Knoppix MIB should be on the Knoppix Customizations page
If this Knoppix MIB works even halfway decent on PPC then shouldn't it be posted on the Knoppix Customizations page? How does one go about suggesting that?
I definitely plan on downloading and trying the MIB version out on my iMac today.
I might try out this hacked, no cloop, version too if people give it good reviews.
Re: Knoppix MIB should be on the Knoppix Customizations page
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Originally Posted by podious
If this Knoppix MIB works even halfway decent on PPC then shouldn't it be posted on the Knoppix Customizations page? How does one go about suggesting that?
All of the documentation on this site has been created by Knoppix users. The wiki is open to anyone and everyone- just like Linux :)
Feel free to add to it as you like. There is even a practice page where you can learn how to format pages on the wiki. (All the way at the bottom).
Re: testing on PPC results
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Originally Posted by casterman
i tried the knoppix ppc version on my Power Mac G4733Mhz the screen is a flat screen20" . i got the lilo like prompt on which i could type knoppix or knoppix-txt . i tried both but none worked. i am not sure what happened X or something else I never got the hand back and after couple of messages the screen got all scrambled.
On an iBook I had to do knoppix xserver=fbdev. Don't know what this means but it worked... Now I'm trying to do a data-projector or beamer show using the iBook's video-out port. I was recommended by Yves Combe who does the ppc port of knopppix-mib to try adding "video=aty128fb:crt:1,lcd:0" at boot, with maybe screen="1024x768" or something like that. Well, the data projector recognised that there was something coming from the computer but it only projected a blank screen. Still, progress is being made. And knoppix-mib-ppc is really great!
Re: testing on PPC results
Try lowering the resolution - some projectors (mostly older ones) don't support higher than 640x480. Something like knoppix xserver=fbdev screen="640x480" might do.
-Krishna
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Originally Posted by gill1109
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Originally Posted by casterman
i tried the knoppix ppc version on my Power Mac G4733Mhz the screen is a flat screen20" . i got the lilo like prompt on which i could type knoppix or knoppix-txt . i tried both but none worked. i am not sure what happened X or something else I never got the hand back and after couple of messages the screen got all scrambled.
On an iBook I had to do knoppix xserver=fbdev. Don't know what this means but it worked... Now I'm trying to do a data-projector or beamer show using the iBook's video-out port. I was recommended by Yves Combe who does the ppc port of knopppix-mib to try adding "video=aty128fb:crt:1,lcd:0" at boot, with maybe screen="1024x768" or something like that. Well, the data projector recognised that there was something coming from the computer but it only projected a blank screen. Still, progress is being made. And knoppix-mib-ppc is really great!
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Re: testing on PPC results
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Originally Posted by gill1109
On an iBook I had to do knoppix xserver=fbdev. Don't know what this means but it worked...
By adding "xserver=fbdev" you are telling XFree86 to use the fbdev driver, which will use the kernels framebuffer (atyfb, aty128fb or radeonfb) device for graphics acceleration. It's not optimal for graphics acceleration as there are specific drivers for these cards (ati, r128 and radeon) that come with XFree86.
Ideally you should be passing xserver={ati,r128,radeon} (dependent on the specific card) but the hwdata on both the MiB and Linuxtag ppc CD's lacks the ability to set up the XF86Config-4 correctly. It's a fairly simple fix to hwdata-${version}/Cards
Code:
NAME ATI Radeon Mobility 9000
CHIPSET R250
DRIVER radeon
+LINE Option "UseFBDev" "true"
I have patches against hwdata-0.8 that I will send to the respective developers.
The MiB ppc CD's (didn't check on the Linuxtag CD) is also missing dri kernel modules for these cards. These are available as debs I believe, at least they were developed by Debian dev Michel Daenzer so one would expect so.
Having XFree86 use the driver specifc to the card would improve the overall responsiveness of the GUI.
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Originally Posted by gill1109
Now I'm trying to do a data-projector or beamer show using the iBook's video-out port. I was recommended by Yves Combe who does the ppc port of knopppix-mib to try adding "video=aty128fb:crt:1,lcd:0" at boot, with maybe screen="1024x768" or something like that. Well, the data projector recognised that there was something coming from the computer but it only projected a blank screen. Still, progress is being made. And knoppix-mib-ppc is really great!
Do you actually have a iBook with a ATI Rage 128 card? AFAIK only the clamshells (aka. toilet seat) had this card, later models have ATI Radeon cards. If your machine has a Rage128 then (and I'm assuming this does not work with fbdev ) there is a m3mirror utility that will enable Rage128 based powerbooks to drive the external VGA connector for mirroring.
`lspci -v | grep ATI` should show you which card you have.
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Originally Posted by cselkirk
Do you actually have a iBook with a ATI Rage 128 card?
Forgot to mention that if you have a Radeon card then mirroring is not possible, I believe it did work with 2.4.19-x but there have been major changes in radeonfb since that point and mirroring is nolonger possible. This capability may return in future, my guess is it was removed due to re-write.
