Help desperately wanted setting up X server

2001-01-21 Thread Mark Webb
Like many people, so it seems, I am having many problems setting up X... Bear with me as I am new to Debian but have some experience in LinuxPPC and in editing files with vi. Machine: Motorola Starmax 3000/200 (603e Mac clone) Video: Standard Mac on board plus FormacGA6 s3 (VIRGE) graphics PCI c

Re: X starts, but it displays strange things

2001-01-21 Thread Michael Hope
I've put a copy of my XF86Config-4 at http://juju.net.nz/michaelh/stuff/ Again, this is against kernel 2.4.0-test11 with xserver-xfree86-4.0.2-1. My yaboot.conf section is close to: image=/boot/vmlinux-2.4.0-test11-good label=good root=/dev/hda10 read-only append

Re: Help: Can't get XFree86 v4.0.2 to start

2001-01-21 Thread Michel Dänzer
Donnell wrote: > After upgrading to XFree86 v4.0.2, X will not start. The screen > flashes 3 or 4 times then settles at the prompt. > > Pertinent hardware info is as follows: > > PowerComputing PowerBase 180 w/Sonnet G3/L2 upgrade > ATI Mach64 Video card (2MB RAM) > Panasonic PanaSy

Re: Help: Can't get XFree86 v4.0.2 to start

2001-01-21 Thread Donnell
Ok. I now have it working. After shuffling some options around and trying the fbdev driver designation again, I was able to get v4.0.2 running, but only at a bit depth of 8. I have a 2MB video card that can handle 16-bit color at 1024x768 on the MacOS side. What am I missing that I can't get

Re: Help: Can't get XFree86 v4.0.2 to start

2001-01-21 Thread Michel Dänzer
Donnell wrote: > > Ok. I now have it working. After shuffling some options around and trying > the fbdev driver designation again, I was able to get v4.0.2 running, but > only at a bit depth of 8. I have a 2MB video card that can handle 16-bit > color at 1024x768 on the MacOS side. What am I m

Re: Help: Can't get XFree86 v4.0.2 to start

2001-01-21 Thread Donnell
At 16-bit, the colors are almost psychodelic. Everything is shades of green and pink and yellow. It's as though something has grabbed the colormap and those are the only colors left over. I tried depth 15. It seemed to work. Thanks for the suggestion; it never crossed my mind to try 15.

rhetorical question regarding X...

2001-01-21 Thread Phil Fraering
After reading the recent news regarding X11 on the new Firewire Powerbooks, and that someone has gotten the current X working on then (albeit using UseFBDev), I feel I have to ask which I should be doing: using the old version of xfree I have now, or updating to the new one. When the new one wasn'

Re: Help: Can't get XFree86 v4.0.2 to start

2001-01-21 Thread Marc Aurele La France
On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > After upgrading to XFree86 v4.0.2, X will not start. The screen > > flashes 3 or 4 times then settles at the prompt. > > > > Pertinent hardware info is as follows: > > > > PowerComputing PowerBase 180 w/Sonnet G3/L2 upgrade > > ATI Mach64 Vi

Video Input Cards for PPC Linux Known to Work, And Tested?

2001-01-21 Thread Andrew B. Arthur
Hi. I'm looking a cheap video input PCI card, so I can watch TV in a window on my PowerMac 4400, while ircing, etc. I don't need anything expensive and fancy -- I even have an old VCR I can use to tune in stations from. I understand that most bt848 cards are supported under the bttv driver, howe