LinuxPPC-DR-1.0: X11 config for Powerbook G3 series?

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, 17 May 1999, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> 
> I cannot get X11 running on  my  G3  series;  I'm  using  `fbset'  as
> documented, and get:
> 
> Mode "name"
>     # D: 100.000 MHz, H: 93.985 kHz, V: 116.318 Hz
>     DotClock 100.001 
>     HTimings 1024 1040 1048 1064
>     VTimings 768 784 792 808 
>     Flags    "-HSync" "-VSync"
> EndMode 
> 
> 
> However, the Xserver complains
> 
> 	...
> 	(--) FBDev: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 93.99 kHz. Deleted.
> 	(**) FontPath set to "unix/:-1"
> 	(**) FBDev: Using XF86Config video mode database
> 
> 	Fatal server error:
> 	No valid modes found.
> 
> What am I missing?   [Full logs attached below.]
> 
> Wolfgang
> 
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> ...
> [root at luke X11]# fbset -xres 1024 -yres 768 -depth 16
> [root at luke X11]# fbset -x

Either use

    startx -- -bpp 16

or add

    DefaultColorDepth 16

to `Section "Screen"' of XF86Config.

Greetings,

						Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven                     Geert.Uytterhoeven at cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP}  http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium


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