
> Monitors to work (even though I'm still going to write my own) - so search
> for a while and you should be able to find something. Last note - if you
> can't even get command line access for some reason, the dual-monitor stuff
> isn't going to do a thing for you.
> Regards,
> Jason McIntosh
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