Re: framebuffer problems on revA iMac
On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 03:34:56PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Michel [iso-8859-1] Dänzer wrote:
> > Mark Hepburn wrote:
> > > I finally cured the console problem by using a 'novideo' option in my
> > > yaboot.conf (after video=atyfb and aty128fb didn't work),
> >
> > Note that the colon at then of video=aty(128)fb: is vital.
>
> This is something I've been wondering about since a while: why??
>
> I'd expect it to work with `video=atyfb' and `video=128fb', and even without
> these since they will be autoprobed anyway.
>
Mine is working now with a 'video=atyfb' option and no colon; might make a difference
that this is just an option to yaboot and not an 'append' (or whatever) option.
If that makes sense.
> BTW, anyone who tried `video=ofonly' with 2.4.0-testX?
>
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
> Geert
>
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