* Ben Hutchings [110305 20:43 +0000]:
> On Sat, 2011-03-05 at 16:19 -0300, Gunther Furtado wrote:
> > Em 05.Mar.2011 (sábado), Risto Suominen <risto.suomi...@gmail.com>
> > disse:
> >
> > > I would try video=ofonly.
> > >
> >
> > And you would correct!
> >
> > Just added _ append="video=ofonly" _ to /etc/yaboot.conf, run ybin and
> > rebooted into 2.6.37-2-powerpc which did not complete the booting
> > procces just the way 2.6.37-1-powerpc did.
>
> This also works on a PowerBook G4 here. Presumably, without this
> vga16fb tries to take over from offb, and this does not work. I didn't
> imagine that it would try to do that!
>
> * Has anyone tested 2.6.37-{1,2} on a non-Mac system yet, and does
> vga16fb work there?
>
> Using this parameter, I can get as far as running some of the init
> scripts, but as soon as the radeon driver (*not* radeonfb) is loaded -
> either by udev or the X server, depending on modprobe configuration -
> the screen goes black - handover from offb to radeon is not working.
>
> I also tested 2.6.38-rc6-1~experimental.1. Here, the radeon driver
> prints a few lines, ending with:
>
> "fb: conflicting fb hw usage radeondrmfrb vs OFfb ATY,Xia_A - removing
> generic driver"
> model : PowerBook5,8 detected as : 287 (PowerBook G4 15") Works fine with "append=radeon.agpmode=1" on Linux version 2.6.38-rc7-samweis Linux version 2.6.37-samweis Linux version 2.6.36-samweis nonfree firmware package is needed: $ cat /proc/fb 0 radeondrmfb Elimar -- Learned men are the cisterns of knowledge, not the fountainheads ;-)
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