Re: Bug#96251: [powerpc] xmms fails to play mp3/ogg files

[Tovar <tvr@usermail.com>]

    > At least X should work there, not sure about sound.

    The problem I was running into with 2.2 was that I got no video at all
    after bootup unless I passed video=ofonly, which means X can't run.

You can run X with 'video=ofonly', at least on an Old World, but you can't 
reset screen resolution and i think you have to make sure that the screen
depth in the XF86Config matches what OpenFirmware/MacOS sets it to.  It's 
a pain having to boot into MacOS just to change the screen resolution or 
pixel depth (and in the latter case, update the relevant files, as well).  
MOL will work with 'video=ofonly', but it's even more picky about matching
screen parameters, especially on a virtual terminal.  

Do note that (when i tried it last month) X 4.0.x seems to get confused 
about the color map (or something like that) on a 9500, which is why i'm
not currently running Testing or Unstable.

                                -- Tovar