On Wed, 2002-07-10 at 06:37, Bastien Nocera wrote: > On Wed, 2002-07-10 at 05:09, Scott Patterson wrote: > > I've read lots of posts over the months about using m3mirror to get this > > to work. Everything I've tried leads to a display that is less than > > optimal, especially in X (wavy display or chopped off). All the posts > > I've read indicate this has NOT yet been solved. > > > > Has anyone had success getting the ibook2 to display properly using the > > external monitor port under Linux? I'd rather not use MacOS X at the LUG > > meeting tomorrow if I don't have to... > > > > BTW, I'm running Debian Sid with the stock 2.4.18-newpmac kernel. > > Use the framebuffer driver instead of the r128 one in X. > > If you search carefully the archives, somebody has reported success with > this IIRC. I never tried it though.
But there shouldn't be a difference between r128 with UseFBDev and the fbdev driver, except that the latter may use the mode from console, but that can be achieved with r128 as well. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]