On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 09:45, David Pye wrote: > I've rushed ahead and made the change to mine, and it doesn't seem to make > any > difference. > > Sometimes a hang on boot, but what DEFINITELY triggers it is doing something > like ls /dev on a console. From an xterm it's fine, but from the console - > bang the framebuffer locks solid. The box is still running fine though.
Are you _certain_ you actually tested with video=ofonly ? That is append=" video=ofonly" in yaboot.conf ? Send me a dmesg log of that case so I can check if offb is really picking up the display. Ben.