On Monday 02 July 2001 10:50, Adrian Cox wrote: > Having been working on embedded PowerPC hardware for quite a while, I'm > now thinking of getting an iBook as my next laptop.
Got one, its great, running nothing but linux(ydl 2.0 + benh 2.4.6) > > I've done a bit of searching around, but I could do with confirmation > from somebody who's got one: > 1) The RGB output port. Is this just good old VGA, or is it something > else (like the RGB with PAL timings my DVD player produces)? Apple's > site is very vague on this one. > 1a) And can you use it under Linux yet? Can I output 800x600 if faced > with a video projector that won't do 1024x768? It comes with a special dongle the is standard vga. There are boot time options for turning it on. I've only played with it once, but the console worked fine. X on the other hand didn't. Prolly just a config thing, but I haven't had the time to work it out. > 2) Any problems with the ethernet and USB? I'll need to use a USB mouse > and USB serial adapter, and to run embedded systems as diskless clients > of the iBook. With the 2.4.X kernels, my intellimouse(laser thingie) works just fine, so does my microtech card reader(ibm micro drive reader). > And lastly: > 3) Any of the other peripherals (audio, firewire, modem) likely to be a > source of trouble? > Sound doesn't work, an it will prolly be a little bit before it does. argh. > Thanks for any help you can give... John
