On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 02:54:45PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Michel Lanners <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On 11 Sep, this message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] echoed through > > cyberspace: > > > Quoting Michel Lanners <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > >> On 8 Sep, this message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] echoed through > > >> cyberspace: > > >> >> Can you show us your /var/log/XFree86.0.log? > > >> > > > >> > Yes i can: > > >> [snip] > > >> > (II) FBDev(0): using default device > > >> > (II) Running in FRAMEBUFFER Mode > > >> > (**) FBDev(0): Depth 8, (--) framebuffer bpp 8 > > >> > (==) FBDev(0): Default visual is PseudoColor > > >> > (==) FBDev(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) > > >> > (II) FBDev(0): Hardware: platinum (vidmem: 1024k) > > >> > (II) FBDev(0): Checking Modes against framebuffer device... > > >> > (II) FBDev(0): mode "800x600" ok > > >> > > >> OK, good... so it sees 800x600 somewhere. > > >> > > >> > (II) FBDev(0): Checking Modes against monitor... > > >> > (--) FBDev(0): Virtual size is 640x480 (pitch 640) > > >> > > >> ... but why is it going back to 640x480 now? > > > > > > I succeeded to use X at 800x600, but i need to start another > > framebuffer application and interrupt it before i start X. > > > > > > > > > ex: localhost>su -c "fbzen" ; nice -n 10 startx ; exit > > > <ctrl-c> while fbzen is running > > > > > > In this condition X use 800x600 r?solution. I understand that > > the 800 x600 mode need to be initialised before, or else it goes > > 640x480. How can i pr?-initialize the monitor mode so i can start X > > directly. When i use: fbset 800x600-60 the framebuffer comply but X > > doesn`t care unless i use the "trick". > > > > Hmm, have you tried 'fbset -a <mode>' like I suggested? Do you have a > > Mac<->VGA adapter? Old Macs don't do DDC (like modern i386 grafic > > cards), but rather have three pins on the DB15 Mac monitor connector, > > and the monitor indicates its type (and hence its capabilities) by > > some > > > Sorry for the line breaks, i use opera and IMP under win2000 at work. > I`ve got no control on this one. > > What the -a switch mean in fbset -a <mode>. It doesn`t appear in the > manual. > > What is DDC? > > Why do the monitor isn`t probed when i used the trick with fbzen and > <ctrl-c>? > > I use bootX and i need a driver, for mac os 9.1, to use the mach64 or else > it doesn`t boot, when the card is in the slot no.:1. Now it is in the > slot.:2 and i can use the computer. I`ll be downloading a new kernel soon to > use the atyfb. > > I tought that an old world ppc could not use a new world kernel!
Well kernels are not segmented by old and new world. What you're thinking about are the installer flavors, powermac and new-powermac, which contain the 2 kernels 2.2.20 and 2.4.18. To install the new-powermac version on an OldWorld, you are limited to using BootX to install; the kernel doesn't fit on a floppy and CDs are not bootable. However you can install the new-powermac flavor using BootX, or you could also switch to the 2.4.18 kernel after you finish the powermac flavor install. The kernel works fine on the hardware. -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual> | | debian-imac: <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | To Have, Give All to All (ACIM) | *----------------------------------------------------------------*
