Quoting Chris Tillman who wrote on Sat, May 18, 2002 at 04:43:38PM -0700:
> > Try atyfb instead of OFfb.
>
> Koos, if you're still using the boot floppy we created, this means
> you'll need a new version to change your boot arguments in a new
> floppy image. The standard floppy image has video=ofonly and you want
> video=atyfb instead (right, Michel?)
I realized today that 'atyfb' was a video= setting, so I edited the boot
image again. vi -b will always be my friend.
The result is now with the framebuffer driver in Xfree that X decides
that 1024x768 would not be accepted by the framebuffer and tries to
use 800*600 which displays in the top left corner of the laptop screen
looking quite weird.
(II) FBDev(0): using default device
(II) Running in FRAMEBUFFER Mode
(**) FBDev(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) FBDev(0): RGB weight 888
(==) FBDev(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) FBDev(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(II) FBDev(0): Hardware: ATY Mach64 (vidmem: 4092k)
(II) FBDev(0): Checking Modes against framebuffer device...
(II) FBDev(0): mode "1024x768" test failed
(II) FBDev(0): mode "800x600" ok
(II) FBDev(0): mode "640x480" ok
(II) FBDev(0): Checking Modes against monitor...
(--) FBDev(0): Virtual size is 800x600 (pitch 800)
With the ati driver via fbdev it just fails to recognize the chipset.
Now after another try with the fbdrv setup I get a kernel panic.. waiting
to reboot..
http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2000/debian-powerpc-200012/msg00059.html
gives me a hint to try an empty Modes line in the Display Subsection or
none at all.
And that works, and gives me an image and everything!
On to the next problem.
Koos
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