On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Thierry de Coulon wrote: > On Thursday 23 January 2003 16:05, Wolfgang Hovest wrote: > > hi there, > > > > i recently bought an ibook800 > (...) > > with the 9.1-beta-release it's even worse. the tft is getting black > > immediately when i try the gui-install, and if i choose intall-text, at > > the time the installer asks for the resolution, it starts the xserver > > (which i'm able to see), asks if it's ok - thats the last i can see > > regardless i answer yes or no - it's getting black again, and i can't > > complete the install... > > wolfgang > > I've got an iBook2.rev2 as well. I tried 8.2 with the same results. I'd > welcome Mandrake on my iBook because I use it on my main machine. > > To Wolfgang (if you want "Linux now"), and to the developpers if you're > looking for a solution: Yellow Dog Linux release 2.3 works perfectly on the > iBook (but you have to download and install a few "new" rpms to get Xfree > running fine. > > I am not able to get any informations out of this (except they upgraded the > kernel) but developpers may.
What video adapter is in these machines, and did you try the benh kernel option? Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppc&r=1&w=2
