Re: question about yaboot and radeon 9200

On 9/17/06, Roger Leigh < rleigh@whinlatter.ukfsn.org> wrote:

Derek < spam37512@gmail.com> writes:

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> I'm running debian etch on my powermac with one of those
> radeon 9200 mac edition cards and a single sync monitor.The monitor
> can only to 1024x768 and 1280x1024,what do I need to add to my
> yaboot.conf to make it boot up at 1280x1024?I have tried a number of
> different things,like video= radeonfb:1024x768 but the only thing that
> seems to work is video=ofonly.I remember a few months ago I was able
> to do this with something like "option:1024x768",but I cant
> remember.

append="video=radeonfb:1280x1024-32@70"

Where @70 is the refresh rate.

> Another question; I cant switch from X to a
> virtual terminal,my monitor turns off like its on a resolution the
> monitor cant do,even though it works before I start X.Any
> suggestions?

Possibly a misconfigured framebuffer.  The above should fix that.

> One more question; I cant seem to get dri working on this card,can
> someone with this card(the pci radeon 9200) reply with there xorg.conf
> please?

Section "Module"
        Load    "dri"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
        Mode    0666
EndSection

Regards,
Roger

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