On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 20:08 +1300, Torrance wrote: > Hiya everyone, > > I'm a total newbie to Linux/Debian and I'm trying to install Sarge on > my iMac G5. I'm getting past the initial installer screens, setting > the language, country, keyboard, etc. HOWEVER, just before it attempts > to run the rest of the installer of the CD it comes up with an error > claiming it cannot locate the CD drive. It asks me to locate the > driver (I think) but I wouldn't know where to point it. > > I have no idea what to do - but this must be a common problem with > hardware that is as generic as Apple's. Can anyone help? > > These are my computer specs in brief:
You probably need a newer kernel. Also, 2.6.15 (which isn't final yet) will contain proper fan control & processor speed control for this machine, thus it won't sound like a vacuum cleaner :) (There are patches you can apply yourself to earlier kernels too, look for them in the list archives). As for X, the free "nv" driver works fine provided I feed it with an appropriate modeline. The version of nvidiafb in 2.6.15 works well too (I fixed a few issues in it). You should set option "FPDither" "true" in your xorg.conf for the nvidia stuff to get a better output on the flat panel (it's a 6 bits per component panel, so without dithering, it doesn't look good at 24bpp). Ben. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
