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tmtomh Junior Member USA 172 Posts	Posted - 27 Oct 2002 : 09:01:26 So I got my Debian CD recognized for installation on my Q605, and I'm mostly done with package installation, but now it's asking me to select my X Server Video Driver, and it provides the following list: ati chips fbdev glint instt mga s3virge savage sis tdfx trident vga Some of those I recognize as WinTel chips, and others (ati, obviously) I recognize as Power Mac chips. But I don't know what to choose. Is it the obvious-looking one -- vga? What did you choose when you installed it, Dana? No rank Permanent 68k roommates: Q605 w/full '040, 36/1.2G/enet/7.6.1/NetBSD SE/30 w/IIsi ROM, 20/500/enet/A/UX
ConsoleCowboy Starting Member 23 Posts	Posted - 06 Nov 2002 : 11:03:40 fbdev would be your best bet here, but I don't speak from experience so YMMV. FYI, fbdev is an X server for the Linux frame buffer. IIRC, linux-m68k run the frame buffer for display. That is what make me believe that fbdev should work. :wq

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