Re: video problem on powerbook g4 in squeeze
Am Dienstag 13 Juli 2010 19:48:49 schrieb Elimar Riesebieter:
> * Eric Abrahamsen [100712 22:25 -0700]:
> > "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:
> > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:46:24AM -0700, Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
> > >> video=radeonfb:off
> > >>
> > >> only problem is I don't actually know where to put that...
> > >
> > > You'll probably want to put that in the append option for yaboot.conf,
> > > IIRC.
> >
> > I added that, but on reboot it still seems to be loading radeonfb: dmesg
> > still gives "Invalid ROM contents" and "Invalid ROM signature" for
> > radeonfb (and video is still streaky). Any other likely ways of
> > disabling radeonfb?
>
> As told here you need to put it to your append section of
> yaboot.conf:
>
> append="root=/dev/hda? video=radeonfb:off"
>
> and run ybin -v afterwards.
>
> To check which framebuffer you're using just read the output of
> cat /proc/fb
>
> It should be either radeonfb or radeondrmfb ;-)
>
> Elimar
>
I get this error if I do ybin -v after checking this out:
ybin: /dev/hda7: No such file or directory
although fdisk -l tells me:
/dev/hda7 Apple_Bootstrap untitled 33203 @ 84081652 (
16.2M) NewWorld bootblock
can anyone help?
thx
drz
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