On Thu, 2002-01-17 at 17:49, Arlie Glenn Capps wrote: > > http://v.favrenicolin.free.fr/linuxppc/ is where you want to go to get some > > information about voodoo3 and linux... > > I am trying to follow the procedure on this page, but I haven't been able to > get > fbset to work properly: when I run fbset it says that I am running at > 1024x768-116 (?!). When I try to set the mode (say, to 1024x768-75 or > 800x600-75 or whatever) nothing appears to happen, and the next time I run it > fbset says I am still at 1024x768-116. I am including in the kernel arguments > video=tdfx:vmode=16:cmode=2,noaccel. > What might I be doing wrong? :)
You're probably running OFfb, which can't even know what the real mode is, let alone change it. You need to get tdfxfb going. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
