On Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 01:26:40AM -0700, Greg Howland wrote: > > > I'm trying to install on a PowerBook G3 Lombard, which should > > > be a New World machine... > > > > The devices in OF have different names than in Linux. You're using > > the Linux name, but the OF name would be something like scsi/[EMAIL > > PROTECTED]:0... > > > > I was under the impression that the Lombard was not New World... > > Entering 'printenv' from the OF prompt returns 'boot-device \\:tbxi' > among other things. It is a New World machine. > > I was also able to find out the OF command 'devalias' which returns > 'sd0' as the proper alias for my SCSI drive. I entered 'boot sd0:7,yaboot' > at the prompt and the installation went smoothly. Thanks for the help. > > However the installation does not configure the X Window System. > In addition Xconfigurator and xf86cfg don't work because a basic > SVGA X setup is not installed. Therefore I don't have a convenient > graphical tool to set it up, I have only the text based xf86config. > > Do you know which parameters I should use for the horizontal and > vertical refresh rates, along with type of keyboard, mouse, etc., > for the PowerBook G3 Lombard? Or, is there an easier way to do > this than to use xf86config? > > Greg
Try searching this list, or debian-x, for Lombard. Are you using woody, XFree86 V 4? If not, definitely upgrade. The hardware support in V3 for your machine was lacking. -- *------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]
