Re: Dieter's latest PPC-wont-install Demons

From: Frank O. Fackelmayer (me_at_privacy.net)
Date: 12/07/04

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    Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 16:28:19 +0100

    Dieter wrote:
    > In article <h2gqd.2$Ad3.1941@news20.bellglobal.com>, David Marceau
    > <davidmarceau@sympatico.ca> wrote:
    >
    >
    >>It seems you are having a problem with the frame buffer driver not having the
    >>fbpictureinit service available. Maybe it's because you are using fbdev
    >>instead
    >>of controlfb?
    >
    >
    > I selected 'fbdev' from the list on offer, namely:
    >
    > ati, chips, fbdev, glint, instt, mga, s3virge, savage, sis, tffx,
    > trident, vga
    >
    > there doesn't seem to be an opportunity to mention controlfb, or
    > chaos/control ...
    >

    fbdev is the right one, unless you have a separate graphics card
    installed (which we know is not the case)

    > maybe I should try each one!

    no, these other ones will not help in your case. They are the drivers
    for graphic cards, eg from ATI (aty) or Matrox (mga).

    >
    > Is it possible to change them in
    > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, without going through tne entire install
    > procedure?

    run
    dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

    there, select the fbdev driver, and use the "advanced" mode for setting
    up the display. You will want to set color depth to 15 bits, and
    resolution to something your monitor supports (800x600 may be a good
    choice). As for hsync and vsync values, just accept the defaults for the
    time being. You can adjust them to your particular monitor later.

    >
    > As you will already have guessed, I am not a scientist, engineer,
    > technician (or anysuch) by training, but a musician: a vague creative
    > who is not expected to be capable of counting beyond 4! Hence my
    > knowledge is very patchy, and my understanding of the knowledge I have
    > gathered is often itself patchy and ill-connected.
    >

    Linux doesn't know or care about your abilities, so this should not
    affect the primary installation :-) Certainly personal abilities will
    come into play later, when it is up to configuration and customization,
    but I found there is nothing a good google search will not help to fix.

    Frank

    PS: the 4.0 version of Yellowdog Linux is out for free download now. You
    might give it a try, its graphic installer certainly makes it easier to
    get things up and running.

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