Hi again!
On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 06:44:04PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
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> > >
> > > Well, this is only needed for powermacs who have no radeon graphics, which
> > > would include all oldworld and maybe nvidia based pmacs. The vga= parameter
> > > has no chance of working at all on anything but x86. to pass size paramters,
> > > you specify it with something like :
> > >
> > > video=radeonfb:1024x768@60
> >
> > OK, I tried "video=radeonfb:800x600@60" but it looks like it is ignored.
>
> Well, obviously, as you have a rage128, not a radeon card, you would need
> video=atyfb:800x600 or something such. But then, if you had to use ofonly, i
> am not sure, but you could try video=ofonly:800x600@60, but as i said, i don't
> think it will work.
Nooo! I did not use video=ofonly! With video=ofonly I only get the crash
reported at the beginning. Not the blue screen one, but the one where
the graphical installer dies with sig 11, but leaving the sytem running.
Changing any option did not change anything.
video={aty,radeon}fb-parameters are ignored.
So all the screenshots are created with "install DEBIAN_FRONTEND=newt"
and then changing /etc/directfbrc.
>
> > But I think that's not totally bad. I'd guess that 1024x768 is the video
> > mode which is initialized by OF, so it should be different on some
> > systems and safe for the respective graphics card (and screen).
>
> Indeed.
>
> > > > no-hardware
> > >
> > > So, you will disable hardware acceleration in all cases ? What does it bring
> > > you ?
> >
> > I think it doesn't hurt. The installer probably doesn't do anything
> > where we gain much from hardware-acceleration and hardware-acceleration
> > is more error prone.
>
> It should not, it will maybe show bugs, which needs to be fixed, but nothing
> major should be different between accel and no accel.
Yes, and since you don't get much you can work around all these bugs in
a safe manner. Of course this doesn't change the neccessity to fix these
bugs, but I think there are other bugs which should be tackled before.
.
>
> > > > screenshot-dir=/
> > > >
> > > > If some other PPC user has time for some testing, could he confirm the
> > > > g-i still works on their computers using new kernel parameters and
> > > > /etc/directfbrc options?
> >
> > I can try it on my 12" PB if I have time.
>
> Ah, that would be helpful, thanks.
Not today, perhaps over the weekend.
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Have a nice weekend,
Wolfi
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