On Fri, 2002-07-19 at 14:46, Clive Menzies wrote: > At 1:51 pm +0200 19/7/02, Michel Dänzer wrote: > >On Fri, 2002-07-19 at 13:05, Clive Menzies wrote: > >> >I tried to install potato on a Mac 8100/80 (Nubus) earlier this year > >> >but failed get floppy access, ppp or X working. > >> > > >> >I've just installed ADSL on an ethernet network here which gave me > >> >the ability to apt-get from the net. I've reinstalled potato > >> >(booting from the DebianMkLinux Mach_kernel), upgraded to woody > >> >using apt-get and dselect with some guidance from: > >> > > >> > >> >http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2002/debian-devel-200202/msg01868.html > >> > > >> >http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/powerpc/release-notes/ch-upgrading > >> > > >> > > >> > >> Starting X gives: > >> > >> Fatal server error > >> no screens found > >> > >> Searching the lists and web revealed no solution and so I've repeated > >> the potato install and woody upgrade paying special attention to any > >> X server issues. > >> > >> The video card drivers listed in the Dialog Box Configuring > >> Xserver-xfree86 doesn't include the nubus HPV display card V1.0a2 in > >> my machine. Is there a generic alternative? > > > >fbdev, > Many thanks > > >I assume you're running some sort of framebuffer device in > >console. > Excuse my ignorance, I don't know, but I didn't change any default > settings relating to "framebuffer device in console" > > In the window after selecting the Video Card, I need to specify its' > Bus ID. It explains how to use lpsci to determine the information in > hexadecimal not decimal ( I'll cross that bridge when I come to it > ;-)). Do I go to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 after installation to set > this?
Just try without specifying anything there first, if necessary run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 later to make modifications. -- 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]
