Hi, On 27 Oct, this message from Gavin Sandie echoed through cyberspace: > I've got an PowerPC 8500 which quite happily runs debianppc. [snip] > My problem is that I have never been able to see the OF > screen, from what I've read I need to patch the OF and then > use nvsetenv to change the output device to /chaos/control, > currently when I change to /chaos/control I get a flickery > screen. I've read that this is caused by the monitor > not having enough time to sync up properly but that the > patch will fix this issue. > > I've read about how to patch the OF, however all the > instructions require you to use MacOS. I know that it is > possible to get a MacOS boot disk to allow you to do the > patching but then I read that you need to make the boot disk > from within MacOS. See: > http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/SystemDisk-tutorial/of105patch.html
You can patch OF from within Linux as well. man nvsetenv. Or see here: http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan/linux/dev/g3upgrade.html for what I'm doing. Cheers Michel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 23, Rue Paul Henkes | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1710 Luxembourg | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. "
