Re: XFBdev resolution platinum 7200/90
On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 02:54:45PM -0400, cesagbo@b2b2c.ca wrote:
> Quoting Michel Lanners <mlan@cpu.lu>:
>
> > On 11 Sep, this message from cesagbo@b2b2c.ca echoed through
> > cyberspace:
> > > Quoting Michel Lanners <mlan@cpu.lu>:
> > >
> > >> On 8 Sep, this message from cesagbo@b2b2c.ca echoed through
> > >> cyberspace:
> > >> >> Can you show us your /var/log/XFree86.0.log?
> > >> >
> > >> > Yes i can:
> > >> [snip]
> > >> > (II) FBDev(0): using default device
> > >> > (II) Running in FRAMEBUFFER Mode
> > >> > (**) FBDev(0): Depth 8, (--) framebuffer bpp 8
> > >> > (==) FBDev(0): Default visual is PseudoColor
> > >> > (==) FBDev(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
> > >> > (II) FBDev(0): Hardware: platinum (vidmem: 1024k)
> > >> > (II) FBDev(0): Checking Modes against framebuffer device...
> > >> > (II) FBDev(0): mode "800x600" ok
> > >>
> > >> OK, good... so it sees 800x600 somewhere.
> > >>
> > >> > (II) FBDev(0): Checking Modes against monitor...
> > >> > (--) FBDev(0): Virtual size is 640x480 (pitch 640)
> > >>
> > >> ... but why is it going back to 640x480 now?
> > >
> > > I succeeded to use X at 800x600, but i need to start another
> > framebuffer application and interrupt it before i start X.
> > >
> > >
> > > ex: localhost>su -c "fbzen" ; nice -n 10 startx ; exit
> > > <ctrl-c> while fbzen is running
> > >
> > > In this condition X use 800x600 r?solution. I understand that
> > the 800 x600 mode need to be initialised before, or else it goes
> > 640x480. How can i pr?-initialize the monitor mode so i can start X
> > directly. When i use: fbset 800x600-60 the framebuffer comply but X
> > doesn`t care unless i use the "trick".
> >
> > Hmm, have you tried 'fbset -a <mode>' like I suggested? Do you have a
> > Mac<->VGA adapter? Old Macs don't do DDC (like modern i386 grafic
> > cards), but rather have three pins on the DB15 Mac monitor connector,
> > and the monitor indicates its type (and hence its capabilities) by
> > some
> >
> Sorry for the line breaks, i use opera and IMP under win2000 at work.
> I`ve got no control on this one.
>
> What the -a switch mean in fbset -a <mode>. It doesn`t appear in the manual.
>
> What is DDC?
>
> Why do the monitor isn`t probed when i used the trick with fbzen and <ctrl-c>?
>
> I use bootX and i need a driver, for mac os 9.1, to use the mach64 or else it doesn`t boot, when the card is in the slot no.:1. Now it is in the slot.:2 and i can use the computer. I`ll be downloading a new kernel soon to use the atyfb.
>
> I tought that an old world ppc could not use a new world kernel!
Well kernels are not segmented by old and new world. What you're
thinking about are the installer flavors, powermac and new-powermac,
which contain the 2 kernels 2.2.20 and 2.4.18. To install the
new-powermac version on an OldWorld, you are limited to using BootX to
install; the kernel doesn't fit on a floppy and CDs are not
bootable. However you can install the new-powermac flavor using BootX,
or you could also switch to the 2.4.18 kernel after you finish the
powermac flavor install. The kernel works fine on the hardware.
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