you can get a nice pre-compiled kernel for that machine at: http://www.ppckernel.org/kernel.php?id=24
works very well on my 8500 here. cheers, dylan on 03.2.21 3:36 AM, Eric Deveaud at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Rogério Brito wrote: > >> On Feb 21 2003, David Campillos wrote: >>> I'm trying to configure gdm with a Twin Turbo 128 video card in a PPC >>> 9600/350. >> (...) >>> I know that lspci can help me, but I have 2.2 kernel, and that >>> command only outputs hex addresses. >> >> First of all, you should compile yourself a 2.4 kernel, >> because kernels from the 2.2 series apparently aren't able to >> see all devices in the PCI buses. >> >> This was one of the first things that I had to get done to get >> an old 9500/180MP to use an imstt card. > > > correct me if I'm wrong (long time that my 9600 died) but > if your booting via BootX, (as some of the material initialisation is > performed by MacOS before linux boots up) you also have to play with > resolutions modes on MacOS side, check under linux, and so on until you > find a correct MacOS setting which will be compatible with Xfree > > Eric
