[K12OSN] Fix for "Indigo" Mac video

[cliebow at downeast.net]

very very cool you have put this ot in the field Jin..chuck


> > > I tested all of the differences in Jim Kronebusch's XF86Config-4.indigo
> > > and found that the magic is in setting UseFBDev to true in the video
> > > driver section (see attached patch).
> > >
> > > This does not appear to break the half-dozen Macs I tested on, so
> > > hopefully we'll be able to just add this to the defaults. I should
> > > also wrap it in a 'if [ `uname -m` = "ppc" ]' ...
> > >
> > > I'll build a new ltsp_ppc package with this change for further
> > > testing.
> > 
> > I'm making this too hard on myself. The simple solution is to add
> > this line to the Default section of lts.conf:
> > 
> >  	X_DEVICE_OPTION_01 = "UseFBDev\" \"true"
> 
> Very cool.  I was hoping if I posted the custom file someone with more
> knowledge than myself would be able to pull the one little piece from it and
> simplify things.
> 
> I already installed a server as a demo with some existing Blueberry iMacs
last
> Friday.  Hopefully they will decide to make the switch over the summer.  
> 
> All of these additions should make K12LTSP a simple solution for mac based
> schools.
> 
> Thanks again for the extra work.
> 
> Now for sound.......... :-)
> 
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