On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 10:51:39PM -0500, Michael Heironimus wrote: > On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 11:52:46PM +0200, Vinai Kopp wrote: > > I finally got the console to work using the "video=ofonly" kernel > > arguments. > > But what do they mean? I tried to figure it out looking at the fb/* > > sources, but they are a bit beyond my humble capabilities. Can it be > > explained to someone as ignorant as me? > > I'm not a real expert either, but my understanding is that the ofonly > driver accesses the video in a generic Open Firmware manner, which gives > you no acceleration or other features but will work on pretty much any > OF Mac. Since it doesn't use any hardware-specific driver, you can use > it when your internal video is unsupported or when the drivers (or > hardware) is buggy, but you sacrifice any hardware-dependent features at > the same time. You also can't change resolutions on the fly, you're > limited to whatever OF thinks your video is set to (usually whatever it > was in the last time you booted to Mac OS). Thanks for the awnser. That is about what I guessed it would be. :) Now, would it be possible to specify this: video=imsttfb:vmode:?,cmode:24 And what vmode would/could I specify? I am guessing this on what I read in the bootpromt howto and in imsttfb.c, but I could likely be dreadfully wrong. Any pointers in the right directions are very appreciated! greetings, -- Vinai Registered Linux User #280755, Debian GNU/Linux http://counter.li.org/ Secure eMail with gnupg http://www.gnupg.org/
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