external VGA output of an iBook G3 800 MHz 12 inch running Debian GNU/Linux 4.0

Pierre Bauduin pierre at baudu.in
Sat Jun 2 13:41:21 PDT 2007


Thank you :)

I tried commenting out line 80 Option        "UseFBDev"        "true"
I also tried changing line 80 to Option        "UseFBDev"        "false"

... I still get a grey screen on the external VGA screen.

Thanks anyway for your help,
Pierre

2007/6/2, Alex Deucher <alexdeucher at gmail.com>:
>
> On 6/2/07, Pierre Bauduin <pierre at baudu.in> wrote:
> >  Hello,
> >
> > I have bought a mini-VGA to VGA adapter for my iBook G3 800 MHz 12 inch.
> >
> > When I use the adapter to connect an external VGA display to my iBook
> G3:
> > - in Mac OS X, everything is fine, I can see my desktop both on the
> iBook
> > LCD display and on the external VGA display
> > - in Debian GNU/Linux, I can see my desktop on the iBook LCD display,
> but I
> > see nothing but a grey screen on the external VGA display
> >
>
> get rid of the usefbdev option.
>
> Alex
>

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Pierre Bauduin
Linux enthusiast since 1996
Linux registered user #64711
Debian GNU/Linux user
website: http://pierre.baudu.in/
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