Display type/driver combination

[rohrbacher]

Is there a combination of display type and adapter that will allow my original iBook (blueberry clamshell 300mhz) to run with BOTH more than 256 colors and a higher resolution than 640x480? I can get one or the other, but never both!

Thanks,
Aaron

[dkeav]

try setting VideoRam, man xorg.conf for more info

[rohrbacher]

I tried running that program, but I'm still too new to Linux to understand... how can I make my display have a higher resolution while retaining high color settings?

[dkeav]

type this into a command line "man xorg.conf" without the quotes and start reading

[je_fro]

Like dkeav is saying, /etc/X11/xorg.conf is the key file you need to be looking at and editing. Manpages don't read too well when you're a noob, so couple your reading with searches on http://www.google.com/linux. Post back when you've made a few changes to xorg.conf (make sure to make a backup of it) and let us know what's happening.

[Davy]

for some wierd reason, every single distro i've tried on my macs have either made the resolution or the color depth too low. every distro i've tried has been pretty good a finding the correct hardware, they just haven't been very good at configuring it.

i'll assume you're using xorg

modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf

to change color depth:

under:
Section "Screen"

change
DefaultDepth 32

to 24 or 12 (whatever suits your fancy, but older macs seem to LOVE 24)

usually, changing this one thing will give you a good color depth and a good resolution.

if you're not happy about the resolution modify

Subsection "Display"

to include the resolution you want.