Re: Sound woes

[Brad Midgley <brad@turbolinux.com>]

vmode is in paul mackerras' pmac-utils package.

this is the feedback i got from a guy using a 7200. he had to settle with
832x624.

>                                       boots to        X works
>                                       console
> 640x480:
> 8-bit color, no video checked         yes             no
> 16-bit color, no video checked        yes             yes (1)
> 8-bit color, no video unchecked       yes (2)         yes
> 16-bit, no video unchecked            yes             yes
>
> 800x600 (only 8-bit available):
> no video checked                      yes             no
> no video unchecked                    no              N/A
>
> 832x624 (only 8-bit available):
> no video checked                      yes             no
> no video unchecked                    yes             yes (3)
>
> 1024x768 (only 8-bit available):
> no video checked                      yes             no
> no video unchecked                    yes             yes (4)
>
> 1) Only after I changed depth to 16 in XF86Config
> 2) Picture wobbles when I switch virtual consoles as though I was
> switching a hardware switchbox or something.  Is it supposed to do this?
> 3) This is the one I'm using now.
> 4) I was working along (console mode) and suddenly the picture shifted
> to the left so that about a half-inch was off the left edge of the
> screen!  This problem persisted after I started X.

Brad
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