Opensuse 10.3 On Playstation 3 Question

First of all I want to start by saying hi. Im am new to Linux and I am hoping this forum can help.
I have tried several diferent distros of linux on my ps3 and so far what i can see i like opensuse the best but i have a problem. I have an older toshiba projection tv and the ps3 is hooked up using component cables my tv is odd though/ it put out standard tv resolution 480 and 1080i not 720. so when linux boots up it looks good but i cant read anything. I read a post about changing resolution and this is where im stuck. because im new to linux im not sure if im understanding. I log into it as root open a terminal and type /etc/kboot.conf
but when i do that it says access is denied. what am i doing wrong. and is it even posible to get it to look right on me tv or am i wasting my time.
Thanks in advance for any help everyone can give me
And it good to find this forum
Thanks
Ron

First of all I want to start by saying hi. Im am new to Linux and I am hoping this forum can help.
I have tried several diferent distros of linux on my ps3 and so far what i can see i like opensuse the best but i have a problem. I have an older toshiba projection tv and the ps3 is hooked up using component cables my tv is odd though/ it put out standard tv resolution 480 and 1080i not 720. so when linux boots up it looks good but i cant read anything. I read a post about changing resolution and this is where im stuck. because im new to linux im not sure if im understanding. I log into it as root open a terminal and type /etc/kboot.conf
but when i do that it says access is denied. what am i doing wrong. and is it even posible to get it to look right on me tv or am i wasting my time. [/b]

If you are in the GUI (red screen and bombs), you can use the file browser (file manager, konqerer) and navigate to /etc/kboot.conf, right clic on it, and select "open with" kwrite, or other file editor.

The line you want to add to the end of the boot string is:

video=ps3fb:mode:<your number here>

The number at the end is the important part. The resolution you want is determined by that number.
You can find a good listing at:Geoff Archive

Here is a quote:

You can specify a following special boot parameter on the PS3.

video=ps3fb:mode:<video mode ID>
Drawing resolution can be set explicitly, if needed. If there is no video syntax, auto mode is used.

<video mode ID>
0: auto mode , default value
YUV 60Hz 1:480i 2:480p 3:720p 4:1080i 5:1080p
YUV 50Hz 6:576i 7:576p 8:720p 9:1080i 10:1080p
RGB 60Hz 33:480i 34:480p 35:720p 36:1080i 37:1080p
RGB 50Hz 38:576i 39:576p 40:720p 41:1080i 42:1080p
VESA 11:WXGA 12:SXGA 13:WUXGA

full screen mode: <video mode ID> + 128
dither ON mode : <video mode ID> + 2048

kboot.conf sample is as follows.

default=linux
timeout=10
root="LABEL=/"

linux="/boot/vmlinux-2.6.23 initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.6.23 video=ps3fb:mode:3"[/b]

If you are in the GUI (red screen and bombs), you can use the file browser (file manager, konqerer) and navigate to /etc/kboot.conf, right clic on it, and select "open with" kwrite, or other file editor.

The line you want to add to the end of the boot string is:

video=ps3fb:mode:<your number here>

The number at the end is the important part. The resolution you want is determined by that number.
You can find a good listing at:Geoff Archive

Here is a quote:
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This worked great thanks for the help.
Im such a noob when it comes to linux but thanks for everything.

I do have another question though
how do I install emulators I know where to find them but i try to install them with yast and they error out is there a tut somewhere that im not finding once again thanks in advance for any help

This worked great thanks for the help.
Im such a noob when it comes to linux but thanks for everything.

I do have another question though
how do I install emulators I know where to find them but i try to install them with yast and they error out is there a tut somewhere that im not finding once again thanks in advance for any help
[/b]

Well, sdlmame needs to be compiled with

make -bigendian -j2

You get it here:R.Belmont's SDLMame page
The DL link is highlighted in the SDLMame headed paragraph. You have to extract it to a directory before you can build (compile) it. Pretty sure the base level OpenSuSE install has the apps you need to compile it. If not, you will see any error related to that.

There are a few public domain game ROMs to be found out there, but IIRC discussing the non-free ROMs here is not allowed, so I can't help you there.

I have tried several diferent distros of linux on my ps3 and so far what i can see i like opensuse the best[/b]

Well, I made the mistake of installing Yellow Dog on mine, and hopefully, tomorrwo, I will remove it.
So if yu don't mind, I will use your post to ask some basic questions :

Are all the applications available on PPC? for example, Pidgin, Wesnoth, Skype ?
Are the performance ok running KDE? Gnome? Xfce?

Are the repo available for OpenSuse, like packman for example, available on PPC?

Hopefully, lots of yes for I could do my switch quickly

Thank you for your help