Branden Robinson wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 03:25:44PM -0700, crombie wrote: > > feedback for imac, 266mhz, 32mb ram for version 4.1.x > > gotten via ftp.digex.com > > Please mail the list(s), not me privately. > > > will not install due to invalid vid modes. > > Technically, this isn't an installation issue, but a configuration issue. > Just FYI for future bug reports. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] was kind enough to dreg up tech. specs. for the imac for > > me, we set specific verticalrefresh rates and horisontal syncs to 75.03 - > > 117.233 and 60.015 rspectively but it still fails. > > I'm not sure what the state of the world is DDC-wise on PowerPC's. > > iMac monitors are, I would guess, fairly standard 15" multisync devices; > why not just try telling debconf you've got a 15" monitor in the "simple" > configuration? > > E.g., "dpkg-reconfigure -plow xserver-xfree86" as root. > > > if you need me to dreg up log files, lemme know. > > A copy of your /var/log/XFree86.0.log would be great. Though if you truly > set your VertRefresh "range" to exactly the value 60.015 I'd bet heavy > money that that's causing a problem. > > I'm copying my reply to the Debian PowerPC list; those guys are very good > at troubleshoot Mac/XFree86 problems.
We can hardly do better than you here. ;) -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
