I admit that I'm a newbie, where exactly do you add kernel (or boot) arguments manually. It's one of those things i see mentioned alot but never see documented. I think I boot with Quick (?). If you look at this thread:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2001/debian-powerpc-200106/msg00244.htmlIt makes reference to my setup and suggests adding an argument changing the default color depth to 15. The relevant quote is :
I had similar problems on my 7600 w/. 15" Apple Multisync AV monitor having gotten XFree86 4.03 / fbdev to work - the wrap (only about 1.5 cm though) at what I thought was 8 bpp, and a really terrible pinkish hued display at what I thought was 16 bpp. This with kernel args in BootX of "video=controlfb:vmode:16,cmode:16". Turns out (after reading some of the debian-x list) that changing the "Default Depth" in the "Screen" section of the XF86Config-4 file from 16 to 15 fixes *both* the wrap problem and the colour problem. (So I've now learned that bpp ? depth.)
Can anyone walk me through this procedure. In my estimation he references two different changes. One in BootX which I may or may not be using and one in XF86Config-4 (or are they the same???).
I've done nothing to my system besides do a standard install from the woody cd. I added a few optional servers but the installer did all of the work. The only tweaking I've done is through debconf and with fbdev (I mentioned the .diff file I used earlier).
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