Brian Dunnette wrote: > > Okay... after some trial and error, I've got Debian 2.2 up and running on my > iBook. Now, the problem is: X doesn't work. Or rather, it does, but only > in 8-bit color. I'm using the standard "fbdev" X server in 3.3.6, but when I > alter my XF86Config file to set the default color depth to anything higher > than 8 bits, I get the following error when starting X: > > fbdevScreenInit: unable to set screen params (Invalid argument)
You are probably running OFfb instead of aty128fb in console. Don't use video=ofonly or similar, in fact not specifying any video argument should give you aty128fb if I'm not mistaken. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member