Subject: Re: Please Help
From: Tony Yazbeck (tyazbeck@bigfoot.com)
Date: Sun Oct 29 2000 - 15:21:37 MST
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hollis R Blanchard" <hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu>
To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: Please Help
> On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, Iain Stevenson wrote:
>
> > on 29/10/00 8:54 pm, Tony Yazbeck at tyazbeck@bigfoot.com wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks, but how and where do we check the kernel?
> >
> > When you start up you'll get a message giving the kernel version - at a
> > guess it's 2.2.16. The kernel that comes with Yellowdog is modified
from
> > the standard distribution.
>
> Yellow Dog *is* the distribution, but I know what you mean - there are
> some patches in the YDL kernel that are not in "standard" trees.
>
> Tony's problems didn't sound like they could be kernel-related though...
> For example, how could the standard YDL kernel not include iso9660 support
> when the YDL CD is in iso9660?
Ok..
> Sound is also there, though it's compiled in as a module. Accordingly,
> he'll need to follow the directions listed on the web page and sent by
> someone else in an earlier mail.
Can you please provide the info on that email because Im new to the list.
Thanks
> > You can get new kernel source code from www.kernel.org. Download this
and
> > unzip it - it should appear in a folder named "linux". Do a "cd linux"
> > followed by "make xconfig" - that'll create a kernel configuration
utility.
> > However, before going any further you must read up about kernel
> > configuration!
>
> I would recommend rsync'ing linux-pmac-stable. With older machines it's
> probably not that big a deal, but with most New World machines there are
> enough fixes and enhancements in the PPC-specific trees to be worth your
> time. Besides, if something goes wrong people will know what you're
> talking about (rather than "well that's kernel.org - you're on your own
> there").
>
> Brief rsync directions can be found at http://penguinppc.org/dev. But
> again, in this particular case I think the default YDL kernel should be
> fine.
I'll try that thanks.
Another thing though...Im currently at a 800*600 resolution. I am unable to
get higher than 8 bit color though, even though my card, the ATI rage 3D has
6 megs of VRAM...everytime I try to go into higher depth, the screen gets
messed up. The command Im using is startx -- -bpp 16 and 24.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Tony
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