On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 06:40:25AM -0700, Steven Tomcavage wrote: > --- Michel D?nzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 14:54, Steven Tomcavage wrote: > > > I am having trouble getting my PowerMac 6360 to run X > > on > > > Woody with anything greater than 8 bit color depth. > > This > > > was fine when I was setting up the system, but now it > > is > > > limiting. I am using an 800x600 display. I have the Mac > > > side of the machine displaying 16 bit color at 800x600, > > so > > > I know it works on the hardware. > > > > > > When I look through the X log, it doesn't look like the > > > correct amount of video RAM is being detected. The > > machine > > > has 1 MB of video RAM. I tried setting VideoRam to 1024 > > in > > > the Display section of my XF86Config-4 file, but that > > > doesn't seem to have any effect. Here's the line that > > makes > > > me question the video RAM situation: > > > > > > (II) FBDev(0): Hardware: valkyrie (vidmem: 468k) > > > > The fbdev driver trusts the framebuffer device about the > > amount of video > > RAM, I don't think it could map more anyway. > > > > If you're running OFfb (check in /proc/fb), you can't use > > any other > > resolution than what you boot into with that. You'll have > > to use > > valkyriefb. > > > > I looked and I'm using valkyriefb. I did some more > searching, and it appears that the problem is that I am > using a 2.2 kernel instead of 2.4. I tried to install a 2.4 > kernel, but I ran into some keyboard issues. I know the > keymap has been changed in woody to use Linux keycodes, but > I was running woody previously with the 2.2 kernel. > > I was also already using Linux keycodes in my 2.2 kernel. > The 2.4 kernel that I installed (apt-get install > kernel-image-2.4.12-powerpc) is trying to use ADB codes. > Does anyone know how to switch this to Linux codes without > a kernel recompile? > > I tried setting the kernel option > "keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes=1", but that didn't work.
You need to change your default keymap. www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/keycodes -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
