Re: iBook video output
On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 11:38, Edd Dumbill wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-04-19 at 13:56, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > > I'll have the same issue for the presentations I'll be doing at XML
> > > Europe and I have just noticed that yaboot does pretty well with the
> > > external video!
> > >
> > > It's probably a bit tough to do a presentation with yaboot ;=) but I
> > > hope this observation might help...
> >
> > This means you might be able to use the external video with OFfb and the
> > fbdev driver.
>
> I tried this (I compiled a kernel without the ati driver in), with the
> following results:
>
> * I got a steady picture from the console and X
>
> * I needed to have the CRT plugged in at boot time, as m3mirror doesn't
> work against offb
>
> * I have to use an 8-bit color mode in X
>
> * The colors in X are totally screwy, making it not really very usable.
>
> So, can anyone suggest how I solve the screwy colors problem, or make
> offb use a mode deeper than 8 bits?
OFfb basically takes the display from Open Firmware and can't change
anything, so I'm afraid there's no way except maybe in OF.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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