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| 00:00.42 | Muffin | Hello...I'm having trouble with X. |
| 00:02.15 | Muffin | Specifically, it appears that X works fine but only with a resolution of 1600x1024. On my 17" LCD, this means that the viewable area goes off the right side of my screen...screen has a native resolution of 1280x1024. |
| 00:02.32 | Muffin | So if I tweak xorg.conf so that it should display 1280x1024, it loads a completely black screen and I need to ssh in and kill X. |
| 00:07.14 | pahartik | Muffin: Maybe looking at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" would help? |
| 00:07.50 | Muffin | Sadly it does not. |
| 00:40.47 | Muffin | It's odd. The screen just goes black. |
| 01:46.35 | docelic | Muffin, you hav any "Virtual" lines in X.org? if yes remove, if not add. |
| 01:57.42 | Muffin | I haven't edited X.org before. |
| 01:58.02 | Muffin | docelic: Where is that file? |
| 02:00.07 | docelic | well xorg.conf |
| 02:00.11 | docelic | you know what I mean |
| 02:03.30 | Muffin | Right, but I don't know where the "virtual" goes, having not seen it, so I wasn't sure. I'll research that now and test it tomorrow as the computer is at work and I am now at home. |
| 02:04.27 | docelic | see example here |
| 02:04.29 | docelic | http://www.viajes-abaco.com/m400a/xorg_conf.htm |
| 02:04.45 | docelic | set Virtual to the resolution you want (the one used by the screen) |
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| 12:37.43 | tremmolow | Hello I'm looking for reassurance here more than anything. I'm trying to to reuse an old imac and I tried and failed with Ubuntu for PPC to the extent that it won't even boot the live CD, now that may just be cos it only has 192 RAM and if that's so Debian Etch for PPC should be fine right? |
| 12:41.06 | Bor_Ed | debian will work on it as well as ubuntu 'alternative iso' which has text mode installer |
| 12:42.58 | tremmolow | Bor_Ed so it probably is just the low ram that's preventing the live CD booting? |
| 12:43.52 | tremmolow | Also I'm starting to think Debian with Gnash might be asmart idea cos there's now way of getting Adobe Flash to work with the PPC architecture is there? |
| 12:44.18 | tremmolow | Actually Gnash worked really well in Lenny but that version won't be in the Etch for PPC will it? |
| 12:45.08 | Bor_Ed | it won't be in etch unless you compile it yourself or use backports |
| 12:45.16 | Bor_Ed | the low ram should prevent ubuntu live from booting, you were right on that |
| 12:46.06 | tremmolow | Bor_Ed shame Gnash in Lenny is really good. Shame that open Java plugin is no where near as effective. |
| 12:46.27 | Bor_Ed | you can use ibm java 6.0 with gcjwebplugin, it works ok |
| 12:46.40 | tremmolow | Bor_Ed I'll remember that |
| 12:47.13 | Bor_Ed | I have the ppc box nowadays only as server but when I used one as desktop too, the ibm java was pretty much only one that worked well |
| 12:47.26 | tremmolow | I suppose I'm stupid trying to reuse an old imac 333 192 :) |
| 12:48.14 | tremmolow | Bor_Ed the open Java substitutes seem to be really flaky |
| 12:49.24 | Bor_Ed | has b&w g3/300@400 and 160M ram as retired desktop/nowadays server |
| 12:49.46 | Bor_Ed | they're good workhorses for surfing and music playback |
| 12:50.22 | tremmolow | Yeah they seem to be fine for radio/audio, only video that trips them up. |
| 12:50.44 | tremmolow | I'm hoping Debian will run a lot faster than OSX 10.39 |
| 12:50.57 | Bor_Ed | depends on the desktop/WM of your choice |
| 12:51.09 | Bor_Ed | xfce is light and easy enough for normal usage |
| 12:51.12 | tremmolow | I like Gnome and Xfce |
| 12:51.21 | Bor_Ed | then it's easy pick |
| 12:51.24 | tremmolow | Not so keen on KDE or Fluxbox |
| 12:52.21 | tremmolow | Flux is fast but a bit awkward for the less expert user like me :) |
| 12:52.48 | tremmolow | Well thanks for the info |
| 12:53.25 | Bor_Ed | no prob |
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